Carne de porco à alentejana is the Alentejo-origin Lisbon supper: marinated pork sauteed with clams and lemon-coriander pickle, plated over fried potato cubes and bread for mopping the juices.
Carne de porco à alentejana came to Lisbon from the Alentejo with the rural-to-urban migration of the 19th century. The dish's improbable surf-and-turf marriage (pork and clams from the same red-pepper-paste marinade) is regional Portuguese cooking at its most distinctive; the practical truth is that the clams sweetened the rough farmhouse pork. Casa do Alentejo on Rua das Portas de Santo Antão (a 17th-century Moorish palace) is the canonical Lisbon address; O Magano in Campo de Ourique plates a sharper modern version; Solar dos Presuntos serves the classical preparation.
4 editor picks for Carne de porco à alentejana in Lisbon, ranked by editorial score. All Lisbon signature dishes · Carne de porco à alentejana across every city.
Bistro 100 Maneiras ★ 4.7
chiado · Largo da Trindade 9, 1200-466 Lisboa
Bistro 100 Maneiras on Largo da Trindade in Chiado: the casual sister of 100 Maneiras in Bairro Alto, opened by Ljubomir Stanisic with late hours and a noted.
O Magano ★ 4.6
Campo de Ourique · Rua Tomas da Anunciacao 52, 1350-328 Lisboa
O Magano in Lisbon's Campo de Ourique: a 2002 Alentejano room from brothers Marco and Bruno Luis, petiscos, favas com chourico and pork-with-clams done right.
Solar dos Presuntos ★ 4.5
Restauradores · Rua Portas de Santo Antao 150, 1150-269 Lisboa
Solar dos Presuntos in Restauradores, Lisbon: a family seafood institution open since 1974, famous for cured ham, Minho cuisine and a celebrity wall.
Casa do Alentejo ★ 4.2
Restauradores · Rua Portas de Santo Antao 58, 1150-268 Lisboa
Casa do Alentejo in Lisbon's Restauradores: a 17th-century palace with a Moorish patio serving the bread soups, migas and pork of the Alentejo.