{"id":13766,"date":"2023-05-16T09:19:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T09:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.novarroz.pt\/the-world-of-rice\/arroz-em-portugal\/"},"modified":"2024-08-21T14:37:06","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T14:37:06","slug":"rice-production-in-portugal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.novarroz.pt\/en\/the-world-of-rice\/rice-production-in-portugal\/","title":{"rendered":"Rice production in Portugal"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"13766\" class=\"elementor elementor-13766 elementor-3887\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-437a850 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"437a850\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;sticky&quot;:&quot;top&quot;,&quot;sticky_offset&quot;:50,&quot;sticky_on&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;],&quot;sticky_effects_offset&quot;:0,&quot;sticky_anchor_link_offset&quot;:0}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1dcc1db elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"1dcc1db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\">\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"container\" data-elementor-id=\"10954\" class=\"elementor elementor-10954\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67b1cc24 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"67b1cc24\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;sticky&quot;:&quot;top&quot;,&quot;sticky_offset&quot;:50,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;slideInDown&quot;,&quot;sticky_on&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;],&quot;sticky_effects_offset&quot;:0,&quot;sticky_anchor_link_offset&quot;:0}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43633c59 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"43633c59\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b035926 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1b035926\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46b380a elementor-nav-menu__align-center elementor-nav-menu--dropdown-none elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-nav-menu\" data-id=\"46b380a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;submenu_icon&quot;:{&quot;value&quot;:&quot;&lt;svg aria-hidden=\\&quot;true\\&quot; 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Catalogue<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57ee317 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"57ee317\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9794a79 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9794a79\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_motion_fx_scrolling&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_translateY_effect&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_translateY_speed&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:2.1,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;background_motion_fx_translateY_affectedRange&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:{&quot;start&quot;:0,&quot;end&quot;:100}},&quot;background_motion_fx_devices&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-532b211 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"532b211\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c64bae elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6c64bae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:100}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">RICE production in<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-464477c elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"464477c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:300}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">PORTUGAL<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5238b1b animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5238b1b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:400}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Rice production in Portugal began to be documented in the early years of the eighteenth century. Although cultivated much earlier in the southern regions and as a legacy of the Moors, it is only from this time that there were records of this grain\u2019s presence in areas bordering the Tejo estuary.<\/p><p>Centuries later because of the risk of malaria, its sowing was forbidden but little by little, the initial reticence was overcome. In the nineteenth century, systematic cultivation is already referred to and also a definite and evident interest of Portuguese agriculture in rice production. Until then rice farming was considered illegal but it was tolerated. In this way, although initially covertly, rice fields began to spread into the river basins and the government began to consider the viability of rice production, gradually establishing the conditions to administer its cultivation. <br \/>At the start of the twentieth century the centres for rice production in Portugal were established. In the 1930s, rice fields increased significantly and the growing areas spread to other regions of the country.<\/p><p>Currently, rice is cultivated in the Beira Baixa basins, and the basins of the River Mondego (Figueira da Foz, Coimbra), the River Sado (Alc\u00e1cer do Sal), in the tributaries of the River Tejo, in reservoirs in the South and in other regions on a smaller scale. <br \/>A large percentage of rice produced in Portugal belongs to the rounded grain type, is called \u2018Carolino\u2019 and its main varieties are \u2018<em>Ar\u00edete\u2019<\/em> and \u2018<em>Euro\u2019<\/em> but \u2018<em>Agulha\u2019<\/em> (needle) rice, a characteristically long grain, is also produced.<\/p><p>In a Mediterranean climate with Atlantic influences, rice is mainly grown under irrigation. The farms are usually medium to large sized and are being heavily mechanized, although there are still small producers who continue to employ the traditional cultivation methods. The most popular method is direct sowing and the use of fertilizers and other pesticides in crop protection is widespread.<\/p><p>The successful production of rice in Portugal depends on three critical factors: the temperature which, when extremely low can affect the plant; the water available, which determines the surface area that can be sown and influences the possible emergence of diseases; and the amount of sunshine that the rice fields receive.<\/p><p>Overall in Portuguese agriculture, the present situation of rice cultivation is favourable, with production close to the EU average. Despite areas of cultivation shrinking, and the sector\u2019s technology causing some limitations, productivity is at a satisfactory level.<br \/><br \/><br \/><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c738e96 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c738e96\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d77a310 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d77a310\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d486bc animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1d486bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:300}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Rice is one of the plants eaten since very long ago and it has been very difficult to determine precisely when its cultivation commenced.<\/p><p>Rice is a plant of the family of grasses Ouryza sativa L. The types of rice most produced are the <em>Japonica<\/em> (short, round grain) and <em>Indian<\/em> (long, narrow grain) strains.<\/p><p>The dry field rice was introduced into Japan and Korea at around 1,000 BC. The intensively flooded cultivation method arrived in Korea in 850-500 BC and in Japan about 300 BC.<\/p><p>In Europe, rice only became known after Alexander the Great\u2019s expedition to India (Vianna e Silva, 1969). The Arabs brought it to the Iberian Peninsula at the time of its conquest in 711. In the mid-fifteenth century it arrived in Italy and then France, spreading this agriculture throughout the rest of the world by means of European conquests. It arrived in South Carolina in 1694 and in South America in the early eighteenth century.<\/p><p>It was during the reign of Dom Dinis that the first written references to the cultivation of rice appeared and this was intended only for tables of the rich. Later in the eighteenth century incentives were made to produce this cereal mainly in the estuaries of the major rivers of Portugal.<\/p><p>In 1900, rice agriculture in Portugal was limited to &#8220;the wetlands in the valleys of the rivers Vouga, Mondego, Sado, Mira and Guadiana. Half a century later, with an increase established, its cultivation was carried out in many counties.<\/p><p>The expansion of rice agriculture took place around 1909, after having established a set of guidelines for the preparation of land and the management of water, thus providing for the cultivation of different varieties of rice.<\/p><p>Portugal produces about 150 million kilograms per year coming mainly from the <em>Vale do Tejo, Sado<\/em> and <em>Mondego<\/em> zones. There are currently about 25,000 hectares planted mostly with <em>Carolino<\/em> type rice, of which 70% is the <em>Ar<\/em><em>\u00edete<\/em> variety.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-126e268 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"126e268\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_motion_fx_scrolling&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_translateX_effect&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_translateX_direction&quot;:&quot;negative&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_translateX_speed&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:2,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_translateX_affectedRange&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:{&quot;start&quot;:0,&quot;end&quot;:100}},&quot;background_motion_fx_devices&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6e9072 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a6e9072\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:200}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The History<br>of<br><b>ARROZ<\/b><br>in<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94d0f13 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"94d0f13\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:200}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">PORTUGAL<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-957f6d2 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"957f6d2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d49c4bc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d49c4bc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f38a026 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f38a026\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:200}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">RICE,<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5aa901a elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5aa901a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:200}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">the inseparable friend <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c9ceab e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9c9ceab\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11098aa animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"11098aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:400}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A daily staple, popular and almost omnipresent, rice is the usual complement of Portuguese dishes. The endless possibilities that it offers in the kitchen has always been made the most of on <em>Lusitanian<\/em> tables, becoming part of the country\u2019s culinary culture.<\/p><p>The versatile nature of rice, its amenability and capacity to absorb and soak up flavours and textures, means that the grain can appear on the ingredient list of a multitude of dishes as part of recipes from the north to the south of Portugal. From the humble ovens to the vanguard of gastronomy, Portuguese cuisine finds in rice the perfect match to enhance the role of the food that accompanies it, whether meat, fish, shellfish or vegetables.<\/p><p>Chickens, hens and roosters, widely used in rice stews, have their most characteristic example in <em>\u2018arroz de cabidela\u2019<\/em> (rice made with chicken blood and giblets).\u00a0 Although very common throughout the country, these dishes are made mainly in the interior regions.<\/p><p>The famous and delicious <em>arroz de pato<\/em> (duck rice), originating from Braga, is at its best if made with wild duck. It usually accompanies other meats and is in turn accompanied by a variety of vegetables and pulses, seasoned with various herbs and spices.<\/p><p>With the characteristic Portuguese <em>enchidos<\/em> (various pork sausages), a large number of rice dishes can also be made and worthy of mention is the celebrated \u2018<em>Sarrabulho\u2019<\/em> rice, a typical, chunky dish that honours many tables in the Minho region. Also interesting is the use of turmeric, the natural colouring of some <em>chouri<\/em>\u00e7<em>os<\/em> (spicy, smoked sausages) in northern Portugal, which gives the rice a very distinctive strong yellow colour, and brings to mind the flavours of the Portuguese colonies in the Far East, which have influenced Portuguese cuisine so much.<\/p><p>Some rice recipes appear, associated with cod, the huge star of Portuguese cuisine, without forgetting the numerous and abundant examples of fish and shellfish that in one way or another, are part of traditional dishes such as, octopus rice, or rice with shrimp, whiting, squid, lobster, <em>percebes<\/em> (goose barnacles), \u2018<em>navalheira\u2019<\/em> (rock\/bay) crab or clams.<\/p><p>The thousand and one ways to cook rice in Portugal make the country one of the biggest consumers of rice in the European Union. The annual per capita consumption is around 15 kilos, totalling about 140,000 tons of rice per year.<\/p><p>Rice is, in Portugal, the inseparable friend of the kitchen and its delicacies.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48269c2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"48269c2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b300056 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b300056\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c2f3ce7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c2f3ce7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cfe380a elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cfe380a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">RICE<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5fb3f85 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5fb3f85\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:200}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">with the flavour <br>of the sea<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09c00bf e-con-full animated-slow e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"09c00bf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_motion_fx_scrolling&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_translateY_effect&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_translateY_speed&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:3.2,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:200,&quot;background_motion_fx_translateY_affectedRange&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:{&quot;start&quot;:0,&quot;end&quot;:100}},&quot;background_motion_fx_devices&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd1c2cc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"dd1c2cc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8cf5004 animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8cf5004\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:400}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Because of its ability to absorb other flavours, rice makes itself the best candidate to accompany seafood.<\/p><p>In a country with more than 1,000 kilometres of coastline, and extensively bathed by the Atlantic, fish and shellfish are the champions.<\/p><p>An example that illustrates these statements is the fact that the cod and rice, among others, have always been considered basic staples of Portuguese cuisine. However, it should be added that they are just a small note in the entire pages that could be written about Portuguese rice recipes with a taste of the sea.<\/p><p>Each and every one of the specimens that can be found on the Portuguese coast have a place alongside rice, from the big fish of the sea, represented here by <em>corvina<\/em>whiting), <em>robalo<\/em> (sea bass) and <em>raia<\/em>skate) to the appetizing shellfish such as <em>santola <\/em>(common crab), <em>camar\u00e3o<\/em> (shrimp) or <em>lavagante<\/em> (lobster).<\/p><p>Any cookbook on the European continent that describes the typical gastronomy of its member countries will get from Portugal the recipe for <em>arroz de tamboril<\/em> (monkfish rice), an authentic dish that is usually flavoured with the popular <em>piripiri<\/em> (chilli) brought from Africa and widely used in the country.<\/p><p>Octopus is highly esteemed in the northern regions of Portugal, where the famous <em>arroz de polvo<\/em> (octopus rice) is made; a dish full of stock from traditional sailors\u2019 cooking. This recipe is widespread throughout the country and also eminent in the southern areas, for example in the Alentejo, where it is called <em>arroz de polvo bravo<\/em> (wild octopus rice).<\/p><p>In the regions located between the Douro and Minho, <em>guisados de arroz com lampreia<\/em> (eel and rice stews) are typical, a chunky dish starring this marine species that spawn upstream in the rivers during the coldest months of the year.\u00a0 <em>Arroz de lulas<\/em> (squid rice) recipe is another simple and daily staple in this region.<\/p><p>A special mention for <em>arroz de marisco<\/em> (shellfish rice), a prized dish that contains the most delicious specimens from the Atlantic, especially on the coasts of the ancient province of Douro Litoral.<\/p><p>The south also likes the alliance of rice and the sea, distinguished by cuisine of\u00a0 a simple basis, which transforms into plates of <em>arroz de<\/em> <em>am\u00eaijoas<\/em> (clams), <em>ar<\/em><em>roz de berbig\u00e3o<\/em> (cockles) and in the <em>guisados de arroz de pargo<\/em>, <em>atum<\/em>, ou <em>garoupa (<\/em>stews of rice and red snapper, tuna, or grouper). Alongside these homemade recipes the delicious and popular rice and shellfish dishes surged once again in the Algarve, made with the abundant and diverse inhabitants of the rocks and sands of these beaches, for example, <em>percebes<\/em> (gooseneck barnacles), <em>am\u00eaijoas<\/em> (clams), or <em>chocos<\/em> (cuttlefish).<\/p><p>We could present an endless list of recipes to describe the multitude of dishes with these ingredients because to taste of the sea, they just have to be made with fish, seafood &#8230; or rice<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-711a889 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"711a889\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77fef39 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"77fef39\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bae5c37 animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bae5c37\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:300}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Podemos comer arroz doce nos quatro cantos do mundo, mas n\u00e3o h\u00e1 recanto em Portugal onde n\u00e3o se fa\u00e7a este doce, t\u00e3o t\u00edpico quanto diferente, dependendo de quem o prepara.<br \/>Desde o s\u00e9culo VI a.C. que h\u00e1 registos de arroz cozido em leite com a\u00e7\u00facar. A chegada da cana-de-a\u00e7\u00facar da \u00cdndia ao M\u00e9dio Oriente, onde j\u00e1 se cultivava o arroz, marca a origem desta especialidade que perdurou at\u00e9 aos nossos dias.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c9 poss\u00edvel imaginar que, muito antes, estes alimentos coexistiam na \u00cdndia e que, inclusivamente na \u00c1sia, substitu\u00eddo o leite de origem animal pelo leite de coco, este doce era saboreado desde os tempos mais remotos.<\/p>\n<p>Posteriormente, a fama do arroz doce espalhou-se rapidamente por toda a Europa e a cor dourada que o mela\u00e7o lhe conferia passou ao branco caracter\u00edstico, j\u00e1 no s\u00e9culo XIII, quando se come\u00e7ou a utilizar a\u00e7\u00facar refinado. O s\u00e9culo XVIII marca o momento do baptismo desta sobremesa, que revela todo o seu encanto em todos os livros de receitas europeus.<\/p>\n<p>Durante os \u00faltimos vinte e seis s\u00e9culos, o arroz cozido em leite com a\u00e7\u00facar conservou praticamente intacta a sua ess\u00eancia original.<\/p>\n<p>A sobremesa de arroz doce em Portugal reflecte esse desejo de manter vivas as doces tradi\u00e7\u00f5es ancestrais. Servi-lo no final do almo\u00e7o de domingo, ou em qualquer acontecimento digno de celebra\u00e7\u00e3o, significa venerar um costume antigo e honrar os dias festivos.<\/p>\n<p>As in\u00fameras refer\u00eancias revelam esta alian\u00e7a do arroz doce e determinadas datas do calend\u00e1rio.<\/p>\n<p>Sirva de exemplo o Natal que, nas aldeias e cidades portuguesas, \u00e9 muito acarinhado nas suas tradi\u00e7\u00f5es, convertendo a gastronomia no eixo central sobre o qual gira a celebra\u00e7\u00e3o. Deste modo, e antes de se ir \u00e0 popular Missa do Galo, n\u00e3o falta o prato de arroz doce e os doces conventuais que s\u00e3o com frequ\u00eancia servidos ap\u00f3s um vistoso bacalhau cozido.<\/p>\n<p>Outro momento em que o arroz doce aparece \u00e9 em muitas bodas portuguesas. Trata-se n\u00e3o s\u00f3 da sobremesa principal da ocasi\u00e3o, como \u00e9 t\u00edpico a fam\u00edlia dos noivos oferecer arroz doce aos seus convidados uns dias antes da cerim\u00f3nia. Actualmente, subsiste o mito de que a quantidade de arroz doce com que se recebe os convidados \u00e9 proporcional ao grau de parentesco.<\/p>\n<p>Desde o aroma que lhe \u00e9 oferecido pela canela, passando pelo toque subtil que a casca de lim\u00e3o lhe d\u00e1, e terminando na porosidade que o ovo lhe confere, o arroz doce portugu\u00eas admite, na sua prepara\u00e7\u00e3o, pequenas variantes que permitem personaliz\u00e1-lo e torn\u00e1-lo \u00fanico em cada mesa.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d619f83 e-con-full animated-slow e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d619f83\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_motion_fx_scrolling&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_translateX_effect&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_translateX_direction&quot;:&quot;negative&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_translateX_speed&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:2,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:100,&quot;background_motion_fx_translateX_affectedRange&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:{&quot;start&quot;:0,&quot;end&quot;:100}},&quot;background_motion_fx_devices&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6dbfe60 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6dbfe60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:100}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Dias<br>\nfestivos<br>\ncom<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03fd857 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"03fd857\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:300}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">ARROZ<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e259ad8 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e259ad8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:500}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">DOCE<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RICE production in PORTUGAL Rice production in Portugal began to be documented in the early years of the eighteenth century. Although cultivated much earlier in the southern regions and as a legacy of the Moors, it is only from this time that there were records of this grain\u2019s presence in areas bordering the Tejo estuary. 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