Évora: “Alentejo Mediterranean Cuisine”

Thursday, 08 April 2010 00:00

Évora in the Alentejo may be miles from the Mediterranean, but in the first week of May it will host  a conference on The Alentejo and Mediterranean Cuisine. In fact in Serpa, Évora and Nisa be sure to sample the protected origin local cheeses. While you are in the Alentejo, discover a new olive oil route from the north to the south of the region. Include in your itinerary a visit to Moura to see the olive press in the olive oil museum at Lagar de Varas do Fojo, and learn from this important remnant of traditional technology, how the oil used to be made. For the sweet tooth, the Alentejo a confectionery using recipes from the convents leads the purest of beings to sin. Indulge in the "morgados" of Évora, the "trouxas de ovo" of Beja or the "sericaia" of Elvas and Vila Viçosa, made of eggs and almonds, and sometimes sweetened with honey.