Tavira Guide

Xarém is a traditional dish of the East Algarve, mainly Tavira which has innumerous ways of preparation. It basically consists of corn flour cooked with clams, with sardines, with grilled meat, you name it…

The original and most common way is with clams. So for this you will need:

1Kg of clams
100g of smoked bacon
100g of cured [...]

Conquilhas, you can never have enough of them. I remember in my childhood we used to make competitions for who could eat it the fastest. It’s a fun dish to make and usually goes very well with a cold drink, beer or vinho verde.

What do you need:

1Kg of conquilhas
4 table spoons of olive oil
4 – [...]