Cozido das Furnas - Unique Azores' Boiled Dinner
January 20, 2014
In the volcanic Furnas Valley, along side a lake on the island of Sao Miguel, you will find hot springs. In these steaming holes, set in a park - locals come to make a dish unique to the Azores - Cozido das Furnas. This dish is prepared by lowering the pot in a hot spring heated by volcanic steam. The food cooks slowly – for about 5 hours – and the only liquid used are the juices from the ingredients. The hot springs work magic to the meat and vegetable stew boiled underground. The a pots are full of layers of Pork, Beef, Cabbage, Kale, Potatoes, Tarot, Carrots, Chicken, Chouriço and Blood Sausage.
What restaurants offer the cozido in furnas? Do you have to order it the day before?
Posted by: ken | December 03, 2015 at 11:49 AM
you can get it for lunch any day - no need to preorder. try the Terra Nostra, Miroma, and the Camping Park Restaurant.
Posted by: Joao da Cunha | December 05, 2015 at 04:43 PM