What is cataplana?
Cataplana · Portuguese
Portuguese seafood stew cooked in a clamshell-shaped copper pot, often with clams, pork, tomato and peppers.
What it tastes like
Briny, savory and tomato-sweet, with tender clams or fish, soft peppers and sometimes salty pork or chouriço.
Where you’ll see it
Portuguese seafood menus, often for two, brought to the table in the copper pot.
Related words
- bouillabaisse
- cioppino
- moqueca