Pastel de Milho In Cape Verde, you'll find the Pastel de Milho on almost every street corner, along the road at a festival and even at the market. There are several variants and believe me they are all great! This version I learned from my mother and is my favorite. In this recipe we use spicy tuna for the filling and the orange sweet potato and banana for the dough, which are mixed with fine corn flour from Valle del Sole.

Canja or Canja de Galinha traditional chicken soup that is very popular from the Cape Verdean kitchen. This delicious soup is packed with delicious vegetables such as potato, carrot and lots of chicken.

Sharing this mouthwatering recipe of Pudim de Queijo (Cheese pudding)! It is a delicious dessert made with goat cheese in combination of sweetened milk and melted caramel.

Pastel de Milho com batata doce. In Cabo Verde you can buy the Pastel de Milho on almost every street corner, along the road or at the market! I hope you enjoyed this cooking video and try the recipe out!

Pasteis de atum or also called pastetes. this is tasty as a snack but also delicious as a side dish with your meal. The dough around the tuna is soft and the filling is full of delicious tuna flavor with a little spice.

Cape Verdean cooking. Cachupa is the national dish of Cape Verde. It is a stew or corn and beans. Depending on availability, this is refined with meat, vega or fish. There are many delicious varieties of this dish. My mother taught me how to make Cachupa and other amazing dishes.

Long ago I ate it for the first time in Rotterdam it was prepared by my Cape Verdian Auntie, and it tasted delicious. Years later I saw that this codfish croquette is sold everywhere in Lisbon. Now I prepare this tasty codfish croquette myself. the addiction was then started! Pasteis the bacalhau! Pasteis de Bacalhau. 1 kg Potatoes, cooked and pureed. 500 gr Bacalhau (salted codfish) and then boil. 1 onion cut. 4 garlic fine toes, or garlic puree. 2 whole eggs. Leaf parsley. White pepper....

Fishsoup made with bacalhau ( Codfish) polenta and pumpkin. Also called sopa de peixe, abobara e farinha di mais. My mother taught me this dish. It is eaten in Cape Verde, but also in Portugal. The rich flavors come mainly from the corn, cod and pumpkin.