Alheira
Portuguese sausage of meat and bread, invented by Sephardic Jews.
Alheira, also called Tabafeia in Mirandese, is a Portuguese sausage made from meats such as veal, duck, chicken, quail, or rabbit mixed with bread. It was invented by Sephardic Jews during the Inquisition to avoid using pork, and later spread to the general population. Varieties with PGI protection include Alheira de Vinhais and Alheira de Barroso-Montalegre.
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- Country
- Portugal
- Region
- Trás-os-Montes and surrounding regions
- Other
- Kosher variation of a Chouriço
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