Madeira is an archipelago situated in the north Atlantic Ocean, southwest of Portugal. Madeira has a very renowned and special cuisine. The meat dishes include the espetada made with large chunks of beef rubbed in garlic, bay leaf, salt, marinated in Madeira wine, red wine vinegar and olive oil and grilled. Traditional is also the local bread called bolo do caco which usually accompanied dishes like the feijoada, carne de vinha d’alhos or açorda composed of thinly sliced bread with garlic, olive oil, vinegar, coriander and eggs. A very special pastry is called mel de cana, literally “sugarcane honey” and it is used to prepare Bolo de Mel, a sort of “Honey Cake”, traditionally broken into pieces by hand. Very famous are also Malasadas, a dessert prepared with egg-sized balls of yeast dough deep-fried in oil and coated with sugar. They are mainly consumed during the Carnival of Madeira.

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