~416 cal · 11g protein · 37g carbs · 25g fat (estimated, per serving)
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Buttered toast beside a tall glass of milky coffee
🇵🇹 Minho
The everyday Portuguese café breakfast is torrada com galão: a thick slice of rustic bread toasted and generously buttered, cut in half, alongside a galão — espresso lengthened with lots of hot foamed milk, served tall in a glass. Simple, comforting, and taken standing at the counter or lingering at a table.
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Ingredients
Serves 2 —
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4 slices rustic bread, thick-cut
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3 tbsp butter
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2 shots + 1.5 cups espresso and hot milk (for galão)
Instructions
1
Toast the thick slices of bread until golden.
2
Spread generously with butter (or plant butter) while hot so it melts in.
3
Cut each slice in half.
4
Pull the espresso and top with plenty of hot foamed milk in a tall glass.
5
Serve the torrada with the galão.
Minho café tradition.
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🌏 While it simmers — know your destination
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Minho. Green wine country in Portugal’s rainy, generous north.
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Portugal. A seafaring nation that seasoned half the world.
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Europe. Village recipes guarded for generations.
The story behind this dish is up top — worth a read while the pot works.
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Richard Moore & Kelsey Tucker
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