Portugal
- bacalhau – codfish
- cabrito assado - roasted goat
- borrego assado - roasted lamb
- polvo cozido - boiled octopus
- Bolo Rei (King Cake) - a beautifully decorated fluffy fruitcake
- Bolo-Rei Escangalhado (Broken King Cake)- it is like the first one, but has also cinnamon and chilacayote jam (doce de gila)
- Bolo-Rei de Chocolate (Chocolate King Cake) - it is like the King Cake, but only has chilacayote jam, nuts, raisins and less (or no) fruit, which is replaced by lots of chocolate chips
- Bolo-Rainha (Queen Cake) - similar to Bolo-Rei, but with only nuts, raisins and almonds
- Bolo-Rei de Chocolate - it is like the Bolo-Rei, but has less (or no) fruit, nuts, chilacayote jam and lots of chocolate chips
- broa castelar - a small, soft and thin cake made of sweet potato and orange
- fatias douradas - golden slices, known as french toast - slices of pan bread, soaked in egg with sugar, fried and sprinkled with powdered sugar and cinnamon
- rabanadas - they are like fatias douradas, but made with common bread
- formigos - a delicious dessert made with sugar, eggs, pieces of bread, almonds, port wine and powdered with cinnamon
- filhoses - depending on the region, the may be thin or fluffy pieces of a fried dough made of eggs, honey, orange, lemon, flour and anise, sprinkled - or not with icing sugar
- coscorões - thin squares of a fried orange flavoured dough
- azevias de grão, batata-doce ou gila - deep fried thin dough pastries filled with a delicious cream made of chickpea, sweet potato or chilacayote, powdered with sugar and cinnamon
- tarte de amêndoa - almond pie
- tronco de Natal - Christmas log - a delicious Swiss roll, resembling a tree's trunk, filled with chocolate cream, decorated with chocolate and mini - 2 cm Christmas trees
- lampreia de ovos - a sweet made of eggs, well decorated
- sonhos - an orange flavoured fried yeast dough, powdered with icing sugar
- velhoses - they are like the sonhos, but made with pumpkin
- bolo de Natal - Christmas cake
- pudim de Natal - Christmas pudding, similar to flan
- vinho quente - eggnog made with boiled wine, egg yolk, sugar and cinnamon
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