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Farinheira () is a Portuguese smoked sausage made mainly from 
Farinheira de Portalegre
in th
database of the European Union. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
Farinheira () is a Portuguese smoked sausage made mainly from wheat flour
Wheat flour is a powder made from the grinding of common wheat used for human consumption. Wheat varieties are called "soft" or "weak" if gluten content is low, and are called "hard" or "strong" if they have high gluten content. Hard flour, or ...
, pork
Pork is the culinary name for the meat of the pig (''Sus domesticus''). It is the most commonly consumed meat worldwide, with evidence of pig animal husbandry, husbandry dating back to 8000–9000 BCE.
Pork is eaten both freshly cooke ...
fat and seasonings (white wine, paprika, salt and pepper). It has a yellow/brown colour and is served in traditional dishes like ''feijoada
Feijoada (, ; from , 'bean') is the name for varieties of bean stew with beef or porkcozido à portuguesa
() or Portuguese stew is a type of '' cozido'', traditional Portuguese boiled meal. Numerous regional variations exist throughout Portugal, and the dish is considered part of the Portuguese heritage, as well as one of the national dishes of Por ...
''. It is also eaten on its own, roasted or fried. In modern versions, it is previously cooked, then peeled and mixed with scrambled eggs and served on bread or toast as a starter.
Although it resembles a chouriço
''Chorizo'' ( , ; ; see below) is a type of pork sausage originating from the Iberian Peninsula. It is made in many national and regional varieties in several countries on different continents. Some of these varieties are quite different from ...
or other meat sausage, its taste is not meaty; it is tangy (but not hot), with a doughy texture and has a somewhat sweet finish in the palate. It is never cooked sliced, unlike other sausages, since its dough-like content would pour out of the skin during cooking, except when fried, or deep-fried, as thick slices.
''Farinheiras'' with PGI
Some ''farinheiras'' made in Portugal have a PGI status: * ''Farinheira de Estremoz e Borba'', from Estremoz and Borba area, PGI since 2004. * ''Farinheira de Portalegre'', from Portalegre area, (PGI) since 1997.in th
database of the European Union. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
See also
*Alheira
Alheira () is a type of Portuguese sausage, made with meats (usually pork, veal, duck, chicken, quail or rabbit) and bread.
Although ''alheira'' derives from ''alho'' (garlic) and was once used to describe any sausage seasoned with it, not all ...
* List of sausages
This is a list of notable sausages. Sausage is a food and usually made from ground meat with a skin around it. Typically, a sausage is formed in a casing (sausage), casing traditionally made from intestine, but sometimes synthetic. Some sausa ...
* List of smoked foods
This is a list of smoked foods. Smoking (cooking), Smoking is the process of seasoning, flavoring, cooking, or food preservation, preserving food by exposing it to smoke from burning or smoldering material, most often wood. Foods have been smoke ...
* List of Portugal food and drink products with protected status
References
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