Rúben Santos
Chef Dishes
Roosterfish and roe açorda
Matosinhos is a pilgrimage point for people from the North (and beyond) when it comes to eating fish and seafood. Chef Ruben Santos grew up making this pilgrimage. One of his favorite dishes is dory fish and roe “açorda.” In his version of this classic, Ruben Santos uses several types of roe so that the final result has different textures and processes. The “açorda” is made with dory fish (the main character of the dish), herring roe which gives texture, and dried octopus roe to give salinity and umami. All this to make the dory fish stand out, the chef states.
Products used
Roosterfish
This fish is renowned for its tasty meat.
In Portugal, dory fish is “called rooster” fish because of the shape of its fins, which resembles the crest of a rooster. This fish is renowned for its tasty meat and the quantity and quality of its roe.
Regions
Oporto and North
In 200 BC, when it was called Portus Cale, the city that gave Portugal its name became the Portucalense County’s capital; Porto is the country’s second-most populous city. Classified as Cultural Heritage of Humanity, its historical centre offers endless opportunities to taste authentic northern gastronomy – from tripe to world-famous Port wine -, while enjoying a magnificent view of the Douro river.
