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Azorean Limpets (Lapas dos Açores) are a very popular seafood delicacy across the nine islands of the Azores.
You can easily find this appetizer in a nearby restaurant or traditional tavern, where they are typically served grilled with a special sauce that gives them a divine flavour.
Azorean Limpets have a special touch that sets them apart.
Expat Emanuel Medeiros, speaking to New England TV, revealed his secret for seasoning Limpets in the style of Vila Franca do Campo, a method generally used across all the islands.
Azorean Limpets Recipe
Sauce: margarine, salt, lemon and pimenta da terra.
In the video below, you can see Emanuel’s step-by-step tips, explaining how to cook the most delicious limpets.
How to Prepare Azorean Limpets
- First, start by cleaning the limpets. Make the sauce with finely chopped garlic, pimenta da terra, margarine, and lemon juice.
- Place them on a frying pan or griddle, shell-side down, so that the sauce doesn’t spill out of each shell.
- Pour the sauce over each limpet.
- Over a low heat, let them grill until they easily come away from their shells.
- Serve immediately, while still hot, in the same pan they were cooked in, accompanied by bread.
There are other ways to enjoy this delicacy: raw or in a limpet rice dish. However, the grilled version is, without a doubt, the most popular and widely available.
After watching this video, your appetite is surely whetted for some limpets, isn’t it?
If you visit the Azores, you can try them in many places. If you’ve already been to the Azores and miss this delicacy, you can find frozen limpets imported from the neighbouring archipelago of Madeira for sale on mainland Portugal at the Jumbo hypermarket. In Porto, it’s possible to buy limpets from the island of São Jorge at the Mercadinho dos Açores.
Share this fantastic Azorean Limpets recipe with your friends and family and enjoy – bom apetite!
