Cozido das Furnas | Azores

Cozido das Furnas is a specialty from the village of Furnas on São Miguel. This borders on being a lavish Broadway production. The signature dish is a unique culinary experience, cooked courtesy of Mother Nature. The steam and thermal heat on the northeastern shore of Lake Furnas is intense enough to cook a stew! Blood sausage, taro, sweet potatoes, carrots, cabbage chicken and pork are combined in the pot, and heated until the flavors fuse beautifully. Gigantic pots are buried underground and cooked for 6 hours beneath mounds of earth, then dug out, carried away, then loaded onto vans and rushed fresh to local restaurants and hotels. Furnas Lake Villas, with its lush landscaping, is a lovely setting near the lake to savor Cozido. For more info: www.visitazores.com, www.visitportugal.com, www.flytap.com