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'''Leitão assado a bairrada''' is a [[Portuguese cuisine|Portuguese]] dish of roast suckling pig. It originates in [[Covões]], [[Cantanhede]], and is regarded as the richest gastronomic treat of the region, with restaurants all along the north-south 'estrada national' serving it.
'''Leitão assado à bairrada''' is a [[Portuguese cuisine|Portuguese]] dish of roast suckling pig. It originates in [[Covões]], [[Cantanhede]], and is regarded as the richest gastronomic treat of the region, with restaurants all along the north-south 'estrada national' serving it.


Before slaughter, the piglet weighs between six and ten kilos and, at a month or a month and a half old, has been weaned.  It is seasoned with salt and pepper and roasted on a spit for two hours in a wooden oven.
Before slaughter, the piglet weighs between six and ten kilos and, at a month or a month and a half old, has been weaned.  It is seasoned with salt and pepper and roasted on a spit for two hours in a wooden oven.

Revision as of 19:17, 4 November 2007

Leitão assado à bairrada is a Portuguese dish of roast suckling pig. It originates in Covões, Cantanhede, and is regarded as the richest gastronomic treat of the region, with restaurants all along the north-south 'estrada national' serving it.

Before slaughter, the piglet weighs between six and ten kilos and, at a month or a month and a half old, has been weaned. It is seasoned with salt and pepper and roasted on a spit for two hours in a wooden oven.