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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 nacional' 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.