Portuguese Blood Sausage Cooking Class

About the Blood Sausage Cooking Class

Step into the heart of rural Portugal and discover one of the country’s most beloved traditional dishes in our Portuguese Blood Sausage Cooking Class in Mendiga. Hosted at the charming family farm Quinta do Ti Zaquiel, this immersive 4-hour experience invites you to learn how to prepare authentic blood sausage rice and blood sausage soup, a staple recipe traditionally made during pig season in Portuguese kitchens.

With expert guidance from your local host, you’ll take part in hands-on cooking instruction, learn traditional techniques passed through generations, and enjoy the warmth of a homemade meal with fresh ingredients straight from the farm. Following the cooking class, sit down to a full farm-to-table lunch featuring seasonal starters, the delicious blood sausage soup main course, dessert and refreshing drinks.

This experience is perfect for culinary explorers, foodies, and anyone eager to taste Portugal’s rich gastronomic heritage in a scenic countryside setting near Leiria.

What’s Included

• Welcome Tasting Plate:
  • Goat cheese, seasonal fruit jam, and homemade bread from the farm.
• Cooking Class:
  • Step-by-step preparation of traditional blood sausage rice
  • Cooking the famous blood sausage soup using farm-fresh ingredients
• Lunch Experience:
  • Starter: farm products
  • Main: blood sausage soup with seasoned and slow-cooked meats
  • Dessert: choice of homemade arroz doce (sweet rice pudding) or traditional Portuguese flan (pudim)
  •  Drinks: Water, lemonade, homemade wine, and coffee

All ingredients and utensils provided

What’s Not Included

• Transportation to and from the farm (private transfer available on request)
• Additional food or drink purchases
• Gratuities for the host

Itinerary

1. Welcome Tasting – Goat cheese, seasonal fruit jam and homemade bread
2. Cooking Class: Blood Sausage Rice – Step-by-step traditional preparation
3. Cooking Class: Blood Sausage Soup – Cook using farm-fresh ingredients
4. Lunch – Starter, blood sausage soup main, dessert and drinks

Highlights

A dish most visitors never get to make. Blood sausage rice and soup are traditional pig-season staples, rarely offered as a hands-on class for travelers.

A full meal, not just a lesson. The cooking class leads straight into a complete farm-to-table lunch — starter, main, dessert and drinks — not a small tasting portion.

Everything provided, nothing to bring. All ingredients and utensils are supplied, so you can focus entirely on learning the technique.

A genuine taste of rural Portuguese heritage. From goat cheese and homemade bread to homemade wine, every element comes straight from the farm.

Transportation

• Not included – contact us if you need private transfer

Meeting point

• After booking we will send all the details of the farm, location (meeting point) and contact.