Portuguese Pantry Staples

Where every meal begins.

Rice, pasta, beans, flours, sauces, and the everyday essentials of the Portuguese kitchen — the ingredients that quietly carry tradition forward. These are the foundations: simple, reliable, deeply rooted.

For weeknight cooking. For Sunday stews. For recipes passed down and improvised alike.

Stock it well, and the table is never far behind.


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Portuguese pantry staples, shipped across the US

Buy Portuguese dessert mixes, Branca de Neve flour, sea salt, Knorr stock and Portuguese chestnuts online. Shipped across the US. Looking for olive oil or sauces? They have their own pages: Portuguese Olive Oil & Vinegar and Portuguese Sauces & Piri-Piri.

Portuguese dessert mixes: pudim flan, baba de camelo and more

Boca Doce Pudim Flan is the caramel custard served after Sunday lunch across Portugal, made with milk and set in the fridge. Micau makes the pastry-shop classics: Baba de Camelo, the caramel condensed-milk mousse, plus Toucinho do Céu, pudim dourado and doce de ovos.

Branca de Neve flour for Portuguese baking

Branca de Neve self-raising flour is the flour most Portuguese cake recipes assume. It's milled fine, so sponges like pão de ló come out soft and light. Maizena corn starch thickens custards and arroz doce.

Portuguese chestnuts (castanhas) for Magusto

On St. Martin's Day, November 11, Portugal roasts chestnuts at the Magusto. Our Portuguese castanhas are sold by the pound, and our chestnut roaster does it the traditional way: score each chestnut, roast until the shells split, and eat them hot.

Portuguese sea salt and stock cubes

Vatel coarse sea salt (sal marinho) is for cooking water and grilled sardines; fine salt is for the table. Knorr Caldo de Marisco is the shortcut to arroz de marisco and caldeirada.

Common questions

Can I use American self-rising flour instead of Branca de Neve?

You can, but results vary. Portuguese recipes are written for Branca de Neve, so it's the safest choice.

When is Magusto?

November 11, St. Martin's Day, with roasted chestnuts and new wine.