You are much less likely to stumble across a belly buster British breakfast in Cape Verde than you are in say… Tenerife. Tourism has discovered the islands but thankfully not yet engulfed them to that extreme. Instead prepare for an a culinary adventure which will embrace African and  Portugese as well as assorted traces of each of the nationalities blown in by the trade winds over the last four centuries.

Catchupa is perhaps the best known of the Cape Verde national dishes. A stew made from whatever meat or fish is to hand as well as beans and hominy, the actual recipe for this dish will differ from island to island, and house to house and even from meal to meal as the cook uses those ingredients that are to hand to make the most delicious blend.