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The versatility of a plate of rice reflects the diversity of Portuguese cuisine. As a main course, a side, or even a dessert – it’s comfort food by design. Add or take away ingredients and you’ll transform it into something entirely new. When slowly cooked with octopus, it takes on a pink hue and the flavours of the sea. Baked with duck, it absorbs the juices and develops a crispy, golden crust. Simmered with milk, cinnamon and lemon zest, it thickens into “Arroz Doce” (sweet rice), Portugal’s b