Kwilizwe leentaba kunye namadlelo amahle kunye neenkomo, itshizi yinxalenye ebalulekileyo yenkcubeko ye-Portuguese kunye ne-gastronomic. . IPortugal ngoku ivelisa ngaphezulu kwe-13 PDO (uKhuseleko oluKhuselweyo lweMvelaphi) itshizi yelizwe, ukhetho olwahlukileyo lweegusha, iinkomo kunye nobisi lweebhokhwe.
Kwaye ngelixa uburhabaxa, incasa kunye nemilo zinokwahluka ngokwengingqi, amasiko eshizi eli lizwe ahlala ehambelana. Iimfihlo zorhwebo zidlulisiwe ukusuka kwisizukulwana kuye kwesinye, kwaye ukuza kuthi ga namhlanje, uninzi lweshizi zisenziwa ngesandla.
Eyona itshizi ithandwayo yasePortugal, «Queijo da Serra », Yitshizi yeegusha, eyenziwe kwingingqi yeSerra da Estrela, apho eyona ndawo iphakamileyo ePortugal ikhoyo. Ukungaguquguquki kwawo kunye nokuvutha kamnandi kuthelekiswa kakhulu neeBries.
Kuya kufuneka uzame iitshizi ezinencasa e-creamy ukusuka Azeitao, ngakumbi ethandwayo entwasahlobo, eqaqambisa "iSerpa" esuka eAlentejo, iswiti kwaye ayithandeki xa isentsha, kwaye yomelele kwaye emva kokumisa unyaka omnye okanye emibini yokuguga kwindawo epholileyo.
Ngaphandle kokuba ukhetha «cabreiro», itshizi yebhokhwe eyomeleleyo, okanye «iQueijo da Ilha», itshizi engaqhelekanga evela kwiiAzores Islands ekwasetyenziselwa ukugaywa (njengeParmesan) kwizitya ezininzi zengingqi.
