Capão Recheado, or Stuffed Capon, is a signature dish in Portuguese cuisine which contains tenderly cooked capon stuffed with a delicious chestnut filling, and is most traditionally eaten during Christmas Eve. Capon is a rooster which has been castrated to improve the quality of the meat. Capon meat is more moist, tender and flavorful than that of a regular rooster or hen. This is a tradition rooted in Roman history and has since become a staple of most European cuisine.
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