Portuguese recipes :

Portuguese Black Eyed Bean Tuna salad

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Found some lovely black eyed beans today which took me straight into Portuguese Childhood flavour mode. Portuguese people love their legumes. This salad works well with chickpeas too. I used: 1 pound of black eyed beans 1 can of tuna 2 hard[...]

Portuguese Liver with Bacon and Onions

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This classic dish is usually made with pork liver in Portugal. Serve the dish with either pan-fried or boiled potatoes. Portuguese Liver with Bacon and onions (Iscas) Recipe 1 Large onion, cut in rings 1/2 cup dry red wine 1 tablespoon red wine[...]

Portuguese Fish and Chips-Bacalhau a Bras

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WELL... it's been a busy week and I've been neglecting, not only my own blog but also the ones I follow! I do apologise, folks! I wanted to make it up to you and take you on another nice foodie trip. This one is to a very special place in[...]

Portuguese Fish and Chips-Bacalhau a Bras

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WELL... it's been a busy week and I've been neglecting, not only my own blog but also the ones I follow! I do apologise, folks! I wanted to make it up to you and take you on another nice foodie trip. This one is to a very special place in[...]

Portuguese Pork A Alentejana-Surf and Turf

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I had some pork loin steaks in my fridge and hadn't a clue as to what to do with them-I'm not a great Pork fan. I remembered one of my Portuguese favourites-Pork with Clams. Not having cooked it before, I came across Sophie Grigson's recipe and[...]

Creamy Chicken fajitas with a Portuguese Twist

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I like chicken fajitas, but I like them my way, with a Portuguese touch. I marinade the chicken overnight in Piri Piri and that gives it the extra spiciness and beautiful smoky flavour! When you bite into the chicken pieces, rather than just[...]

Portuguese Roast chicken-Chicken Piri-Piri

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In Portugal you see chicken being roasted on a electric spin roast constantly. They are marinated for hours previously and the spicy flavours sip into the flesh during the cooking process. Piri Piri is the spice of preference. This Spice[...]

Chorizo Bread

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Re-made these today and decided to revive the recipe because I think a lot of people missed it and I do believe this is a moorish bread worth trying. I didnt make a large loaf this time. Instead I made small ciabatta shaped litlle loaves and[...]

Date and Walnut cake

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 Dry Ingredients : 150 gm all -purpose flour (maida) 50 gm rava (semolina) 2tsp baking pwdr 2tsp cocoa pwdr 1/2 cup chopped walnuts 8-10 dates chopped 1/4th cup mixed dry fruits n crystallised ginger pieces 1tsp coffee pwdr[...]

East Indian Mutton Curry

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This is my Mom-in-laws recipe for making East Indian style mutton curry.East Indians are  Christians who  are locally from Vasai and it's neighbouring areas (near Mumbai) India .Vasai for a long time was under the rule of the[...]