This 20-minute Portuguese Shrimp Mozambique recipe is full of bold flavors and spice! Featuring garlicky shrimp cooked in white wine and a spicy tomato, paprika, and chili pepper sauce, this famous Portuguese recipe is so easy to love.
A traditional Portuguese Beef Stew that melts in your mouth and is bursting with flavor. Grab a bowl of this and a fresh piece of Portuguese bread and I am in heaven! Please feel free to share!
This easy Portuguese chicken Mozambique is a great recipe for dinner. This popular Portuguese dish is known for its delicious sauce.
Every great city needs a great sandwich. Porto, Portugal has one that might be one of the greatest sandwiches in the world: the francesinha
Bifanas are traditional Portuguese sandwiches made with thin slices of pork that are marinated and simmered in a sauce of white wine, garlic, hot pepper paste, lemon juice and other seasonings. They are served on papo secos (Portuguese buns), topped with sautéed onions and sweet peppers. You will find bifana sandwiches all over Portugal and similar to any famous recipe, everyone has their own variation. My recipe has been handed down to me from my mom. It couldn’t be any tastier or easier to make and I hope you enjoy it.
Portuguese Beans with Linguica This is the time of year my dad put together a big lunch for his customers, farmers and ranchers. (First published December 2013.) He would do most of the food preparation himself. Yep, there could be a huge crowd. One item on the menu was Portuguese beans. So, the question is do I have my dad’s recipe or his mother’s recipe? Or are the recipes the same? Anyway, get your pound of pintos soaking, and don’t eat the last of the linguica! Why am I thinking about these beans? Aside from the thoughts of the yearly luncheon, my brother made another batch of linguica. He is still working to perfect the recipe! And someone shared her prepared Portuguese beans and linguica with me recently. Just delicious Melissa! Let me see how my dad’s recipe compares! Recipe One Pound of pinto beans-presoaked, wash and pick out pebbles before soaking 1/3 pound bacon-cut up 1 Large onion-chopped 1/2 green bell pepper-chopped Water to cover-approximately 4 cups 15 Ounce can tomato sauce 1/2 Teaspoon cinnamon 1 and 1/2 Teaspoon cumin 1/2 Teaspoon salt or salt to taste Pepper to taste Up to one pound of pan cooked linguica-chopped or sliced If not adding linguica or for those that just desire a more garlic taste add one large garlic clove (minced). Add with bell pepper. Soak the beans overnight. This step can be skipped but the amount of water added will increase significantly. If you use this latter method start with two inches of water over all prepared ingredients and add more as needed as the beans cook. Cook the bacon, not to crisp, in a dutch oven and drain off excess fat. Add chopped onion to the bacon and continue cooking. Add bell pepper and cook until pepper begins to soften. Add soaked beans and water. Turn burner to medium heat until the beans begin to boil. Turn the heat to low for simmering heat. Add tomato sauce and the spices. Hold salt and pepper for now. Cover and cook until beans are tender. Depending on the soaked beans or not this could take several hours. Remember to check from time to time to add water as needed. Slice or chop the linguica. Cook over medium heat until slightly brown. This process will remove some of the excess fat. Drain after cooking. Add linguica and continue cooking. After about 30 minutes check for need of salt and pepper. Add as needed. Cook until beans are tender. Just as a linguica sausage recipe is regional so is the recipe for Portuguese beans. This Portuguese Beans with Linguica Recipe tastes very different from Melissa’s. Both are delicious. But of course I have a long history with our family recipe. Share this: Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Like this: Like Loading... Related
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I am not big on sandwiches. Growing up, my mother rarely ever made us sandwiches. I think she just didn't see them as filling. Just a g...
When I was a child, growing up with my Portuguese immigrant parents, my mother used to make something called papas for us (herself, my Dad, and I). I believe the closest possible translation of papas to English is porridge. Although I am giving it the name porridge, please don't confuse papas for a breakfast food. No, it was more an indulgence that could be eaten any time of the day. It was almost dessert-like...eaten hot with a sprinkling of ground cinnamon on top; the ultimate comfort food for me. I remember asking my mom to make papas from time to time. She didn't always make it. After all, it was a special treat and that is part of what made it so good - the knowing that you couldn't eat it all the time. Papas were usually reserved for special occasions or lazy Sundays when my mom had more time to make it. As I grew older, my mom didn't make papas as often. I didn't request it as much. Other foods and rituals replaced the porridge. Many years passed. Then one day, after I was married and had my own daughter, I remembered the papas again with fondness. I immediately called my mom at work. I told her I wanted to make papas myself, for the first time. I needed her recipe...please! Well, if you are Portuguese or happen to know a Portuguese mom, you will probably already know that Portuguese moms don't usually follow recipes, measurements or directions. If you ask for a recipe, you are more likely to hear, "Oh, just add a bit of this and a smidgen of that. That should do it!". So my mom gave me a list of all the ingredients and tried to guide me somewhat with the measurements. I had to play around with it myself until it was perfected. More years passed. The memory of those childhood papas came to me again this week. I haven't made papas in what seems like forever. I looked for the small, pink piece of paper I had written the ingredients on years ago, in my recipe box. I found it, but only the ingredients...no measurements. It took me three tries before it turned out perfectly. Only three tries before it tasted exactly like the papas my mom used to make for us, when we lived in our apartment flat on Rosemount Street. Portuguese Porridge / Papas (serves 2) Ingredients 1 cup milk 2 tbsp sugar 2 tbsp flour pinch of salt ground cinnamon Directions In a small pot, add milk. Whisk in sugar, flour, and salt. Combine very well until smooth. Place the pot over medium heat and keep whisking until mixture begins to boil. This will take several minutes. As it starts to boil, continue whisking for about one minute and then remove from heat. Mixture will continue to thicken. Pour the papas into two dessert plates. Sprinkle ground cinnamon over top. Serve immediately. *Papas are traditionally served on a dessert plate, not in a bowl (at least that's how my mom used to do it) *Papas taste best when served hot Did you eat papas or a special homemade porridge while you were growing up? I would love to hear about it!
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(Updated in 2020) Serradura is Portuguese dessert that took off in Macau. Sweetened whipped cream layered with crushed cookie crumbs, then freeze. It’s like a hard vanilla ice cream, but better! All you need are 4 ingredients! “Serradura” means “sawdust” in Portuguese. Sawdust pudding may sound a bit unappetizing, but the sawdust actually refers to the cookie...Read More »
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Rojões à portuguesa. A sugestão de hoje é mais uma receita simples e económica e deliciosa, rojões de porco à portuguesa.
The worldwide famous Portuguese dessert. The combination of a crusty outside and a creamy inside.
This Portuguese Sweet Bread (Massa Sovada) is just like the ones from the bakeries. It is sweet, light, and fluffy. Serve as is or buttered and grilled. It's amazing!
