Jul 23rd, 2010
Moroccan Cous cous with Vegetables and Grilled Chicken Breast
The cous cous is originated in Maghreb and nowadays it’s very apreciated in the international cookery, easy and fast to prepare and it’s great with vegetables, meat or fish. My father is an expert in preparing it and as he always says you can use almost whatever vegetables you have in the kitchen, according to [...]
Jun 23rd, 2010
Frayed Codfish with Cherry Tomatoes and Black Olives
This is a plate you can serve as an hors d’ouvre or as a unique plate with boiled nouvelle potatoes, seasoned with extra virgin olive oil, salt, ground pepper and chopped parsley… . 1 portion of dissalated and frayed codfish . 2 cloves of garlic chopped . extra virgin olive oil . ground pepper . 200 g of cherry tomatoes . [...]
Jun 14th, 2010
Beef Stew with Creamy Polenta
This is a very traditional dish, delicious and particullarly suitable for winter nights… . 1 kg of beef chopped into cubes (neither big, nor small ones) . 400 g of peeled tomatoes . 1 laurel leaf . leaflets of thyme . 1 onion finelly chopped . 1 clove of garlic chopped . 1 small carrot finelly chopped . salt . ground pepper or red [...]
Apr 29th, 2010
Joaquina’s Codfish
This is probably my prefered codfish dish… It’ s a great speciality from my mother who used to have great success when prepared it and certainly the ones who have tasted it have never forgotten it…it’s very delicate and savoury…(for 4) . 4 cuttings of codfish of 150 g (600 g for all) disalated for 72 [...]
Apr 14th, 2010
Lagareiro Codfish
My parents are portuguese and I remember that during the Lent we didn’t eat meat in fridays, and in the Good Friday we used to eat codfish…when I was a little girl I didn’t like it very much as it has a very strong flavour…but as time goes by I come to appreciate it and [...]
Sep 7th, 2009
Meat-Balls (my favourite ones)
They’re easy to make…you can also freeze them to use when you want…here you’ll get 30 meatballs… . 1 kg of minced meat . the grated peel of a sicilian lemon (only the yellow part) . 1/2 tbsp of salt . freshly ground white pepper . 3 or 4 sticks of parsley minced . 2 eggs . soft part of a small [...]
Aug 29th, 2009
Zucchini’s Omelette
This is a light, tasty and easy making recipe. It’s perfect for the sunday brunch or to a light dinner with a green salad or a tomato salad. The ingredients are for 3-4 persons…. . 6 eggs . 2 sliced zucchini . salt and white pepper if possible grinded at the moment . 2 tbsp of grated parmiggiano, grana [...]
