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Portuguese Recipes

Six beloved dishes from the Portuguese table, each made with honest ingredients that let the real flavor shine.

Bacalhau a Bras

Bacalhau à Brás

⏱ 40 min🍽 4 servings🔥 Medium

Shredded salt cod folded with crisp potatoes, sweet onions, and softly scrambled eggs in extra virgin olive oil. The most loved cod dish in Portugal, no vegetable oil at all.

Ingredients

  • 400g salt cod, soaked and shredded
  • 4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 2 onions, thinly sliced
  • 3 garlic cloves
  • 400g potatoes, cut in thin matchsticks
  • 6 eggs, beaten
  • Black olives and parsley to garnish

Instructions

  1. Fry the potato matchsticks in olive oil until golden and crisp, then drain.
  2. In the same pan, soften the onions and garlic in olive oil.
  3. Add the shredded cod and warm through for a few minutes.
  4. Fold in the crisp potatoes, then pour in the beaten eggs and stir gently until just creamy. Do not overcook.
  5. Finish with black olives and chopped parsley and serve at once.
Caldo Verde

Caldo Verde

⏱ 35 min🍽 6 servings🔥 Easy

A silky potato soup with finely shredded kale and slices of smoky chouriço, finished with a generous drizzle of olive oil. Portugal in a bowl.

Ingredients

  • 500g potatoes, peeled and chopped
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 3 garlic cloves
  • 4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 200g kale, very finely shredded
  • 1 chouriço sausage, sliced
  • 1.5 litres water and salt

Instructions

  1. Soften the onion and garlic in olive oil, then add the potatoes and water.
  2. Simmer until the potatoes are very soft, then blend the soup smooth.
  3. Fry the chouriço slices briefly to release their smoky flavor.
  4. Bring the soup back to a simmer and add the shredded kale. Cook 5 minutes until just tender.
  5. Serve with the chouriço on top and a generous drizzle of olive oil.
Frango Piri Piri

Frango Piri Piri

⏱ 50 min🍽 4 servings🔥 Medium

Spatchcocked chicken marinated in a fiery piri piri and olive oil sauce, then grilled until charred and juicy. A Portuguese churrasqueira classic.

Ingredients

  • 1 whole chicken, spatchcocked
  • 4 red chiles
  • 4 garlic cloves
  • 5 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 2 tbsp red wine vinegar
  • 1 tsp smoked paprika
  • Juice of 1 lemon and salt

Instructions

  1. Blend the chiles, garlic, olive oil, vinegar, paprika, lemon, and salt into a piri piri sauce.
  2. Coat the chicken in half the sauce and marinate at least 2 hours.
  3. Grill the chicken skin side down over medium heat until charred, then turn and cook through, about 35 minutes.
  4. Brush with more sauce as it cooks.
  5. Rest a few minutes and serve with the remaining piri piri on the side.
Arroz de Marisco

Arroz de Marisco

⏱ 55 min🍽 4 servings🔥 Medium

A soupy, saffron tinged seafood rice rich with prawns, clams, and mussels in a tomato and olive oil base. The taste of the Portuguese coast.

Ingredients

  • 4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 onion and 3 garlic cloves, chopped
  • 2 ripe tomatoes, grated
  • 1.5 cups short grain rice
  • 300g prawns
  • 300g clams and mussels, cleaned
  • 1 litre seafood stock and a pinch of saffron
  • Coriander to finish

Instructions

  1. Soften the onion and garlic in olive oil, then stir in the grated tomato and cook down 5 minutes.
  2. Add the rice and toast briefly, then pour in the warm stock and saffron.
  3. Simmer 12 minutes, keeping it loose and soupy.
  4. Add the prawns, clams, and mussels and cook until the shells open and the prawns turn pink.
  5. Scatter with fresh coriander and serve straight from the pot.
Bifanas

Bifanas

⏱ 30 min🍽 4 servings🔥 Easy

Thin pork cutlets simmered in a garlicky white wine and paprika sauce, piled into a soft crusty roll. The beloved Portuguese street sandwich.

Ingredients

  • 500g thin pork loin steaks
  • 4 garlic cloves, crushed
  • 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 cup white wine
  • 1 tsp smoked paprika
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 4 crusty bread rolls and mustard to serve

Instructions

  1. Marinate the pork with the garlic, paprika, wine, and bay leaf for 1 hour.
  2. Warm the olive oil in a pan and sear the pork quickly on both sides.
  3. Pour in the marinade and let it simmer until the sauce reduces and coats the meat.
  4. Pile the pork into split rolls and spoon over a little of the sauce.
  5. Serve with mustard and an ice cold drink.
Pasteis de Nata

Pastéis de Nata

⏱ 1 hr🍽 12 tarts🔥 Medium

Flaky butter pastry cups filled with a rich, custardy cream and baked until the tops blister and caramelize. Portugal's most famous sweet treat.

Ingredients

  • 1 sheet all butter puff pastry
  • 2 tbsp butter, softened
  • 500ml whole milk
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 3 tbsp flour
  • 6 egg yolks
  • 1 strip lemon peel and 1 cinnamon stick

Instructions

  1. Spread the pastry with softened butter, roll it tightly, slice into rounds, and press each into a muffin tin.
  2. Warm the milk with the lemon peel and cinnamon, then remove them.
  3. Whisk the sugar, flour, and yolks, then pour in the warm milk and cook gently until thickened into a custard.
  4. Fill the pastry cups and bake at 250°C (480°F) for about 12 minutes until the tops are blistered and dark.
  5. Cool slightly and dust with cinnamon before serving.
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