Portuguese cooking is dominated by shellfish and seafood, mainly due to
its rich coast full of abundant sealife.
Normally fish is grilled or fried, and
served accompanied by boiled potatoes and a vegetable or a side salad.
Cod
fish cakes
time
1h30m
difficulty
medium
nr
8 People
Preparation
Two steps
First:
1- Soak
4 or 5 slices of cod fish overnight. The
next day pour off old water and add new enough to cover the fish.
2-If, after, the fish is
still salty change the water for more some hours.
3- Make sure the cod is
not too salty.
Second:
1- Boil the fish.
2- Drain, discard the skin and bones and flake it as much as
you can with your fingers, then with a fork, to reduce it to threads.
2-Boil 1kg of potatoes.
3- Mash them and set aside.
4- Mix the fish with the mashed potatoes and add
3 eggs, one by one, and then
1 small onion,
2
tablespoons of parsley,
very finely chopped .
5-Taste for salt .
6-The mixture should be quite stiff, enabling a spoon to
stand up.
7- With two tablespoons shape the cakes like large eggs and
place in the hot oil (370°F/190°C), turning them three or four times to get
nicely browned.
8- When cooked, place them on kitchen paper, to absorb
excess fat.
Mackerel with shrimps
time
1h
difficulty
medium
nr
6 People
Ingredients:
700g mackerel
700g potatoes (sticks)
200g shrimps
1 packet of shrimp instant soup
1dl milk
3dl cream
tablespoon bread crumbs.
Preparation:
-Spread butter over a pirex
-Put the pieces of mackerel
in the middle.
-Put the potatoes, after
fried, around the fish.
-Add the shrimps.
-In a casserole put the
milk and the shrimp soup, when it becomes creamy soup, add the fresh cream.
-Cover all the ingredients
with the mixture and put some bread crumbs on it.
Put in the
oven(190º) for 40m .
Cod fish with
rice
time
2h
difficulty
difficult
nr
4 People
Ingredients:
1 onion
1dl olive oil
1 red tomato
2 pieces cod fish
250g rice
6dl water
Salt (if necessary)
Pepper
parsley
Preparation:
-Put
the olive oil in a pan
-Peel
the onion chop it and add.
-When
the onion becomes light brown join the cod fish cut in four pieces and the
tomato
-Let
it stew a little bit and add the hot water.
-As
soon as the water starts boiling join the rice. Let it cook for about 12 m
-When
ready spice it with parsley.
Decorate with parsley.
Sea rice
time
1h
difficulty
medium
nr
4 People
Ingredients:
1l water
1,2kg freshmonkfish
2 onions
2 cloves garlic
1dl olive oil
100g bacon in pieces
1/4 yellow pepper
¼ red pepper
¼ green pepper
1dl white wine
2 tomatoes
1 tablespoon tomato pulp
300g rice
Salt
Pepper
Coriander
Preparation:
-Boil the water with
salt and pepper.
-Add the fish in
squares.
-When the fish is
cooked take it out of the pan and set aside. Keep the water.
-Put the olive oil
in a pan, add the chopped onions, garlic, bacon and paprika and let it stew
for a while.
-Pour the wine and
let it boil.
-Add the tomato cut
in pieces and the pulp.
-Join the rice and
the water you kept and cook for 10m.
-Add the fish and
boil for 3 minutes.
Spread coriander on it, check the salt and
serve.
Caldeirada (fish stew)
time
1h
difficulty
medium
nr
4 People
Ingredients:
250g mussels
2kg different types of fish
1dl olive oil
4 onions
1,2kg potatoes
4 tomatoes
6 cloves garlic
1 green pepper
1dl white wine
parsley
salt
pepper
Preparation:
-Leave
the mussels in salty water for about 1 hour.
-Cut
the fish in pieces and mix it with salt and pepper and set aside.
-Pour
the olive oil in a pan, then put the mussels, some slices of onion, thick
slices of potatoes and tomato and finally the fish.
-Put
some slices of onion, thick slices of potatoes and tomato and finally the
fish.
-Do
the same again.
-Cover
all with chopped garlic, parsley and pieces of paprika.
-Pour the wine on
and add a little bit of olive oil.
-Add
some shrimps if you like it.
Let it cook slowly for about 20minutes.
Octopus with red wine
time
1h
difficulty
medium
nr
4 People
Ingredients:
1 big octopus
2 onions
1 teaspoon vinagre
3 cloves garlic
1dl olive oil
1 teaspoon powder paprika
1 leave laurel
1,5dl red wine
1kg potatoes
Corn bread
Salt and pepper
Preparation:
-Clean
the octopus.
-Put
it in a pressure pan with the onion and the vinagre covered with cold water.
Boil it for 20m.
-In
another pan put the olive oil, join the onion in slices and chopped garlic.
-When
they are light brown add the paprika powder, the laurel and parsley.
-When
boiling add the wine.
-Cut
the octopus in pieces and add it.
-Check
the salt.
-Boil
the potatoes without peeling them in a salty water.
-Peel
the potatoes aftercooked.
Serve the octopus with the potatoes and some slices of
corn bread or any other type of bread.
Fish with pasta
time
1h
difficulty
medium
nr
4 People
Ingredients:
2 cloves garlic
1 big onion
0,5 dl olive oil
1 leave laurel
150g peeled tomato
1dl white wine
0,5 green paprika
0,5 red paprika
400g snowy grouper
400g grouper
300 g pasta
1 tablespoon chopped coriander
salt
pepper
chili
Preparation:
-In
a pan put the olive oil, the garlic and the onion. Let it get light brown
-Add
the tomato, the wine and the paprika in pieces.
-Cut
the fish in squares and mix with some salt.
-Join
the fish to the previous preparation and pour water on it.
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