Tigelada is a traditional Azorean Custard recipe. It is a delicious dessert that resembles creme-brulee but has slightly different components, and is cooked Portuguese style in a ceramic bowl. This is a smooth textured and sweet dessert that is very simple and easy to make but always sure to impress.
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Since today is Christmas Eve, we decided to bring you guys a recipe which many Portuguese love to enjoy on this wonderful holiday. This dish is Bacalhãu de Consoada, which is codfish typically made on Christmas Eve. Of course there is a different way to make codfish for every occasion, its the Portuguese way!
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So, here at Easy Portuguese Recipes, we have a sweet tooth and love to share with you traditional recipes enjoyed for generations by our ancestors in the islands. Queijadas de Vila Franca is a traditional pastry refined by nuns in convents during the sixteen hundreds in the town of Vila Franca do Campo, island of S. Miguel. This is one of the most unique and delicious ways to make a queijada. Enjoy your Christmas by making some of these, and tell us what you think. We’re sure you’ll love it!
Ingredients:
2.5 cups of flour
9 egg yolks
1 egg white
1.5 tablespoons butter
1 tablespoon of salt
8 cups milk
1 Full piece of Portuguese “Queijo Fresco” White fresh cheese – You can learn how to make the fresh cheese here
2.5 cups of sugar
Powdered sugar to finish
Parchment paper
Small pins
Directions:
1) Put the milk on a stove on low heat and add the fresh cheese broken into pieces, stir continuously until it is a smooth and even consistency, then turn off the heat. Cover the pan and let it curdle. Remove the curdle and dry it very well in a cloth until there’s no liquid left. Mold the curdle until it’s thin.
2) Add 6 egg yolks, 1 egg white, 1/2 tablespoon of the butter, 2.5 cups of the sugar and 1 tablespoon of the flour to the curdle and mix everything well. Pour it into a saucepan on low heat until it all starts to boil and then remove from the stove. Remove the liquid in a strainer and place it in the refrigerator.
3) On the next day, separately put the rest of the flour, the egg yolks, the butter, the sugar and a tablespoon of salt in a bowl with a bit of hot water and mix everything to mold the dough. Wrap it in a napkin. Then stretch it with a kitchen roll and a bit of flour.
4) Then, with a cup, cut the dough in circles and put them on an oven board. Then, put a ball of the previously made curdle in the refrigerator on each of these circles. Then pull the sides of the dough up to make a closed box. Wrap parchment paper around the sides of each cake and lock it with a small pin.
5) Put them in the oven at 350 °F and take them out after about 15-20 minutes or until they look done.
6) Then, remove the paper and sprinkle the queijadas with the powdered sugar. Serve.
Pasteis de Nata, Portuguese Custard Tart recipe. Simple and easy to make, perfect for those with a sweet tooth.
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Bacalhau a Gomes de Sa is a very traditional Portuguese cod fish recipe originating in the northern Portuguese city of Porto. It is one of the most delicious and unique ways to prepare ‘Bacalhau’. We get this recipe from our friend and fellow Portuguese-American Emeril Lagasse, who has also helped to make this dish popular worldwide. It is a pretty simple recipe to make and many of the ingredients can be found around your kitchen, save for the cod, so tell us how it comes and see if you enjoy it as much as all of us cod lovers do!
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Here we have a wonderful recipe for Portuguese Roasted Octopus, Polvo Assado, coming from one of the islands of the Azores, in Ribeira Grande, Sao Miguel. This is a unique dish that is emblematic of Azorean cuisine. It is really simple and easy to make, but delicious with tons of flavor and is sure to impress.
Ingredients:
2 pounds octopus chopped
1 teaspoon White Pepper
8 potatoes de-skinned
1 malagueta pepper chopped
3 tomatoes, peeled and de-seeded
1/2 cup of red wine
1/2 cup of olive oil
1/2 cup of butter
4 garlic cloves chopped
Directions:
1) Properly cut the pieces of the octopus. You can learn how to properly cut the octopus meat here
How to Cut Octopus Meat
2) Place all of the ingredients in a large saucepan and mix them together, cover it, and let them marinate for 5-6 hours.
3) Once done, place them in a large baking dish and then put it in the oven and cook it at 325 degrees Fahrenheit for about 35-40 minutes or until it is well cooked and the octopus is tender.
4) Serve it in a large platter with some bread to enjoy the sauce, enjoy!
