Caldeirada de Peixe
This is a very simple layered fish stew. Serves 4-6 Cut 2-2.5kg firm fish [I tend to use 2-3 varieties such as cod, monkfish, salmon or even tuna] into 5 cm chunks. Thinly slice 2 large white onions, 3 red/orange/yellow sweet peppers, 2 large peeled potatoes and 3 ripe beefsteak tomatoes. Using a large pan [...]
Frango Piri Piri
The Algarve has wonderful pepper trees and traditional cooking uses Piri Piri sauce as a marinade for everything from prawns to meaty fish and pork chops or sausages. Great to use it for barbecues if you like chilli. This recipe serves 2-4 depending on how hungry you are. Best prepared the day before eating. [...]
PENNE WITH FRENCH BEANS AND HERBS
Serves 2 1. cook 175 g penne pasta to packet directions and drain 2. cook 115 g thin french beans [cut in half if they are long] in water until just tender then drain and return to the pan 3. finely chop 4 sun dried tomatoes [the kind packed in oil] 4. add to the [...]
Iced Courgette Soup
Just preparing for the glut of courgettes and the hope of more summer sunshine. Serves 4 1. finely chop some green onion tops from a bunch of spring onions and set aside 2. roughly chop the remainder of the spring onions and put into a pan with 450 g small courgettes, sliced and 450 ml [...]
Chicken with Watercress Stuffing
Watercress is plentiful at the moment. Serves 2 1. thinly slice 1 small leek and cook in a little butter until soft 2. remove from heat and stir in 55 g curd cheese, 15 g fresh breadcrumbs and 50 g finely chopped watercress 3. season well 4. loosen the skin of 2 chicken breasts to [...]
All that jazz – All in A Day
If I sat down and really thought about what I could achieve in a single day, I might be able to come up with some interesting challenges that I think might be possible…. but record a whole album? Well that would probably not be one of them, even if I had the requisite talents. But [...]
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