Saturday, March 30, 2013

Portuguese Stew // Cozido à Portuguesa


As we're heading back north tomorrow and spend the actual Easter day there, we had a pretend Easter lunch today with my parents and my grand-mother. The desserts, which I didn't photograph, ranged from a glossy almond pie to a chocolate cake with chocolate filling, but my favourite was my mother's chocolate mousse. The chocolate didn't completely melt, leaving it with tiny tiny bits of crunchy chocolate, which were a pleasant surprise every time I had a spoon. The main course was Portuguese Stew. We used boiled beef and pork and smoked sausages (chouriço, farinheira and morcela) and served it with boiled potatoes, carrots and cabbage and rice boiled in the meat broth. Definitely one of my favourite Portuguese recipes and always trending in my kitchen.

Beef and pork

Portuguese smoked sausages. DE-LI-CIOUS!

For those of you who celebrate Easter, have a great Easter! For those of you who don't, have a great weekend. And for those in Europe, don't forget to change your clocks one hour forward! (I lost track of the times I panicked when I put the watch on my arm before going to work... and then realised I had forgotten to change the time.)

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Como vamos regressar ao norte amanhã e passar a Páscoa lá, tivemos um almoço de Páscoa a fingir com os meus pais e a minha avó hoje. As sobremesas, que não fotografei, foram desde uma tarte de amêndoa reluzente a um bolo de chocolate com recheio de chocolate, mas a minha preferida foi a mousse de chocolate da minha mãe. O chocolate não derreteu completamente, e a mousse acabou por ficar com uns pedacinhos de chocolate crocante, que se transformaram numa bela surpresa de cada vez que eu comia uma colher. O prato principal foi Cozido à Portuguesa. Usámos carne de vaca e de porco cozida e enchidos (chouriço, farinheira e morcela) e servimos com batata, cenoura e couve cozida, e arroz cozido no caldo da carne. É definitivamente uma das minhas receitas portuguesas preferidas e está sempre na moda na minha cozinha.


Para aqueles que celebram a Páscoa, tenham uma excelente Páscoa! Para aqueles que não a celebrarem, tenham um grande fim de semana. E para quem estiver na Europa, não se esqueça de avançar o relógio uma hora! (Perdi a conta à quantidade de vezes que entrei em pânico quando coloquei o relógio no braço antes de ir trabalhar... e me apercebi que me tinha esquecido de mudar a hora.)


19 comments:

  1. belo cozidinho... :)
    Beijinhos e Feliz Páscoa

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    1. Obrigada! Soube-me pela vida. :) Beijinhos e uma Páscoa Doce!

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  2. Amiga Alex.
    Hoje passei só para te desejar um Feliz Domingo de Páscoa, com muita paz, saúde e felicidades junto a todos da família.
    Beijinhos

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    1. Obrigada, Gina! Uma Feliz Páscoa e beijinhos!

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    1. Thank you. As far as I see it, this is The Original Portuguese comfort food. Eheheh Have a happy and sweet Easter!

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  4. I hate it when the time changes! Particularly the spring change - it seems to take me weeks to adjust to it. In the fall? I adjust in under a minute! Anyway, wonderful looking dish. I haven't tried Portuguese stew - something I need to. Great post, and I hope you're having a Happy Easter.

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    1. Thank you! It was a wonderful weekend - Saturday with my family, Sunday with his: what more can you ask for (except for good weather: I'm honestly sick of rain by now). :P

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  5. Your Portuguese stew sounds marvelous...so meaty and hearty! Hope you had a fantastic Easter!

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    1. There are a lot of versions to it: many people add chicken, for instance - which I don't really like - it's too much of a mix of meat, even for me. :P Have a great week!

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  6. I also love it when there are chunks of chocolate in the mousse :)

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    1. EHEHEH I love it when I go to someone's house and they go all "sorry, the chocolate didn't melt properly..." :P Yum!

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  7. Happy Easter to you. The Portuguese smoked sausage looks delicious.

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    1. These are brilliant! And on bread? De-li-cious.
      Have a great week!

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  8. I'm so intrigued by that sausage! I think I'll have to play a visit to the Portuguese area to see if they stock it :D Happy Easter to you and your family! :D

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    1. Many of them are quite "national", but when you travel to some regions and taste the local produce... delight times 1 million. Smoked sausages from Vinhais, "alheira" from Mirandela, "morcela de arroz (rice morcela)" from Leiria... Diced and on bread; diced and used in cooking, to spice the food (2 or 3 dice in kale soup: yum!); you name it!

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    2. Look for "traditional Portuguese smoked sausage", or better in Portuguese: "enchidos portugueses tradicionais" and be prepared to enter a mouth-watering state. ;)

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  9. Excelente aspecto, Alex !
    Cozido à Portuguesa é e sempre será o meu prato favorito ! :)

    Beijinhos

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    1. E a sopinha feita com o caldo do cozido? Não me venham com conversas: é pura magia. :)

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