Leite's Culinaria: Recipes, Cooking, and Baking

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Peach and Crème Fraîche Pie

Whether you seek convention or innovation, you’ll find it in this haute yet humble peach pie, which draws on tradition yet still wields some surprises.

2 hrs 25 mins

Sesame Halloumi Fries

Move over, mozza sticks. These spiced halloumi fries with Aleppo hot honey dipping sauce is our new favorite cheesy finger food.

25 mins

Parmesan-Crusted Grilled Cheese with Jalapeños

Why put cheese only inside your grilled cheese sandwich? This beauty is filled with Cheddar and coated with Parmesan, which means you get a creamy, melty interior, and a crispy exterior. Basically, a perfect grilled cheese.

25 mins

Easy Grilled Vegetable Salad

Give your favorite veggies some smoky char on the grill, then toss them with plenty of fresh herbs and a tangy vinaigrette for an easy, healthy side.

45 mins

Labor Day Favorites

More Labor day recipes

Baby Back Ribs with Coca-Cola BBQ Sauce

Your new favorite smoked ribs recipe awaits you. Swear.

4 hrs 45 mins

Key Lime Cheesecake with Pecan Crust

4 hrs

Spicy Grilled Chicken Sandwich

6 hrs 30 mins

Creamy Potato Salad with Fresh Herbs

2 hrs

Tinto de Verano

5 mins

Don’t Forget Dessert

Plum Sorbet

This plum sorbet is going to change your late-summer fruit strategy. And you don’t even need an ice cream maker. Now that’s easy and elegant.

5 hrs

Hey, I’m David Leite

I’m a three-time James Beard Award-winning food writer, cookbook author, memoirist, podcast host, and publisher. I enjoy sharing recipes and stories of all kinds, including those of my Portuguese heritage. Let’s eat! Comamos!

Swoon-y Pork Recipes

More Pork Recipes

Italian-Style Meatballs

Who doesn’t love a juicy and tender meatball? Served with pasta, on a pizza, in a sub with tons of melty cheese, there’s not much better.

1 hr 20 mins

Creamy Pork and Egg Noodles

40 mins

Pibil-Style Pork Ribs

23 hrs

Grilled Pork Burgers

1 hr 15 mins

Sweet and Spicy Tacos

30 mins

Weeknight Winners (Mother’s Little Helpers)

More Quick Recipes

Spaghetti with Raw Tomatoes

Summer at its simplest, not to mention its most splendid. Five minutes of effort yield a meal that rivals round-trip tickets to Italy.

50 mins

Chicken Enchiladas ~ Black Bean Enchiladas

Enchiladas that are offer something to please everyone, whether vegetarians or carnivores, including a simple yet spectacular green chile sauce.

2 hrs

Chinese Pork Meatballs

The chewiness of rice, the sweetness of pork, the easiness of a made-for-weeknight recipe, and the loveliness of Asian flavors such as ginger, scallion, and sesame.

1 hr 30 mins

Baked Fish with Lemon Bread Crumbs

Quick, easy, healthful, spectacular in terms of taste, and exactly what you need these last couple of Fridays before Easter.

30 mins

Grilled Shrimp with Piri-Piri Sauce

A simple hot pepper sauce made from piri-piri peppers brings big flavor to shrimp in mere minutes. Those Portuguese know what they’re doing.

3 hrs

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Portuguese Tomato Jelly

Summer tomatoes are turned into a sweet jelly that’s a Portuguese classic. Use it as you would any jelly as well as with cheese plates.

1 hr 15 mins

Portuguese Sweet Lemon-Black Olive Cookies

We think these conversation-starting cookies defy the laws of physics. When you experience what big flavors they flaunt for something so thin, we think you, too, will be convinced.

50 mins

Portuguese Punched Potatoes ~ Batatas a Murro

Obscenely rich and soul-achingly satisfying. That’s what we think of these classic Portugueseroasted potatoes with caramelized onions and melted cheese.

1 hr 40 mins