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.
Recipes from The New Portuguese Table
Nestled between the Atlantic Ocean and Spain, Portugal is today’s hot-spot vacation destination, and world travelers are enthralled by the unique yet familiar cuisine of this country. The New Portuguese Table looks at this fascinating country’s 11 surprisingly different historical regions, as well as the island of Madeira and the Azores, and their food culture, traditional dishes, and wines. This book also showcases Portugal’s pantry of go-to ingredients, such as smoked sausages, peppers, cilantro, seafood, olive oil, garlic, beans, tomatoes, and bay leaves—all common in American kitchens and now combined in innovative ways.
Milk Mayonnaise
Maionese de leite in Portuguese, milk mayonnaise–you heard us–is a creamy, eggless emulsion held together by oil, milk (natch), and a lotta love.
Portuguese Duck Risotto
A dreamy, creamy riff on the classic arroz de pato, this dish call in flavor favors from duck, cured ham, spicy sausage, and tangy oranges.
Portuguese Sausage, Ham, and Cheese Bread
A traditional bread that’s heavily punctuated with Portuguese loveliness, including chouriço, presunto, and sheep’s milk cheese. Practically a meal unto itself. And a damn satiating one at that.
Portuguese Green Olive Dip
For this dip, green olives are stirred into an eggless ‘mayonnaise’ made with milk, oil, anchovies, garlic, and white pepper. A tasty Portuguese olive dip.
Portuguese Orange Olive Oil Cake
This classic Portuguese dessert with its tender crumb and citrus smack tastes as stunning as it looks. Swear.
Portuguese Onions, Chestnuts, and Bacon
This sautéed onions, chestnuts, and bacon recipe is a salty, caramel-y, and unexpectedly ideal-y mashup of ingredients as a Thanksgiving side dish.
Portuguese Pork and Clams ~ Porco Alentejana
A specialty of Portugal that’s a superbly comforting and oh-so-satisfying dish of marinated pork shoulder and briny clams in a white wine and red pepper sauce.
Portuguese Clams and Sausage
Clams, spicy sausage, onions, tomatoes, garlic, and aromatics meld in the Portuguese equivalent of a wok (or whatever pot you happen to have handy).
Malassadas ~ Portuguese Doughnuts
Say olá to these Portuguese-style doughnuts from the Azores Islands, essentially crispy, puffy fried dough goodness.
Portuguese Turkey with Two Stuffings
Our very own David Leite shares the recipes behind the drama-drenched Thanksgiving stuffings he grew up with at his family’s Portuguese table.
Portuguese Sausage Frittata
Guess which recipe David begged to have for a late Sunday night supper after the Ed Sullivan show? (Hint: This one.)
Fritada com Chouriço e Batatas
Adivinhe qual era a receita favorita do David aos Domingos à noite, depois do programa “The Ed Sullivan show”? Dica: Esta!
Amped-Up Portuguese Red Pepper Paste
Each Portuguese family has its own rendition of this classic, a pantry staple known as massa de pimentão. Here’s how David has amped it up several notches and in the process created something new.
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.
Portuguese White Gazpacho with Crab
This pale Portuguese-inspired soup and salad makes up for in taste what it lacks in tradition.