Spanish Tortilla
This is the real macoy. A traditional Spanish omelette that is packed with flavour, using only five simple ingredients.
Snacks
Conserva de Cenouras
A Traditional Portuguese appetiser. These wonderfully tasty marinated carrots, flavoured with cider vinegar and a hint of garlic, can be made up to 3 days beforehand.
Sweetcorn Fritters
I’ve tried a few recipes for sweetcorn fritters and this one is definitely the best so far. You can use fresh or tinned corn and have them from pan to table in under 10 minutes.
Gratin of Eggs with Peppers and Chorizo
I’m not quite sure how this tasty lunch from Delia Smith escaped the net. It’s one I cook regularly and yet it was only when a friend of mine in Portugal asked for the recipe I realised it had never been posted.So this ones for you Cila – Bom apetite. GRATIN OF EGGS WITH PEPPERS [...]
Cheese, Ham and Olive Loaf
I'm not sure where I got this recipe from. I've had it for some time but have never gotten around to trying it out until last week. I'd made boiled bacon and cabbage for a mid-week meal and was wondering what to do with the small amount of smoked bacon I had left over. It's [...]
Pizza Puttanesca
A regular supper in our house is this interesting and easy to make pizza snack from the BBC good food mag.It’s great as it is but if you fancy something meaty you can always add toppings of your choice like smoked bacon or chorizo. PIZZA PUTTANESCA Serves 2 INGREDIENTS:1 part baked ciabatta loaf14 oz (400g) [...]
Ham and Cheese Bake
A tasty lunch dish from Emma Lewis. She describes it as a cross between a savoury bread pudding and a croque monsieur that can be prepared the day before and is a great way for using up leftover ham and day old bread and I have to say – I agree with her whole heartedly! [...]
Scrambled Eggs and Chorizo
I have recently returned from a visit to Portugal (hence no posts for the last month) where I was amazed at the diversity of chorizo that was available in the Supermarkets, especially the black ones which reminded me of our black pudding only thinner.I was even more surprised on a visit to the USA and [...]
Broad bean and Cheese Croquettes
This recipe has been on my site for sometime now and although it was perfectly acceptable I always felt there was room for improvement. The original recipe used only ricotta cheese and chives for the filling which I felt was a touch too bland to do the croquettes justice.So, when the freezer decided break down [...]
Oriental Stuffed Field Mushrooms
I love field mushrooms and often used to pick them in the fields around my smallholding.This is a great way to cook them whether you’re a meat eater or vegetarian. The mildly spicy oriental style stuffing makes a nice change from the usual bacon and cheese. ORIENTAL STUFFED FIELD MUSHROOMSServes 2 INGREDIENTS:2 rashers rindless smoked [...]
