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Portuguese Dishes features tasty popular portuguese food photos and dishes served in portuguese restaurants offering traditional Portuguese cooking throughout Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
Here you will find a list of Portuguese restaurants in Massachusetts serving tasty portuguese dishes
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Rissóis De Camarão (Portuguese Shrimp Turnovers)
How to make a traditional Portuguese Christmas appetizer:
By: Ana Patuleia Ortins, author of Authentic Portuguese Cooking
Sardine Fillets with Garlic and Lemon :
A recipe for this dish is featured in Ana Patuleia Ortins latest cookbook: Authentic Portuguese Cooking which features more Than 185 Classic Mediterranean-Style. Visit www.PortugueseCooking.com for more information about Ana's latest cookbook.
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What's a Francesinha portuguese sandwich?
The name "francesinha" means little frenchie. Francesinhas are a Portuguese sandwich originally from Porto, A francesinha is usually made with bread, ham, linguiça, steak or roast meat, covered with melted cheese and then topped with a spicy tomato sauce and accompanied with french fries. The sauce is usually well kept secret by each cook, with each cook having his/her own variation.
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10 Interesting facts about Portuguese codfish (bacalhau):
1. Codfish (bacalhau) is considered by many the Portuguese National Dish.
2. There are said to be over 1000 recipes that include Codfish (bacalhau) in Portuguese dishes.
3. The Portuguese have been catching Codfish (bacalhau), salting and drying it since the 1500's.
4. Codfish (bacalhau) dishes are commonly found in Portuguese restaurants.
5. As popular as Codfish (bacalhau) is, most Portuguese dishes use salted/dried cod, not fresh cod.
6. The Portuguese nickname for cod is: "Fiel Amigo" or "Faithful Friend".
7. Codfish (bacalhau) is served at Portuguese traditional Christmas dinners in many parts of Portugal.
8. Popular portuguese codfish (bacalhau) dishes include: Bacalhau à Brás, Bacalhau à Gomes de Sá, Bacalhau com natas, Bolinhos de Bacalhau, Bacalhau à Zé do Pipo ...
9. Codfish (bacalhau) is usually served with potatoes and accompanied with a glass of wine.
10. Codfish is not native to Portuguese waters.
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Ana Patuleia Ortin's newest cookbook "Authentic Portuguese Cooking" explores the influences on the Portuguese cuisine and embraces the spices and ingredients typical of Mediterranean countries dating back centuries including olive oil, onions, bay leaves, garlic, coriander, paprika, chili peppers and red sweet peppers.
Popular Portuguese Dishes:
Açorda de marisco, Açordas e migas, Ameijoas á Bulhão Pato (Littlenecks poached in a garlic, olive oil and white winebroth), Amêijoas na cataplana, Arroz de Lapas, Arroz de Marisco (Seafood risotto with mussels, clams, squid & lobster), Arroz de Mariscos a Valenciana (Shrimp mussels, clams, squid, pork, linguica and chicken cooked with saffron rice),Azas de galinha (Buffalo wings), Bacalhau à Brás, Bacalhau à Gomes de Sá, Bacalhau à lagareiro, Bacalhau à minhota, Bacalhau de Cebolada, Bacalhau à Zé do Pipo, Bacalhau assado com batatas a murro, Bife a Casa, Bife com ovo a cavalo, Bife de atum, Bifes de cebolada, Bife São Miguel, Bola de bacalhau, Bola de Berlim, Cabrito assado no forno, Caldeirada de Bacalhau (Traditional dry salt codfish stew), Caldeirada de peixe, Caldo Verde, Camarão São Miguel, Camarão com Queijo de Cabra, Canja, Carne de porco à alentejana, Cataplana de marisco, Coelho à caçadora, Cozido à portuguesa, Empadão de carne a moda da casa, Favas guisadas, Feijoada de Mariscos, Feijoada à transmontana, Favas com Linguica, Francesinhas, Galinha Alentejana, Galinha Vinho da Madeira, Galinha Vinho de Porto, Leitão assado, Linguica a Bombeiro (Flamed linguiça), Lulas á Alho (sautéed squid with garlic), Mexilhoes de cebolada, Migas, Migas de caldeirada de bacalhau, Pão-de-ló, Pargo no forno, Pasteis de Bacalhau (codfish cakes), Pastel de nata, Polvo assado, Polvo à lagareiro, Portuguese Sandwiches, Queijadas da Madeira, Rissóis, Salada da Horta (Garden Salad), Salada de Polvo, Salada de Bacalhau, Salada de Polvo, Salgados, Sardinas grelhadas à portuguesa, Tripas à moda do Porto ...
Photos of Portuguese dishes provided by: Feligenio Medeiros
Portuguese dish descriptions provided by: Ana Patuleia Ortins author of "Authentic Portuguese Cooking"