Farturas (Farturas)
Shopping list:
250 grs flour
- 2 cups water
- 2 tbsp butter
- 3 tbsp sugar
- 1 egg
- rind of lemon
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- oil
Bring to boil the water, butter, grated lemon, salt. Add the flour mixing
constantly and let it cook for 5 minutes. Add the beaten egg and baking
powder. When it is warm enough for your hands mix the dough until smooth.
Make balls with 2 spoons to shape and deep fry in oil until golden brown.
Drain and cover with sugar.
Carnival fries
(Fritos de Carnival)
Shopping list:
- 400 grs flour
- 50 grs butter
- 150 grs ssugar
- 1 egg
- lemon rind
- milk
Knead all ingredients until it is good to rol, adding the milk slowly,
until it is soft. With a glass and calyx cut small doughnuts and fry in
very hot oil.
Golden slices or Albardada soup - São Miguel Isl.
(Fatias douradas - sopas albardadas - São Miguel Isl.)
Cut bread in slices a finger thick dip in beaten eggs and fry in olive oil
or regular oil covering with sugar and cinnamon.
Malassadas I
(Malassadas I)
Shopping list:
- 1 Kg flour
- 1 package of baking powder dissolved in warm milk
- 6 eggs
- 100 grs sugar
- 125 grs butter
- 1 glass of oil
Knead for 1 hour until the eggs are dried and the dough is soft. Let it
stand for 3 hours, until it grows 4 fingers, covered with a blanket. Deep
fry in hot oil shaping your palm size.
Glaze: 500 grs sugar covered with water. Take to the stove until it all
melts and becomes a thick paste. Deep the malassadas inside the pan after
frying and before placing in the serving dish.
Malassadas II
(Malassadas II)
Shopping list:
- 1 Kg flour
- 125 grs sugar
- 125 grs butter
- 1 tsp salt
- 6 eggs or more
- fermento for 1 Kg of flour
- milk q. b.
Mix everything by hand alternating with milk until you feel it's soft. Let
it stand, covered with a blanket in a warm place. Fry.
Malassadas III
(Malassadas III)
Shopping list:
- 1 Kg flour
- 8 eggs
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 2 tbsp butter
- 50 grs fermento barra
- 1/2 quarter milk
Undo the fermento in one egg. Add all the other ingredients placing the
eggs one at a time. Beat by hand or with the blender. Let it stand for two
hours, covered with a blanket. Fry into the size of your palm.
Malassadas VI
(Malassadas VI
)
Shopping list:
- 1 Kg flour
- 4 tbsp sugar
- 6 eggs
- 125 grs butter
- 1/2 l. warm milk
- 50 grs. active yeast or home made
- moonshine
- orange juice
Dissolve the yeast in one egg. Beat the other eggs by hand and add the
other ingredients beating together. Let it rest. Make small portions that
you stretch to fry in hot oil.
Egiptian roses I
(Rosas do Egipto I)
Shopping list:
- 1 cup flour
- 1 cup milk
- 2 egg yolks
- 2 tsp sugar
- The rose shaped form
Let the oil be very hot. Place the form inside to warm well and only after
dip into the dough. Let it fry one at a time. Place in the dish and cover
with sugar and cinnammon.
Egiptian roses II
(Rosas do Egipto II)
Shopping list:
- 500 grs flour
- sugar to taste
- lemon rind
- milk q.b.
Heat the rose shaped form in the pan and place into the dough placing again
in the pan to fry.
Egiptians roses III (Rosas do Egipto III)
Shopping list:
- 250 grs flour
- 3 eggs
- salt
- 1 tsp butter
- 1 tbsp sugar
- milk
Mix everything and add enough milk slowly until it gets a thick creamy
mixture. Place the form in very hot oil and after in the dough being
careful not to cover it all. Dip in the oil again and let it fry, taking
it out right away into absorbing paper, covering with sugar and cinnamon.
Mestre Francisco's pie
(Pastéis do Mestre Francisco)
Shopping list:
- 1 1/2 bowl of flour
- 3 sugar spoons full
- 2 eggs
- 1 tbasp butter
- 1 tbsp lard
- 1/2 calyx moonshine
Add everything together kneading until well mixtured. Let it rest for a
while. Spread with the roll and use meat or fish filling and shape the way
you like. Fry.
Patties (Empadas
)
Shopping list:
- 500 grs. flour
- 3 tbsp lard
- 2 tbsp butter
- 3 egg yolks
- 1 tbsp sugar
- salt
Knead everything together and fill little forms putting the filling you
prefer of meat or fish.
Cakes of fish or meat
(Bolinhos de carne ou peixe
)
Shopping list:
- 3 c. flour
- 3 c. milk
- 3 tbsp oil
- 3 tbsp butter
- salt
- sugar
- 9 separated eggs
- 3 tbsp baking powder
Beat the egg yolks, add the milk the flour and the melted butters. The
white of the eggs beaten very fluffy. Mix together. Place into buttered
forms with a small spoon of filling covering with some dough. Take into the
oven until gold.
Shrimp filling
(Recheio de camarão)
Make a stew with onion and shrimp, garlic, olive oil and other seasonings
to taste. You may add pealed tomatoes. Add a little flour until it is
creamy. Add palm hearts, hard boiled eggs, mushrooms and olives.
Stuffing/Filling
(Recheio)
Shopping list:
- stewed onion
- 2 tblsp of flour
- water
- cooked fish, meat, or chicken
- parsley
- seasonings
Add everything into the pan where you fried the onion, mix everything well
until it is creamy.
Beer rounds
(Rosquinhas de cerveja)
Shopping list:
- 500 grs flour
- 250 grs butter
- 1 glass of beer
Add slowly the beer to the flour and butter kneading until the dough is
smooth. Shape small rings and place in an oven proof pan. Take into warm
oven until cooked. Place on top sugar and cinnamon.
Love squares (Quadrados de amor)
Shopping list:
- 400 grs flour
- 100 grs melted butter
- 200 grs sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1/2 cup warm milk
- 1 tsp pading powder
Add all the ingredients until you have a soft dough. In a greased and fl
oures pan place half of the dough. On top you'll place the following when
cold:1 pineapple or a canned pineapple in pieces.
- 100 grs coconut
- 800 grs sugar
- 4 eggs
Take these ingredients an put in a pan stirring until you make a creamy
mixture. Let it boil for 15 minutes. When cool place on top of the dough
alternating until is all finished. Stays in a warm oven for 35 minutes.
Coscorões I
(Coscorões I)
Shopping list:
- 500 grs flour
- 3 eggs
- brandy
- milk
- sugar
Mix everything well until is soft and cut small squares that you deep fry
in hot oil. Cover with sugar and cinnamon.
Coscorões II
(Coscorões II
)
Shopping list:
1 kg flour
100 grs margerine
200 grs lard
salt
Sift the flour, melt the greases and mix everything well adding some salt.
Let it rest for 30 minutes and cut into stripes shaping in circles. Deep
fry in hot oil.
Coscorões (Faial)
(Coscorões - Faial)
)
Shopping list:
- 250 grs flour
- 1 egg
- 40 grs melted butter
- salt
- water
- oil
- sugar and cinnamon
Add everything kneading and adding the water necessary to make a soft
dough. Roll and cut into squares of 10 cm. Fry in hot oil and place on
absorbing pan. In the serving dish put some sugar and cinnamon.
Filhós (Pico)
(Filhós - Pico)
)
Shopping list:
- 1 kg flour
- 1 tbsp baking powder (leverina)
- 250 grs sugar
- 1 lemon rind
- 6 eggs
- salt
- 125 grs butter
Dissolve the baking powder in a little of warm water. Add all the
ingredients to the flour and knead until soft. Cover with a blanket and let
it grow for a couple of hours. Roll and cut in squares with a hole in the
middle. Fry and cover with sugar and cinnamon.
- 10 slices of bread
- 4 eggs
- 1 lt milk
Deep the bread in the milk and cover with the beaten eggs. Fry in hot oil,
place on absorbing paper and cover with sugar and cinnamon.
Rabanadas (Corvo Is.)
(Rabanadas - Corvo)
Shopping list:
- 10 slices of bread
- 4 eggs
- 1 l milk
Deep the bread in the milk and cover with the beaten eggs. Fry in hot oil,
place on absorbing paper and cover with sugar and cinnammon.
Liver
(Iscas)
Shopping list:
- Liver pork, lamb or cow
- white wine, vinegar or beer
- garlic
- bay leaf
- red pepper
- salt
- oil or olive oil
Slie the liver very thin (easier when it is a bit frozen), let with the
marinade for a few hours. Fry in a pan or frying pan with a little bit of
oil, turning on both sides. Add the broth at the end to cook.
You may use olive oil, and beer.
Beans
(Favas))
Shopping list:
- favas (dried or canned)
- onion
- garlic
- spices
- salt
- pepper
- white wine
If you are using dried fava you have to leave with water overnight. Make a
stew with the onion and sspices and add the favas and the other
ingredients. Let it cook well.
You may add sliced chouriço or linguiça.
Stuffed eggs
(Ovos recheados)
Shopping list:
- cooked eggs - hard boiled
- onion
- spices
- vinegar
- parsley
Take the cooked egg yolks careefuly, cuting the eggs into half. Mix the
eggs yolks with fried onion, spices. Mix well. Stuff the hafs again, dip
into beaten egg whites and fry with the open side down.
Croquetes
(Croquetes)
Shopping list:
- meats
- flour
- broth
- eggs
- spices
If you have left over meats chop or grind, add some meat lard, onion. Take
into a pan with some broth, a tbsp of flour until it makes a thick paste.
Add 2 egg yolks, some spices to taste. Make little oval balls, rol into
beaten egg whites and bread crumbs. Fry them and serve hot or cold.
Fried Rabbit - Flores Is.
(Coelho frito - Flores)
Shopping list:
- 1 rabbitt
- garlic
- 1 cup white wine
- 2 tbsp vinager
- cummin
- salt
- pepper
- lard
Cut the rabbitt in small pieces, put all the spices and let it stay
overnight. Boil the lard and fry the pieces of rabbitt. Serve with sweet
potato.
Traped rabbit (Santa Maria Is.)
(Coelho à caçadora - Santa Maria)
Shopping list:
- 1 rabbitt
- bacon
- garlic
- pepper
- bay leaf
- paprika
- 2 cups white wine
- tomato sauce
- water
- 1 tbsp lard
- onions
- parsley
- carrotts
- lemon
- salt
With all the spices let the rabbitt soak overnight. Place the lard, bacon
and rabbitt in a pan to fry. Add the vegetables and the marinade water,
cooking until tender. When ready add the juice of one lemon.
Ham tarte
(Tarte de fiambre)
Grease an oven dish and place sliced bread around with ham and cheese. On
top pour 3 or 4 eggs beaten with a glass of milk. Take into the oven until
cooked.
Ham pudding
(Pudim de fiambre)
Shopping list:
- 60 grs margerine or butter
- 400 grs. thin sliced ham
- 2,5 dl milk
- 3 eggs
- 9 slices of bread
- spices to taste
Grease with butter a rectangular shaped pan, cover with greased paper. Beat
the eggs, milk and the spices. Soak the bread into this mixture. Cover the
pan with slices of ham. On the bottom of the pan place slices of bread
alternating with the ham until it is finished, the last must be bread
pouring the leftover of the egg mixture. Cook in the oven for about 40
minutes. Unmold and decorate with lettuce, olives, hard boiled eggs, tomato
etc.
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