Notes about Recipes in this book

• Codfish cakes (Pasteis de bacalhau)

  • Franci on January 02, 2012

    Very good. Resting is key...better would be half a day. I will hold the frying much better.

• Carrot soup

  • Mayandbill on November 02, 2025

    Very tasty for a simple veg soup. Depending on what I have, I sometimes substitute some sweet potato for some of the carrots or plain potatoes which works well.

• Tomato rice

  • herbietea on December 31, 2011

    Page 104

• Baked butter rice

  • herbietea on December 31, 2011

    Page 104

• Pan-fried liver schnitzels with onions

  • herbietea on December 31, 2011

    Page 116

• Roasted new potatoes with tomatoes and white wine

  • herbietea on December 31, 2011

    Page 120

• Squashed potatoes (Batatas a murro)

  • herbietea on December 31, 2011

    Page 136

• Salt cod with cream and potatoes (Bacalhau com natas)

  • tgirlza on January 22, 2014

    Delicious! Lighten up by not frying potato - not necessary. Cook potatoes in fish stock and use largely stock to make béchamel. Even without cream, fantastic. Found salt cod tough - would rather use fresh hake next time. I used hot smoked paprika instead of peri peri, and copiously - fabulous.

• Piri piri and lemon butter grilled prawns

  • herbietea on December 31, 2011

    Page 174 - serve with page 176

• Potatoes with olive oil, coarse salt and rosemary

  • herbietea on December 31, 2011

    Page 176

• Portuguese tarts

  • pensky on May 25, 2026

    The method for the pastry in this book is authentic. Full of butter but not puff. A nice little project cook.

• Los Angeles Times

  ...as much journal and travelogue as cookbook, and Kiros takes a conversational tone that makes you feel like you are sitting around a kitchen table laconically chatting with a good friend.

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