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Sweet Puff Pillows – Travesseiras

Sweet Puff Pillows – Travesseiras

Serve  Sweet Puff Pillows - Travesseiras as a light dessert or as a snack with an espresso! This delicately light pillow of puff pastry is filled with the traditional almond egg sweet cream, but you can update it by using a custard cream, lemon…
Pork and Shrimp Sauté
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Pork and Shrimp Sauté

The dish of a Pork and Shrimp Sauté (picardinho de porco e camarao) can be a blessing. Sometimes during the business of preparing pies and do ahead dishes for the holiday meal, we need to make something satisfying to eat. Serve this with rice…
Holidays

Holidays

Meals for the Holidays can be boring. Looking for something different to start off that turkey or lamb dinner?  Check out my recipe for Zesty Linguica Spread. Use it as a spread, fill premade filo cups or roll it or fold it, up in puff pastry…
A Fine Catch of Fish

A Fine Catch of Fish

When it comes to preparing a fine catch of fish and other seafood in the Portuguese way, it is a flavorful.  It is a change from the everyday baked, stuffed and fried fish found in most American recipe boxes. My taste buds stand up and take…
String Bean Stew

String Bean Stew

String Bean Stew is a side dish of simply seasoned green beans that has been elevated with more depth of flavor.  It can be easily be made meatless by omitting the sausage. String Bean Stew can be served as a meal in itself. Serves  about…