These ghoulish halloween biscuits are super easy and quick to make and can be done with children during Halloween, at the weekend, after school or during half term. If you’ve read other of my recipe posts, you’ll know I’m a lazy cook. I had a block of shop bought pastry on the fridge and I thought I would try and …
Easy Vegetarian Yellow Pepper Pasta Sauce [RECIPE]
This recipe was passed on to me many years ago by an Italo-Portuguese friend. I don’t have the original ‘recipe’, if it ever needed one as it’s so simple. This easy, mild, pleasing and inoffensive Yellow Pepper Pasta Sauce is so delicious and so easy, I like to call it Mellow Yellow. And did I mention it’s suitable for …
Ricotta Tart (Tarte de Requeijão) [RECIPE]
Here’s another easy-peasy Portuguese recipe for you. This is so easy, it’s embarrassing! Ingredients Makes 10 1 pack of shortcrust pastry (500gr) 5 eggs 250 gr sugar 100 gr butter at room temperature 1 tablespoon of flour 2 packs of Ricotta cheese (or Requeijões* if you are able to get hold of it from a Portuguese Brazilian shop) …
Easy Peasy Courgette Chocolate Cake [recipe]
This is possibly the quickest easiest chocolate cake ever, and it’s so Moorish – which is not good news in our household. You see, I’m crazy about cake. I wish I wasn’t, but I am. On the other hand, I like tasty food but I’m not prepared to spend most of my life in the kitchen. Ah, and I’m not …
How to make Portuguese style Piri-Piri sauce [Recipe]
If you’ve come across a Nando’s, you probably know that Piri Piri chicken has a Portuguese connection. The chain was set up by a Portuguese immigrant in South Africa and Portuguese people love chicken barbequed with Piri Piri. You will find a jar of Piri Piri sauce is most Portuguese households and certainly in all restaurants. My dad kept one he …
A cheat recipe for a quick, economic and healthy pizza
It’s common knowledge that sardines are packed with good nutrients, however, I couldn’t see how I could get my kids to have sardine here in the UK. Then one day we thought of making our own pizza… Mind you, I love the idea of making my own from scratch but only ever managed that once. Here’s a cheat recipe for …