Maria de Lourdes Modesto
Autore di Traditional Portuguese Cooking
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Opere di Maria de Lourdes Modesto
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Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Modesto, Maria de Lourdes
- Data di nascita
- 1930-06-01
- Nazionalità
- Portugal
- Luogo di nascita
- Beja, Portugal
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Recensioni
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 8
- Utenti
- 60
- Popolarità
- #277,520
- Voto
- 5.0
- Recensioni
- 2
- ISBN
- 11
- Lingue
- 1
This book is considered in Portugal to be one of the "bibles" of Portuguese Cuisine (I’ve got one of the editions). And when I talk or write about Portuguese Cuisine what comes to mind is "caldo verde". Whatever you do, don’t zap potatoes, as you get a slimy soft paste that I find rather disgusting (what you'll need to do is to demolish them with every Portuguese housewife's/househusband’s favourite tool - the "varinha magica"; translated to English, it is the "magic wand"). Mashing or just simply leave them to boil to pieces small enough to mash with your fork on your plate (vinho verde anyone)? Traditionally, “caldo verde” is made with water, not stock, salt, a little thinly sliced onion, no garlic (I like with garlic) and the potato, boiled and then roughly crushed with a wooden spoon against the side of the pan; then add the shredded cabbage and one slice of chouriço (the “tora”) per person (if we served it up with just one slice, our children would have us shot! Repeatedly. As with many Portuguese dishes, there isn’t much seasoning in “caldo verde” and I find it really needs the saltiness of the chouriço to perk it up), boil for just a few minutes; olive oil to taste is added at the table. In the North, where it originated, usually accompanied with “broa” (maize bread). Ready in twenty minutes, about the time it took to write this!
“Caldo Verde” is wonderful sustaining food source that originated with the simple ingredients available to poor and the peasantry. It should be made on a water base and without meat and is all the better for being made like that. The kale component is a biannual tallish plant which feeds man and beast.
Keep it simple says Maria de Lourdes Modesto! She is right of course.… (altro)