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Valentim'/><category term='Sandwiches'/><category term='Borrego'/><category term='Frutos vermelhos'/><category term='Frutos secos'/><category term='Vinagre balsâmico'/><category term='Aboboras'/><category term='Morangos'/><category term='Aniversários'/><category term='Festas'/><category term='Caldos e sopas'/><category term='Tabela de temperaturas'/><title type='text'>PRATOS E TRAVESSAS</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8870383917803210992/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8870383917803210992/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>monica Pinto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17807463873711620776</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>366</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8870383917803210992.post-6099370540386410221</id><published>2012-02-14T11:09:00.001Z</published><updated>2012-02-14T14:04:15.829Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='S. Valentim'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Chocolate'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bolos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sobremesas'/><title type='text'>Bolo de chocolate trufado  # Chocolate cake with truffle frosting</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/GnpAOPKRbuPtS9sCQHFU7ZczCZvsju15CaTM5u6vk30?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="872" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-xOSWHTZf8HE/TzoeiptNMNI/AAAAAAAALQE/rntoPSaeF74/s800/bchoc1.psd.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Primeiro eu e tu. A areia quente nos pés. Os salpicos da água fria do mar.&lt;br /&gt;Jogávamos jogos inventados por nós. E os dias sabiam a sol e a sal.&lt;br /&gt;Um vestido branco e rendado e uma breve despedida e de repente vimo-nos como mais ninguém nos conseguiu ver.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Só se vê bem com o coração. O essencial é invisível para os olhos..."&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.slideshare.net/lamparina/historia-do-principezinho"&gt;Antoine De Saint-Exupéry&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://cupido.aeiou.pt/dn/valentim.html"&gt;Feliz dia de S. Valentim!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;In english&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First you and me. The hot sand beneath our feet. The splashes of cold sea water.&lt;br /&gt;We played games invented by us. And the days had the taste of sun and salt.&lt;br /&gt;A white lacy dress and a brief goodbye, and all of a sudden &amp;nbsp;we saw our selves like no one was ever able to see us.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"One sees clearly only with the heart. Anything essential is invisible to the eyes..."&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.slideshare.net/lamparina/historia-do-principezinho"&gt;Antoine De Saint-Exupéry&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Happy St Valentines day!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/MdjOTYL-5XMkpR7pqTy_W6NP2-uNCkL-IIjnqRyaO3Q?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="872" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-I8WkmFENrjw/TzoglF8GyWI/AAAAAAAALQQ/uIFAOnKMbWs/s800/choco.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bolo de chocolate trufado&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Um bolo bombástico (e não, não fui eu que o descrevi assim, embora concorde totalmente!) levemente húmido, macio e com recheio e cobertura de trufa. Para uma celebração especial ou para qualquer dia em que nos apeteça mimar quem nos quer bem de verdade e isso inclui-nos a nós também.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Porque todos merecemos o melhor...&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ingredientes:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6 ovos&lt;br /&gt;340 g de manteiga sem sal mole&lt;br /&gt;400 g de açúcar&lt;br /&gt;380 g de farinha com fermento&lt;br /&gt;80 g de cacau em pó&lt;br /&gt;6 colheres de sopa de mel claro&lt;br /&gt;5 colheres de sopa de amêndoa moída&lt;br /&gt;Pitada de sal fino&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Xarope de cacau:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;125 ml de água&lt;br /&gt;1 colher de chá de cacau em pó&lt;br /&gt;80 g de açúcar&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Cobertura de trufa:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;400 g de chocolate preto (semi-doce)&lt;br /&gt;400 ml de natas frescas, bem frias&lt;br /&gt;1 colher de sopa de açúcar&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Preparação:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Unte duas formas de fecho e fundo falso com cerca de 20 cm de diâmetro, cubra o fundo de ambas com papel vegetal, pincele o papel vegetal com manteiga e polvilhe as formas com farinha.&lt;br /&gt;*Pré-aqueça o forno a 180º, marca 4 do fogão a gás.&lt;br /&gt;*Bata a manteiga com o açúcar até obter uma mistura fofa e pálida.&lt;br /&gt;*Junte os ovos batidos aos poucos, mexendo sempre.&lt;br /&gt;*Junte o mel e a amêndoa moída.&lt;br /&gt;*Por fim junte a farinha, o cacau e o sal peneirados em conjunto, mexa bem para ligar.&lt;br /&gt;*Divida a massa pelas duas formas e leve ao forno cerca de 30 a 35 minutos, faça o teste do palito. *Normalmente, estes bolos ficam com fendas mas a cobertura disfarça-as, por isso o problema é facilmente resolvido.&lt;br /&gt;*Entretanto leve o chocolate para a cobertura, a derreter em banho maria. Tire do lume e deixe arrefecer.&lt;br /&gt;*Faça o xarope juntando todos os ingredientes numa caçarola e deixando ferver por 5 a 7 minutos até que o líquido reduza e fique com a consistência de xarope.&lt;br /&gt;*Tire os bolos do forno, deixe arrefecer um pouco, desenforme, faça furos na superfície com um palito e verta o xarope por cima dos dois bolos. Deixe arrefecer totalmente em cima de uma rede p/ bolos.&lt;br /&gt;*Bata as natas e assim que começarem a ficar volumosas, junte-lhes o açúcar e continue a bater até ficarem firmes.&lt;br /&gt;*Junte por fim o chocolate derretido e já à temperatura ambiente. Misture bem.&lt;br /&gt;*Num prato de bolo coloque 4 tiras de papel vegetal, uma de cada lado de forma a crira um quadrado. *Coloque um dos bolos em cima. Isto é apenas para que possa barrar o bolo sem sujar o prato.&lt;br /&gt;*Barre o 1º bolo com um pouco da cobertura e em cima coloque o outro bolo.&lt;br /&gt;*Cubra todo o bolo (agora já montado) com a cobertura. Convém que seja rápido porque a cobertura vai endurecer com o passar do tempo.&lt;br /&gt;*Se isso acontecer, mergulhe a espátula com que está a barrar o bolo, numa taça com água bem quente (não limpe a espátula, basta que a sacuda), isto faz com que a mesma deslize facilmente sobre a cobertura.&lt;br /&gt;*Pode alisar todo o bolo ou deixá-lo tipo crumble no topo, tal como se vê nas fotos.&lt;br /&gt;*Por fim retire as tiras de papel e sirva.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Chocolate cake with truffle frosting&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;A bombastic cake ( and no, i was not the one who described it this way, although i agree, totally!), slightly moist, soft, filled and covered with a truffle frosting. For a special celebration, or for any day we feel like pampering our one and only and that includes us to.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Because we all deserve the best...&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ingredients:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6 eggs&lt;br /&gt;340 g unsalted butter, soften&lt;br /&gt;380 g self rising flour&lt;br /&gt;400 caster sugar&lt;br /&gt;80 g cocoa powder&lt;br /&gt;6 tbs clear honey&lt;br /&gt;5 tbs ground almonds&lt;br /&gt;Pinch salt&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Cocoa Syrup:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;125 ml water&lt;br /&gt;1 tsp cocoa powder&lt;br /&gt;80 g caster sugar&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Truffle frosting:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;400 g semi sweet chocolate&lt;br /&gt;400 ml double cream&lt;br /&gt;1 tbs caster sugar&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Preparation:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Butter and line two 20 cm springform tins with baking parchment.&lt;br /&gt;*Preheat the oven to 180º, gas mark 4.&lt;br /&gt;*Beat the butter and sugar until creamy and fluffy.&lt;br /&gt;*Add beaten eggs in small parts, mixing well.&lt;br /&gt;*Then the honey and almonds, combining everything.&lt;br /&gt;*Finally add the sifted flour, cocoa and salt. Mix well.&lt;br /&gt;*Divide the prepared batter evenly between the two tins and bake for 30 to 35 minutes, until risen. Usually they crack but the frosting will cover it, so you´re fine.&lt;br /&gt;*To make the syrup, put all the ingredients in a saucepan and boil for 5 to 7 minutes, until reduced and glossy.&lt;br /&gt;*In the meantime, melt the chocolate for the frosting in a saucepan inside a pan with boiling water. Take from the stove and let it cool to room temperature.&lt;br /&gt;*Take the cakes out of the oven, let them cool for 5 minutes and turn them out of their tins. Pierce the cakes here and there with a cake tester and pour the syrup evenly. Put them on a rack to cool.&lt;br /&gt;*Beat the cold double cream until slightly consistent and add the sugar. Keep beating until the cream is firm.&lt;br /&gt;*Add the melted and cooled chocolate to the whipped cream, mixing very well.&lt;br /&gt;*Put 4 stripes of parchment paper on the cake plate and put one of the cakes on top, this is just so you don´t make a mess with the frosting process, by the end all you have to do is take the stripes out and your cake plate will be clean and beautiful.&lt;br /&gt;*Spread some of the frosting on top of the first cake and put the other one on top of it.&lt;br /&gt;*Cover the cake with the frosting. You have to be quick because the frosting will start to harden a bit. If that happens all you have to do is dive your spatula in a bowl of hot water and keep on frosting the cake. The warmth of the spatula will soften the frosting, making the process much easier.&lt;br /&gt;*I like to give a crumble look to the cake top, but you can smooth it if you prefer.&lt;br /&gt;*Remove the paper stripes and is ready to serve.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/5vjLT6PtMYtKkfZ79wiZYpczCZvsju15CaTM5u6vk30?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="872" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-oJut_aRQzB4/TzohcQR-vYI/AAAAAAAALQY/AqQl8-Jwhe0/s800/bchoc3.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8870383917803210992-6099370540386410221?l=pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/feeds/6099370540386410221/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8870383917803210992&amp;postID=6099370540386410221&amp;isPopup=true' title='10 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8870383917803210992/posts/default/6099370540386410221'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8870383917803210992/posts/default/6099370540386410221'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/2012/02/bolo-de-chocolate-trufado-chocolate.html' title='Bolo de chocolate trufado  # Chocolate cake with truffle frosting'/><author><name>monica Pinto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17807463873711620776</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-xOSWHTZf8HE/TzoeiptNMNI/AAAAAAAALQE/rntoPSaeF74/s72-c/bchoc1.psd.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8870383917803210992.post-2499604467449615325</id><published>2012-02-08T09:00:00.008Z</published><updated>2012-02-08T09:03:22.225Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Medronhos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fruta'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sobremesas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Doces'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cozinha tradicional portuguesa'/><title type='text'>Creme de medronhos # Arbutus cream</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/F9JM2n3VG3RAEY_ylcoun2yOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-gh8vURNA844/TzF4g-TAwSI/AAAAAAAALPU/cMmeFNfF-iY/s800/arbutus%2520cr%25C3%25A8me.jpg" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No final do ano que passou, disse-vos que publicaria aqui a minha segunda receita a ser apresentada no The Rambling Epicure e finalmente aqui está ela.&lt;br /&gt;O texto que podem ler em baixo, foi adaptado do original que foi publicado como introdução à receita.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.theramblingepicure.com/archives/20588"&gt;Aqui podem ver&lt;/a&gt; as últimas notícias sobre essas photos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Para vocês...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Eu&amp;nbsp;adoro ir ao &lt;a href="http://geres.pt/"&gt;Gerês &lt;/a&gt;no Outono. A tranquilidade e a paisagem deslumbrante, transportam-me para outra dimensão, difícil de definir por palavras.&lt;br /&gt;Naquelas matas eu dispo a armadura que a vida "real" me impõe e sem dar por isso, a cada passo que dou, deixo por terra também a noção do tempo.&lt;br /&gt;Gosto de deambular por entre folhas de cores quentes e tapetes de musgo molhado, respirando a plenos pulmões toda a beleza e generosidade da natureza que me rodeia. E este ano, os medronheiros foram verdadeiramente generosos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Os medronhos estão muito presentes nas minhas recordações de infância. Quando não os comíamos no Gerês, faziamo-lo em &lt;a href="http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=611434"&gt;Recarei&lt;/a&gt;. Lembro-me sempre do meu pai dizer "Não se podem comer em demasia, porque embebedam". Para mim, nessa altura eram assim como um fruto exótico.&lt;br /&gt;As pequenas bagas têm uma cor linda &amp;nbsp;variável entre o vermelho vivo e o amarelo, que desde sempre me atraiu. Quando maduros podem ser bem doces,&amp;nbsp;com um toque de acidez e textura mole (por vezes demais até), quebrada pela rijeza das minúsculas "sementes" pretas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cheguei a casa acompanhada por essas memórias da infância, com o sabor único dos medronhos na boca e a pensar numa sobremesa inspirada nestes frutos...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Horas depois já eu estava na cozinha, de volta de um creme doce, macio e frutado feito de sensações, vivências e gostos. Enfim, feito acima de tudo de memórias."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Qh-YVly0cH9zhNCWzcWDWGyOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-aoyiFNESz0w/TzF4-v8s1AI/AAAAAAAALPc/LTZ3DAK8-d4/s800/arbutus-1.JPG" width="533" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;In english&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At the end of last year, i told you that i would publish here my second recipe to be featured in The Rambling Epicure, and finally here it is. &lt;a href="http://www.theramblingepicure.com/archives/20588"&gt;Here you can see &lt;/a&gt;the latest news about it.&lt;br /&gt;The text you can read below, was adapted from the original that was publish as an introduction to the recipe.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For You...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"I love to go to &lt;a href="http://geres.pt/"&gt;Gerês&lt;/a&gt; in Autumn. The tranquility of the surroundings and the breathtaking landscape always take me to another dimension, hard to define in only words. I lose myself in those glorious woods and i lose track of time too.&lt;br /&gt;I love to walk through the warm colored leaves and wet moss carpets, enjoying natures beauty and generosity. And this year, arbutus trees have indeed been generous.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Arbutus are very present in my childhood memories. When we didn´t eat them in Gerês, we would eat them in &lt;a href="http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=611434"&gt;Recarei&lt;/a&gt; and i always remenber my father telling me "you can´t have to many, or you will end up drunk"... At that time, for me they were an exotic fruit...&lt;br /&gt;They have the most beautiful color that goes from vivid red to yellow.&lt;br /&gt;When ripe they are sweet with a bit of tartness and the texture is very soft, sometimes even mushy. punctuated by the hardness of the tiny black pips.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I arrived home with all these tastes, scents and memories floating in my mind...&lt;br /&gt;Hours latter, i found myself pottering in the kitchen, cooking a smooth fruity cream, made out of memories."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;Creme de medronhos&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ingredientes:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Manteiga (untar ramekins)&lt;br /&gt;600 ml de leite gordo&lt;br /&gt;150 ml de natas (podem ser pasteurizadas)&lt;br /&gt;200 g açúcar&lt;br /&gt;5 ovos&lt;br /&gt;2 colheres de sopa de fécula de batata&lt;br /&gt;150 g de medronhos lavados&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Preparação:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Pré-aqueça o forno a 180º, marca 4 do fogão a gás.&lt;br /&gt;*Unte 7 a 8 ramekins com manteiga e reserve.&lt;br /&gt;*Bata os ovos com o açúcar até ficar com um creme fofo e esbranquiçado.&lt;br /&gt;*Misture o leite com a nata e junte-os à fécula de batata, aos poucos, evitando a formação de grumos (eu uso uma vara de arames que é bastante eficaz)&lt;br /&gt;*Junte a mistura de leite à mistura de ovos e mexa muito bem para ligar.&lt;br /&gt;*Verta o creme nos ramekins até 2/3 e por cima espalhe alguns medronhos.&lt;br /&gt;*Leve ao forno 20 a 25 minutos até o creme ficar dourado.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Arbutus cream&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ingredients:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Butter&lt;br /&gt;600 ml hole milk&lt;br /&gt;150 ml single cream&lt;br /&gt;200 g caster sugar&lt;br /&gt;5 eggs&lt;br /&gt;2 tbs potato starch&lt;br /&gt;150 g arbutus fruit&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Preparation:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Preheat the oven to 180º, gas mark 4.&lt;br /&gt;*Butter 7 to 8 ramekins and reserve.&lt;br /&gt;*Beat the eggs and sugar until pale and fluffy.&lt;br /&gt;*Mix the milk with the single cream and add it slowly to the potato starch, preventing any lumps (i prefer to use a whisker for this)&lt;br /&gt;*Add milk mixture to the egg mixture and combine well into a smooth batter.&lt;br /&gt;*Fill the ramekins with the cream up to 2/3 high and drop a few arbutus in each ramekin.&lt;br /&gt;*Bake for 20 to 25 minutes until golden and beautiful.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/kWAhrA4-n5H984NRGRXpiWqDhxe2aPtW75GzA95GOSA?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="427" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-8KVy1Ntu09A/TzGHwH_34iI/AAAAAAAALP0/Bqc0pM95rNo/s640/IMG_9990.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8870383917803210992-2499604467449615325?l=pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/feeds/2499604467449615325/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8870383917803210992&amp;postID=2499604467449615325&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8870383917803210992/posts/default/2499604467449615325'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8870383917803210992/posts/default/2499604467449615325'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/2012/02/creme-de-medronhos-arbutus-cream.html' title='Creme de medronhos # Arbutus cream'/><author><name>monica Pinto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17807463873711620776</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-gh8vURNA844/TzF4g-TAwSI/AAAAAAAALPU/cMmeFNfF-iY/s72-c/arbutus%2520cr%25C3%25A8me.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8870383917803210992.post-6066032283160945247</id><published>2012-02-06T16:58:00.002Z</published><updated>2012-02-06T17:20:31.392Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Comunicados'/><title type='text'>Exposição de fotografia no CAE # Photography exibition at CAE</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/JXH8l_FOO9g07bp8qpBt0KNP2-uNCkL-IIjnqRyaO3Q?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="512" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-QzzKXVlMe78/Ty_o0FzAhGI/AAAAAAAALM4/foEnop73u-Q/s640/2012_02_04.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Há algum tempo atrás fui convidada pelo &lt;a href="http://www.figueiradigital.com/arquivofotografico/inform.asp"&gt;Arquivo Fotográfico da Figueira da foz&lt;/a&gt; a fazer uma exposição das minhas fotografias/food styling no &lt;a href="http://www.cae.pt/"&gt;CAE - Centro de Artes e Espetáculos da Figueira da Foz&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;e na passada Sexta-feira fui finalmente visitar a sala onde vai decorrer a exposição (Sala Afonso Cruz), &amp;nbsp;conhecer pessoalmente a Guida Cândido, Técnica superior do Arquivo Fotográfico da cidade, responsável pela programação da sala em questão e a pessoa que me convidou para fazer a exposição, e o Pedro Pinto, (responsável pelo departamento de Comunicação e Cinema do CAE) com quem também estive em contacto nos últimos tempos. E por falar em cinema, hoje vai ser exibido o filme &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzD0U841LRM&amp;amp;feature=fvwrel"&gt;"Melancolia" &lt;/a&gt;de Lars Von Trier (às 21:30) que eu adoro.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/okYmrzemkZa5PE3ATisa7myOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="427" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-EYI-yRj8wbA/Ty_vAQgV1oI/AAAAAAAALOU/D3tuf3Hj_Ww/s640/barco%2520%25282%2529.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mas antes ainda percorri alguns recantos da cidade, e o mercado municipal e o mar não podiam ficar de fora...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gostei imenso do CAE enquanto espaço físico e enquanto centro de variadíssimas actividades de interesse cultural, os quais pude conhecer de perto durante a visita guiada que me foi oferecida.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;É um centro com várias salas preparadas para acolher todo o tipo de exposições e espetáculos, congressos e concertos, &amp;nbsp;incluindo dois auditórios. Um espaço e uma programação cultural que vale realmente a pena conhecer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A minha exposição vai decorrer de 8 de Março a 1 de Abril, mas até lá ainda voltaremos a falar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/UCx_RPi0B7wX4tV5d7vyPUsMHZCj9Rt_Q9A9K8WUCEY?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="512" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-rqBEFIKJdEw/Ty_qowEcyaI/AAAAAAAALNw/rnapDE-UhhQ/s640/fotos%252034.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/sEHH5jhz-N9NxuUPZ2pmMEsMHZCj9Rt_Q9A9K8WUCEY?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="512" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-j5ciW-sYgh4/Ty_ph2ittFI/AAAAAAAALNQ/pg3SQBymvjM/s640/fotos%252036.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some time ago i was invited by the &lt;a href="http://www.figueiradigital.com/arquivofotografico/inform.asp"&gt;Photographic Archive of Figueira da Foz&lt;/a&gt; to make an exibition of my photography/foodstyling in &lt;a href="http://www.cae.pt/"&gt;CAE -&amp;nbsp;Figueira da Foz&amp;nbsp;shows and arts center&lt;/a&gt;, and last Friday i finally went to visit the room in which the exibition will take place (Sala Afonso Cruz) and to meet personaly Guida Cândido from the photographic archive, responsable for the scheduling of the room in question and the person &amp;nbsp;who invited me to make the exibition; and Pedro Pinto (responsible for the comunication and cinema department of CAE) with whom i was also in contact lately. And speaking of movies, today will be shown &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzD0U841LRM&amp;amp;feature=fvwrel"&gt;"Melancolia" &lt;/a&gt;by Lars Von Trier (21:30) which i &amp;nbsp;love.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/6akL7iiVGDs_Llb3s4UWdqNP2-uNCkL-IIjnqRyaO3Q?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="872" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Kkf6-0Fq-LY/TzAFy36A2hI/AAAAAAAALO0/QIw36Zqrg4g/s800/pelourinho.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But before that, i still had time to visit some corners of the city and the main market and the sea couldn´t be left out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I really enjoyed CAE, as a beautiful space and as a center for many activities of cultural interest, which i had the opportunity to get to know well during the guided tour that was offered to me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is a center with several rooms equipped to accommodate all kinds of exibitions and shows, conferences and shows, including two auditoriums. A space and a cultural program that is really worth knowing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My exibition will be held from &amp;nbsp;March 8 to April 1, but until then we will be in touch.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/RyE7wEtb8yqDaIOfmemGOEsMHZCj9Rt_Q9A9K8WUCEY?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="512" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-71Cj65ddnJI/Ty_qGkUsEbI/AAAAAAAALNg/tN1rWGYLumw/s640/fotos%252037.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/oisSsd5mCnjwumKN2d4vU0sMHZCj9Rt_Q9A9K8WUCEY?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="512" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-4IpMbctKOng/Ty_qVxc9fVI/AAAAAAAALNo/ZUPUSHsRViA/s640/fotos%252031.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/dNNqbQA-Ws7xZm2yQ1Bk70sMHZCj9Rt_Q9A9K8WUCEY?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="512" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-PRy_vJ_vOM0/Ty_pSlkwQ2I/AAAAAAAALNI/5TnKgQFhukU/s640/fotos%252035.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/mb7h8qz6hLqTPPZHHsKGnKNP2-uNCkL-IIjnqRyaO3Q?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="872" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-iAcBhwmXM3Q/Ty_rU1FArfI/AAAAAAAALOE/Oj6XcERrZas/s800/torre.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8870383917803210992-6066032283160945247?l=pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/feeds/6066032283160945247/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8870383917803210992&amp;postID=6066032283160945247&amp;isPopup=true' title='10 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8870383917803210992/posts/default/6066032283160945247'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8870383917803210992/posts/default/6066032283160945247'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/2012/02/exposicao-de-fotografia-no-cae.html' title='Exposição de fotografia no CAE # Photography exibition at CAE'/><author><name>monica Pinto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17807463873711620776</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-QzzKXVlMe78/Ty_o0FzAhGI/AAAAAAAALM4/foEnop73u-Q/s72-c/2012_02_04.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8870383917803210992.post-457675242438721750</id><published>2012-02-02T16:49:00.005Z</published><updated>2012-02-02T17:14:36.346Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fruta'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sobremesas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Doces'/><title type='text'>Trifle de laranja e amoras # Orange and blackberry trifle</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/iZLf8ZdUag_YI4vmRyZ10KNP2-uNCkL-IIjnqRyaO3Q?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="872" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-yzjysapgJ1w/Tylu4McSR0I/AAAAAAAALLY/0PhjzYBxGLU/s800/copos.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Esta história começou há quase uma semana nesta mesma cozinha, com um bolo simples a cozer no forno, uma gripe chata, um remédio caseiro ( chá de alho, canela e limão) e pacotes de lenços de papel estrategicamente pousados, já que os espirros não costumam pedir licença; chegam e quando damos por eles já foram.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pelo meio, entre as horas passadas no sofá a "marinar" a gripe, ainda houve tempo para reorganizar os meus livros de cozinha e os adereços, papéis, tecidos e tábuas que parecem brotar de um qualquer canto secreto do estúdio.&lt;br /&gt;Quando voltei a olhar para o bolo, no dia seguinte, já ele estava a meio, tamanho mais que certo para fazer um trifle de laranja para quatro.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cobri o fundo de dois copos com fatias finas de bolo e por cima salpiquei um pouco de cointreau, o suficiente para humedecer o bolo e deixá-lo ainda mais aromático.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fiz um creme de baunilha, muito útil para os trifles e também para comer a solo com muita canela em pó que, maravilha das maravilhas, ainda por cima ajuda a combater as gripes e respetiva parentagem indesejada .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Peguei em quatro ou cinco laranjas pequenas e depois de as submeter aos poderes de uma faca afiada, ficaram apenas pequenos gomos sem pele, brilhantes e delicados.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mais umas amoras (as últimas da colheita de Verão) e umas raspas de chocolate.&lt;br /&gt;E do bolo passei ao trifle. Camadas de bolo, cointreau, laranja, creme de baunilha, amoras e raspas de chocolate.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Não admira que os ingleses ainda hoje tenham um carinho muito especial por esta sobremesa típica, que tanto quanto se sabe, terá tido como antepassado (Séc. XVI) algo parecido com um syllabub (natas batidas com licor ou sumo de frutas) e já com o nome de trifle.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No Sec. XVIII &amp;nbsp;aparecem os primeiros trifles tal como os conhecemos hoje, camada a camada.&lt;br /&gt;Os vitorianos adoravam-nos e no &lt;a href="http://books.google.pt/books/about/The_book_of_household_management.html?id=fD8CAAAAQAAJ&amp;amp;redir_esc=y"&gt;conhecido livro&lt;/a&gt; da inovadora (para a época) &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_Beeton"&gt;Srª Isabella Beeton&lt;/a&gt;, já constavam&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPCJR_eU5zA&amp;amp;feature=related"&gt;quatro receitas&lt;/a&gt; de trifle com o respetivo custo final.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quanto a mim, as minhas &lt;a href="http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/2010/02/receita-detrifle-de-chocolate-para-as.html"&gt;vivências com os trifles&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;têm sido memoráveis. Assim que &amp;nbsp;mergulhei uma colher neste doce pela primeira vez, nunca mais o esqueci...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/4p1XCGyUwDScVKjymVlmmqNP2-uNCkL-IIjnqRyaO3Q?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="872" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-FgBVbx5OzfA/Tylwts1qfSI/AAAAAAAALLw/6pgX1njiGC8/s800/copocima.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/YQgq4-udBsQgKR6INUKA8ksMHZCj9Rt_Q9A9K8WUCEY?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="512" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-cYiqXUCoKu8/Tylv658OdBI/AAAAAAAALLk/81YRqXez3lE/s640/fotos%252031.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;In english&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This story began almost a week ago, in this same kitchen, with a simple cake baking in the oven, an annoying flu, a home remedy &amp;nbsp;(garlic, lemon and cinnamon tea) and packets of tissues, strategically placed, given that sneezes usually don´t ask for permission. They come and before you know it their gone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In between, a few hours spent on the couch "marinating" the flu and there were still time to reorganize my cookbooks and props, that seem to sprout from a secret corner of the studio.&lt;br /&gt;When i looked at the cake, the next day, it was half, just the perfect size to make an orange trifle big enough to feed four.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I covered the bottom of two glasses with thin slices of cake and sprinkled with a bit of cointreau, enough to moisten the cake and make it even more aromatic.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I made vanilla cream, very useful for trifles and to eat solo, dusted with a lot of cinnamon, that, wonder of wonders, is also good to cure the flu and other unwanted parenting (of the flu, i mean).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I took four or five small oranges and after subjecting them to the powers of a sharp knife, all that remained were bright and delicate skinned slices.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A handful of blackberries (the last of the Summer harvest) and some chocolate shavings.&lt;br /&gt;And from the cake i passed to the trifle&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No wonder the British still have a very special fondness for this typical dessert, which as far as it´s known, have had as an ancestor (16th century) something like a syllabub (cream whipped with liquor or fruit juice) and already with the name of trifle.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It was in he early 18th century, that the first trifles as we know them today appear, layer by layer.&lt;br /&gt;The Victorians loved them, and &amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://books.google.pt/books/about/The_book_of_household_management.html?id=fD8CAAAAQAAJ&amp;amp;redir_esc=y"&gt;the well known book &lt;/a&gt;of the innovative (for her time) &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_Beeton"&gt;Mrs Isabella Beeton&lt;/a&gt;, already included four trifle &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPCJR_eU5zA&amp;amp;feature=related"&gt;recipes&lt;/a&gt; with the respective final cost.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As for me, &lt;a href="http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/2010/02/receita-detrifle-de-chocolate-para-as.html"&gt;my experiences with trifles &lt;/a&gt;have been memorable. As soon as i dipped my spoon in this sweet for the first time, i could never forget it ever since.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/6Nd-gOu0ombY0OIgY4NJOaNP2-uNCkL-IIjnqRyaO3Q?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="872" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-z1iUq7UW79U/TylxPH57O8I/AAAAAAAALL4/UmM8Mcy9r-U/s800/copoalto.psd.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ybrD3Gxccn4heK_UcQWcXUsMHZCj9Rt_Q9A9K8WUCEY?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="512" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/--irRM8OAAJ0/TyqTu_YkX_I/AAAAAAAALMI/wZVS0ZsUrn8/s640/fotos%252034.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;Trifle de laranja e amoras&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ingredientes:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; As quantidades dependem do tamanho do trifle que vai fazer. Eu usei metade do bolo da postagem anterior para 2 copos, que serve 4 pessoas facilmente.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Um bolo inteiro dará para 6 a 8 pessoas, dependendo do apetite de cada um.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fatias de finas de bolo de laranja sem glúten (&lt;a href="http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/2012/01/bolo-de-laranja-sem-gluten-gluten-free.html"&gt;receita aqui&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;Gomos de laranja sem pele&lt;br /&gt;Amoras&lt;br /&gt;Cointreau&lt;br /&gt;Raspas de chocolate&lt;br /&gt;Creme de baunilha&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Creme de baunilha&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Se fizer um trifle numa taça grande, duplique as quantidades para o creme&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ingredientes:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;500 ml leite meio gordo&lt;br /&gt;1 ovo&lt;br /&gt;1 gema grande&lt;br /&gt;90 g de açúcar&lt;br /&gt;100 g de manteiga sem sal&lt;br /&gt;1 colher de sopa de amido de milho (maizena)&lt;br /&gt;1 vagem de baunilha&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Preparação:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Bata o ovo com a gema e o açúcar, até ficar com um creme fofo.&lt;br /&gt;*Derreta a manteiga e fora do lume, junte-lhe a mistura de ovos e açúcar, o leite misturado com o amido de milho e a vagem de baunilha, mexendo bem.&lt;br /&gt;*Leve ao lume (não muito forte) mexendo sempre até engrossar.&lt;br /&gt;*Este creme não fica &amp;nbsp;muito espesso mas é mesmo assim, apesar de que ao arrefecer vai espessar um pouco mais.&lt;br /&gt;*Tape o creme ainda quente com película aderente (a película tem de ficar em contacto com a superfície do creme, para que este não ganhe aquela "pele" indesejada.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Montagem do trifle:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Numa taça de vidro comece por colocar fatias de bolo de forma a cobrir a base da mesma e salpique-as com Cointreau (licor de laranja). Eu usei 1 colher de sopa de licor por camada, tendo em conta que usei copos e não uma taça grande.&lt;br /&gt;*Por cima coloque gomos de laranja sem pele e por cima deles uma camada de creme de baunilha.&lt;br /&gt;*Nova camada de fatias de bolo, mais uns salpicos de Cointreau e depois amoras que por fim são cobertas com creme de baunilha.&lt;br /&gt;*Decore com raspas de chocolate, amoras e gomos de laranja.&lt;br /&gt;*Sirva à temperatura ambiente. No Verão sirva fresco.&lt;br /&gt;*Muitooo Bom :))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ofAV_BqosUJ_k-ONTwdw3aNP2-uNCkL-IIjnqRyaO3Q?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="872" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-f3gn7zsT0-w/Tyq83L96oiI/AAAAAAAALMo/Sia9loqBa4Q/s800/copocima1.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Orange and blackberry trifle&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ingredients:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;i&gt;The quantities depend on the size of the trifle you want make. You can always add a little bit&amp;nbsp;more of this and that. I used half the cake from the last post, which served the four of us. Using the hole cake, you will end up making a trifle for 6 to 8, depending on the appetite of your family or friends.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Slices of gluten free orange cake (&lt;a href="http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/2012/01/bolo-de-laranja-sem-gluten-gluten-free.html"&gt;recipe here&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;Slices of orange (without the skin)&lt;br /&gt;Blackberries&lt;br /&gt;Cointreau&lt;br /&gt;Chocolate shaves&lt;br /&gt;Vanilla cream&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Vanilla cream&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ingredients:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;500 ml semi skimmed milk&lt;br /&gt;1 egg&lt;br /&gt;1 large egg yolk&lt;br /&gt;90 g caster sugar&lt;br /&gt;100 unsalted butter&lt;br /&gt;1 tbs of corn starch&lt;br /&gt;1 vanilla pod&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Preparation:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Beat the egg, yolk and sugar until fluffy.&lt;br /&gt;*Dissolve the corn starch in the milk making sure to eliminate any possible lumps.&lt;br /&gt;*Melt the butter over low heat in a heavy-based pan.&lt;br /&gt;*Stir in the egg and sugar mixture, the milk and vanilla pod.&lt;br /&gt;*Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until thickened.&lt;br /&gt;*The cream will be slightly runny, don´t worry. it will thicken a little bit more as it cools.&lt;br /&gt;*Cover the top of the hot vanilla cream with clingfilm, to stop it forming a skin.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;The trifle:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Layer slices of orange cake into the bottom of a trifle bowl or big glasses just like i did.&lt;br /&gt;*Pour over the cointreau, just to moist the cake and then the slices of orange. Cover with a layer of vanilla cream. Another layer of cake slices, more cointreau and tip in the blackberries. Cover with more vanilla cream and on top of that, chocolate shaves.&lt;br /&gt;*Decorate the trifle with orange slices, blackberries and chocolate shaves.&lt;br /&gt;*In Winter i serve it at room temperature, but in Summer is best chilled.&lt;br /&gt;*Delicious:))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/R_OftrSbNM9lnZVXcR2VeaNP2-uNCkL-IIjnqRyaO3Q?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="872" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-hte1ZQYZ3WQ/TyqUDB5-ibI/AAAAAAAALMU/0CApLFcdWqo/s800/coposvert1.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8870383917803210992-457675242438721750?l=pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/feeds/457675242438721750/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8870383917803210992&amp;postID=457675242438721750&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8870383917803210992/posts/default/457675242438721750'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8870383917803210992/posts/default/457675242438721750'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/2012/02/trifle-de-laranja-e-amoras-orange-and.html' title='Trifle de laranja e amoras # Orange and blackberry trifle'/><author><name>monica Pinto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17807463873711620776</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-yzjysapgJ1w/Tylu4McSR0I/AAAAAAAALLY/0PhjzYBxGLU/s72-c/copos.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8870383917803210992.post-732233229240581550</id><published>2012-01-30T15:31:00.000Z</published><updated>2012-01-30T15:31:56.411Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fruta'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bolos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sobremesas'/><title type='text'>Bolo de laranja sem glúten # Gluten free orange cake</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/G4A5VGhMrSB6br1h4pJVh6NP2-uNCkL-IIjnqRyaO3Q?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="427" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-_-9_0CVRY5U/TyZq08XDe4I/AAAAAAAALKA/EBN5NtLnj-4/s640/bololaranja.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Eu tenho duas laranjeiras. Bem, na verdade não são "minhas", são assim como que emprestadas. Não estão na minha horta mas posso visitá-las sempre que quero.&lt;br /&gt;Não sei ao certo quantos anos têm essas laranjeiras. Nunca perguntei a quem as plantou. Só sei que têm copas largas e ramos tombados na terra, de tão carregados de frutos que estão.&lt;br /&gt;Gosto de me refugiar debaixo dos seus ramos. É como estar dentro de uma gruta verde, de cujas paredes nascem laranjas. Conseguem imaginar como é?&lt;br /&gt;Por vezes sento-me na terra, dentro da gruta, encostada ao tronco da laranjeira. Não há sítio melhor para comer uma laranja. Ou até duas!&lt;br /&gt;Passei os últimos dias a transformá-las em sumo e saladas de fruta. Caprichos de uma gripe que me tem mantido em reclusão.&lt;br /&gt;Mas na Sexta-feira à noite, com a casa calma e aquecida pelo calor da salamandra, veio a vontade de ligar o forno e cozer um bolo, para o fim de semana que se adivinhava entre quatro paredes, rodeada de &lt;a href="http://www.wook.pt/ficha/vento-areia-e-amoras-bravas/a/id/10892583"&gt;livros&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IunmW3wI5Q"&gt;música&lt;/a&gt; e talvez alguns &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avcYEZGHp54"&gt;filmes para rever&lt;/a&gt;... Pode até não parecer, mas para mim foi o paraíso.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;In english&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have two orange trees.Well, actually they are not "mine", they are sort of borrowed. They are not in my garden but i can visit them whenever i want.&lt;br /&gt;I don´t know how old these orange trees are. I never asked to whom has planted them. The only thing i know, is that they have large tops and long, laden with fruit branches, fallen on the ground.&lt;br /&gt;I like to take refuge under it´s branches. Is like being inside a green cave, from whose walls, juicy oranges keep growing. Can you imagine how it is?&lt;br /&gt;Sometimes i sit on the ground, inside the cave, leaning against the trunk of the orange tree. There´s no better place to eat an orange. Or even two!&lt;br /&gt;I spent these last days turning them into juice and fruit salads. Whims of the flu that in these past few days has kept me in confinement.&lt;br /&gt;But on Friday night, from the quiet and warm by the wooden stove house, came the desire to turn on the oven and bake a cake, preparing for a weekend that would most likely be spent indoors surrounded by &lt;a href="http://www.wook.pt/ficha/vento-areia-e-amoras-bravas/a/id/10892583"&gt;books&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IunmW3wI5Q"&gt;music&lt;/a&gt; and perhaps some &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avcYEZGHp54"&gt;movies for reviewing.&lt;/a&gt;..It may not seem so, but for me it was heaven.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/5UK7szJjCWrSFnMUVnYYlaNP2-uNCkL-IIjnqRyaO3Q?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="427" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-aUSySwizqZE/TyZsGOYF5PI/AAAAAAAALKI/4PgM8lD4GvE/s640/laranjas.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/e3P3vQIwNQhZVWO4GqrWX6NP2-uNCkL-IIjnqRyaO3Q?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="428" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-IRJvibBsbJw/TyZuCW6wjtI/AAAAAAAALKQ/EH553P8v2Y4/s640/bolosethoriz.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bolo de laranja sem glúten&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Esta receita foi adaptada do livro &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Feast-Food-Celebrate-Nigella-Lawson/dp/1401301363"&gt;"Feast" da Nigella Lawson&lt;/a&gt; (um dos meus preferidos). Um bolo muito simples, com uma textura um pouco granulosa que o sumo de laranja enriquece. Ideal para acompanhar um chá quente, num dia frio de Inverno.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ingredientes:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8 ovos&lt;br /&gt;300 g de açúcar amarelo&lt;br /&gt;300 g de farinha de arroz&lt;br /&gt;Raspa e sumo de 2 laranjas médias&lt;br /&gt;Gomos de laranja (sem pele) para decorar&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Preparação:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Pré-aqueça o forno a 180º, marca 4 do fogão a gás.&lt;br /&gt;*Unte uma forma de fecho e fundo falso com manteiga e forre o fundo com papel vegetal.&lt;br /&gt;*Separe as gemas das claras.&lt;br /&gt;*Bata as claras até começarem a ganhar volume e junte-lhes 100 g do açúcar. Continue a bater até ficarem bem firmes, em merengue.&lt;br /&gt;*Bata as gemas com os restantes 200 g do açúcar e a raspa das laranjas até ficar com uma mistura fofa e volumosa.&lt;br /&gt;*Junte a farinha e mexa. A massa vai ficar bem espessa, por isso junte-lhe 1/4 do merengue e mexa sem grandes cuidados, só para soltar um pouco a massa.&lt;br /&gt;*Junte o restante merengue, aos poucos, agora com cuidado, mexendo de cima para baixo para não partir as claras.&lt;br /&gt;*Verta a massa na forma e leve ao forno por aproximadamente 40 minutos, espete um palito, se sair seco está pronto . Vá vigiando, se começar a alourar demais tape com papel de alumínio.&lt;br /&gt;*Tire o bolo do forno e sem o desenformar regue-o com o sumo das laranjas, estando ele ainda quente.&lt;br /&gt;*Deixe arrefecer um pouco e desenforme.&lt;br /&gt;*Por fim cubra-o com gomos de laranja (sem pele).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/w9QjQVpZQ_6lbb2Ue0RDKqNP2-uNCkL-IIjnqRyaO3Q?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="427" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-XgXXh7xZY2k/TyZwpR0RAUI/AAAAAAAALKc/0Pl1xMglBXY/s640/bolosolo.psd.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/dpwP-Eq0U4BMZXtVZ5BZjUsMHZCj9Rt_Q9A9K8WUCEY?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="512" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-e6eR8wX6exU/TyZyl2PWChI/AAAAAAAALK0/5wEDlUF6u9A/s640/fotos%252031.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Gluten free orange cake&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;This recipe was adapted from &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Feast-Food-Celebrate-Nigella-Lawson/dp/1401301363"&gt;Nigella Lawson´s "Feast"&lt;/a&gt; (one of my favorite cookbooks). Is a simple cake, with a crumbly texture, enriched by the orange juice. Ideal to have with a hot cup of tea on a cold Winter´s day.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ingredients:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8 eggs&lt;br /&gt;300 g light brown sugar&lt;br /&gt;300 g rice flour&lt;br /&gt;Zest and juice of 2 medium oranges&lt;br /&gt;Slices of orange to decorate (without skin)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Preparation:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Preheat the oven to 180º, gas mark 4.&lt;br /&gt;*Butter a springform pan and line the bottom with parchment paper.&lt;br /&gt;*Separate de yolks from the whites.&lt;br /&gt;*Beat the egg whites until foamy and add 100 g of the sugar. Continue beating until firm.&lt;br /&gt;*Beat the egg yolks with the remaining sugar (200 g) and the zest of the orange, until fluffy and pale.&lt;br /&gt;*Add the rice flour and mix. The batter will be very thick, so you have to mix in 1/4 of the meringue. You can mix vigorously just so the batter becomes more loose.&lt;br /&gt;*Add the rest of the meringue in 3 parts, carefully, folding it into the batter with bottom to top movements, so the whites don´t break.&lt;br /&gt;*Pour the batter into the cake pan and bake for approximately 40 minutes (f the cake begins to over brown, cover it with foil). Insert a wooden stick in the middle , if it comes out clean then it´s ready.&lt;br /&gt;*Take the cake out of the oven and immediately pour the orange juice over it.&lt;br /&gt;*Let it cool a bit and unmold.&lt;br /&gt;*You can serve has it is or with some orange slices on top.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/KEOft_ysqr9Hc3P5OpikMKNP2-uNCkL-IIjnqRyaO3Q?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="872" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-dugtkYLYQOU/TyZ0hl5t2OI/AAAAAAAALLE/e34pBdscN3Q/s800/bolojarras.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8870383917803210992-732233229240581550?l=pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/feeds/732233229240581550/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8870383917803210992&amp;postID=732233229240581550&amp;isPopup=true' title='10 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8870383917803210992/posts/default/732233229240581550'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8870383917803210992/posts/default/732233229240581550'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/2012/01/bolo-de-laranja-sem-gluten-gluten-free.html' title='Bolo de laranja sem glúten # Gluten free orange cake'/><author><name>monica Pinto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17807463873711620776</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-_-9_0CVRY5U/TyZq08XDe4I/AAAAAAAALKA/EBN5NtLnj-4/s72-c/bololaranja.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8870383917803210992.post-1357719216605613664</id><published>2012-01-25T11:02:00.004Z</published><updated>2012-01-27T14:47:04.411Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Massas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vegetais'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ervas aromáticas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='enchidos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Molhos'/><title type='text'>Macarrão de salsicha, pimento, chili e tomate com molho cremoso de ricotta # Sausage, pepper, chili and tomato macaroni with creamy ricotta sauce</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/CViGX6970lXABdBo5HkjAJczCZvsju15CaTM5u6vk30?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-hjGL6n_5YyU/Tx_KGWFSU0I/AAAAAAAALHo/sJYobKneZrs/s800/mac.JPG" width="570" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quando as minhas "crianças" eram pequenas, as festas de aniversário incluíam miúdos e graúdos, uma mesa grande coberta de petiscos variados, uma invasão de balões coloridos e um bolo de aniversário; normalmente com a forma da cara de um palhaço ou do Homem-aranha. Os miúdos corriam e saltavam, os graúdos conversavam, comiam e bebiam; não necessariamente por esta ordem. A mesa ia ficando vazia, os balões eventualmente rebentavam &amp;nbsp;e por fim cantava-se o "Parabéns a você" à luz da vela (que nesta altura ainda era uma só vela), com os graúdos já cansados de ver tanto salto e correria e os miúdos ainda mais acelerados graças aos super poderes que o açúcar e a coca-cola lhes costumam dar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mas por volta dos 13, 14 anos tudo muda. Os graúdos ficam de fora, restando-lhes apenas o direito a financiar a celebração e a alegria suprema de lidar com o caos pós-festa. A mesa passa a ser improvisada na sala de estar ou no quarto. Os balões passam a ser embaraçosos e as cores garridas já só se aceitam nos desenhos das t-shirts. O ponto alto de aniversários passados, ou seja, o bolo de aniversário, a luz da vela e o hino ao aniversariante passam a ser uma grande lamechice; tolerada mas absolutamente dispensável.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E foi mais ou menos assim que as coisas se passaram com a festa de 14 anos do João. O ponto alto da festa não foi o bolo mas sim o macarrão com salsicha, pimentos e tomate com molho cremoso de ricotta que cozinhei para ele e para os amigos. É claro que os hambúrgueres comidos em grupo no McDonald´s, depois de uma ida ao cinema, foram concorrentes de peso, mas por aqui as massas ainda têm o mesmo delicioso encanto. Não há adolescência impetuosa que as derrube.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Eventualmente o bolo também acabou por se juntar às festividades. Com tanta coisa a acontecer, esticamos a festa até ao dia seguinte, quando finalmente e apenas nós os quatro nos dedicamos de corpo, alma e apetite a um bolo de chocolate que já faz parte da &lt;a href="http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/2008/10/bolo-de-chocolate-e-laranja.html"&gt;&lt;b&gt;história dos nossos aniversários&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/qRppxiosK2u5P1GwBQkJsJczCZvsju15CaTM5u6vk30?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Hp2LBMpbJ64/Tx_K90DZZsI/AAAAAAAALH8/w7cyNLhro3M/s800/macarr%2525C3%2525A3o3.JPG" width="570" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/HXqkXv6yMDmIbIhQ7BKQe0sMHZCj9Rt_Q9A9K8WUCEY?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="470" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-zAocbCOmghw/Tx_KffZxHzI/AAAAAAAALH0/95zIFyAEfHE/s640/photos%25252023.jpg" width="570" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/-KWaPndQjbETI_Yg6ABeTUsMHZCj9Rt_Q9A9K8WUCEY?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="470" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-6sHhmA-oG28/Tx_LTyjdOkI/AAAAAAAALIE/PswkSTuGpk0/s640/photos%25252024.jpg" width="570" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;Macarrão com salsicha, pimento, chili e tomate com molho cremoso de ricotta&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;É bem conhecida a combinação italiana de salsichas e pimentos que eu adaptei para esta receita de macarrão que é das preferidas dos meus filhos e dos amigos que trazem cá a casa. O molho cremoso de ricotta ( que até há bem pouco tempo, era apenas um béchamel fino) foi um improviso de última hora que acabou por se tornar uma agradável e aveludada surpresa!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ingredientes:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;500 g de macarrão&lt;br /&gt;250 g de salsichas de churrasco cortadas em pedaços&lt;br /&gt;2 pimentos vermelhos cortados em pedaços&lt;br /&gt;2 chilis picados (opcional)&lt;br /&gt;1 lata de tomate em pedaços&lt;br /&gt;1 cebola média picada&lt;br /&gt;2 dentes de alho picados&lt;br /&gt;1 colher de sopa de azeite&lt;br /&gt;2 colheres de sopa de oregãos secos&lt;br /&gt;Sal a gosto&lt;br /&gt;Pimenta preta acabada de moer a gosto&lt;br /&gt;Mozzarella ralado&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Molho cremoso de ricotta:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;200 g de ricotta (1 embalagem)&lt;br /&gt;100 g de manteiga&lt;br /&gt;50 g de farinha&lt;br /&gt;3 dl de leite&lt;br /&gt;sal a gosto&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Preparação:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Triture as salsichas, os pimentos e os chilis, se os usar, num processador mas sem desfazer demais.&lt;br /&gt;*Num tacho aqueça o azeite e refogue a cebola até ficar alourada. Junte os alhos e a mistura de salsicha e pimento e refogue por 5 minutos. Junte o tomate e os oregãos, tempere com sal e pimenta a gosto e deixe cozinhar por 10 minutos, mexendo de vez em quando.&lt;br /&gt;*Coza o macarrão em bastante água temperada com sal até ficar tenro. Escorra e passe por água fria. *Misture o macarrão com o molho de salsicha, envolvendo muito bem.&lt;br /&gt;*Para fazer o molho leve a manteiga a derreter num tacho, junte a farinha e mexa com uma vara de arames. *Junte o ricotta, mexa bem. A mistura vai ficar bem espessa mas é mesmo assim. &amp;nbsp;Por fim junte o leite aos poucos, mexendo sempre de preferência com uma vara de arames, até ficar com um molho não muito espesso, se achar necessário junte um pouco mais de leite.&lt;br /&gt;*Pré-aqueça o forno a 200º, marca 6 do fogão a gás.&lt;br /&gt;*Unte uma travessa de forno com azeite, coloque a massa dentro e cubra com o molho. Por cima espalhe um pouco de mozzarella a gosto.&lt;br /&gt;*Leve ao forno até ficar dourado, 15 a 20 minutos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/2Mwnerrgx9HG1x3Z-bxFkJczCZvsju15CaTM5u6vk30?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-e19CQAWWkA8/Tx_MS1jznJI/AAAAAAAALIU/sjN0WFDuzpw/s800/macarr%2525C3%2525A3o2.JPG" width="570" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Kk7oslCnxTtYE2ps4LHi_0sMHZCj9Rt_Q9A9K8WUCEY?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="470" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-CXDTXgMpJ9c/Tx_VUVmlYCI/AAAAAAAALIw/igRymswhnrA/s640/photos%25252025.jpg" width="570" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Last Saturday i was in &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.portoturismo.pt/Visitar/Paginas/default.aspx"&gt;Porto&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; shooting a centenary building and i also took a lot of photos of some of &amp;nbsp;it´s beautiful streets .&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;No Sábado passado estive no &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.portoturismo.pt/Visitar/Paginas/default.aspx"&gt;Porto&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; a fotografar um edifício centenário e acabei por aproveitar e fotografar algumas ruas da cidade.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;In english&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When my children were small, birthday parties included kids and grownups, a large table covered with various delicacies, an invasion of colorful balloons and a birthday cake, usually with the shape of a clown´s or spider-man face. The kids ran and jumped, the grownups talked, ate and drank; not necessarily by this order. The table would get empty, balloons would eventually burst, and finally we would sing "Happy birthday" by the light of one single candle (at this point it was still only one candle), with the grownups already tired of seeing so much jumping and running right in front of their eyes and the kids even more speeded up thanks to the super powers that coca-cola and sugar usually give them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But around 13, 14 years old, everything changes. The grownups are left out, being given only the right to finance the celebration and the supreme joy of dealing with the post-party chaos. The table is improvised in the living room or bedroom, the balloons become embarrassing, bright colors are now only acceptable in t-shirts, &amp;nbsp;and the highlight of past birthdays such as a cake, candles and hymn to the birthday boys become a great mawkishness, tolerated but absolutly dispensable.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It was more or less how things went with &amp;nbsp;João 14th birthday party. The highlight was not the cake but the sausage, pepper and tomato macaroni with creamy ricotta sauce that i cooked for him and his friends. The McDonald´s burgers eaten after a trip to the movies were heavyweight competitors, but in this household pasta still have the same delicious charm. Not even the impetuous adolescence brings it down.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Eventually the cake also ended up joining the festivities. With so much going on, we stretched the party until the &amp;nbsp;next day, when we finally (only the four of us) dedicated our selfs; body, soul and appetite to a chocolate cake, one that is already part of &lt;a href="http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/2008/10/bolo-de-chocolate-e-laranja.html"&gt;&lt;b&gt;our birthdays history&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/f0hsi37aWC-_DJfb6JGHPZczCZvsju15CaTM5u6vk30?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-zGu_2xckoRs/Tx_N5Q40_RI/AAAAAAAALIc/xr8YCENN9ok/s800/macarr%2525C3%2525A3o1.JPG" width="570" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;Sausage, pepper, chili and tomato macaroni with creamy ricotta sauce&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;The italian combination of sausages and peppers is well known and i adapted it for this recipe of macaroni, one of the favorites of &amp;nbsp;my sons and the friends they bring to our home. The creamy ricotta sauce (once just a simple, slightly runny roux) was a last minute improvisation that turned out to be a pleasant, velvety surprise!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ingredients:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;500 g macarroni&lt;br /&gt;250 g italian sausage cut into pieces&lt;br /&gt;2 red peppers cut into pieces&lt;br /&gt;2 chillis,&amp;nbsp;chopped(opcional)&lt;br /&gt;1 can of diced tomatoes&lt;br /&gt;1 medium onion, chopped&lt;br /&gt;2 garlic cloves, minced&lt;br /&gt;1 tbs olive oil&lt;br /&gt;2 tbs dried oregano&lt;br /&gt;Salt to taste&lt;br /&gt;Black pepper to taste(freshly grounded)&lt;br /&gt;Grated mozzarella to taste&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Creamy ricotta sauce:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;200 g ricotta&lt;br /&gt;100 g butter&lt;br /&gt;50 g flour&lt;br /&gt;3 &amp;nbsp;dl milk&lt;br /&gt;Salt to taste&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Preparation:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Process the sausage, peppers and chillis, (if you use them) until minced but with slightly large pieces of meat and peppers. You want some texture.&lt;br /&gt;*Heat the olive oil in a pan and sautée the onion until slightly golden. Add the garlic and the sausage mixture and cook for 5 minutes. Add the tomatoes and oregano, season with salt and pepper and cook for 15 minutes more with the lid on, stirring once in a while.&lt;br /&gt;*In the meantime cook the pasta in a big pot of salty boiling water until tender (see instructions of the package). Drain and put the pasta inside the pan with the&amp;nbsp;sausage sauce&amp;nbsp;and mix well, to coat the pasta with all the lovely flavors.&lt;br /&gt;*To make the sauce start by melting the butter in a saucepan, add the flour and mix until incorporated, mix in the ricotta. Is is going to thicken up but don´t worry. Add the milk, little by little, until creamy and slightly runny. Season with salt to taste.&lt;br /&gt;*Preheat the oven to 200º, gas mark 6.&lt;br /&gt;*Butter an oven casserole and put the pasta mixture inside, cover with the creamy ricotta sauce, top with some grated mozzarella and bake for 15 to 20 minutes until golden and beautiful.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ao5cCt5FyfRjRFAT0QPlMZczCZvsju15CaTM5u6vk30?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-2qDuj1WT6DI/Tx_L2-1OGqI/AAAAAAAALIM/YjEDEvRf8HM/s800/rosa%252520alhos.JPG" width="570" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8870383917803210992-1357719216605613664?l=pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/feeds/1357719216605613664/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8870383917803210992&amp;postID=1357719216605613664&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8870383917803210992/posts/default/1357719216605613664'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8870383917803210992/posts/default/1357719216605613664'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/2012/01/macarrao-de-salsicha-pimento-chili-e.html' title='Macarrão de salsicha, pimento, chili e tomate com molho cremoso de ricotta # Sausage, pepper, chili and tomato macaroni with creamy ricotta sauce'/><author><name>monica Pinto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17807463873711620776</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-hjGL6n_5YyU/Tx_KGWFSU0I/AAAAAAAALHo/sJYobKneZrs/s72-c/mac.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8870383917803210992.post-7557011262618143120</id><published>2012-01-18T18:52:00.002Z</published><updated>2012-01-23T15:23:17.722Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fruta'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sobremesas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Frutos vermelhos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Doces'/><title type='text'>Pão-de-ló de maça, arandos e amêndoas # Apple, cranberries and almond pão-de-ló</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/wkaxCA5FoHIx0rxILwC1a6NP2-uNCkL-IIjnqRyaO3Q?feat=embedwebsite" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-0R0WZRcAGdc/TxXTx56RrII/AAAAAAAALGU/1YsrHNUuf48/s800/setvertfatia.JPG" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sou mãe...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sou mãe há quase dezoito anos! Como é que que isto aconteceu? E não estou estou a falar do lado prático da questão. Todos nós sabemos como o milagre se dá :). A questão é que eu própria me sinto muitas vezes como uma miúda, perdida com os meus rapazes em brincadeiras e ataques de cócegas, num reboliço que quase deita a casa abaixo e deixa a minha cadela elétrica com tanta excitação. Por outro lado, com o crescimento deles, esta casa recebeu uma nova hóspede. Alguém com uma personalidade forte e independente e uma &amp;nbsp;atitude que muitas vezes me deixa com os cabelos em pé, de tão "eriçada" que fico. Dá-se pelo nome de Adolescência e vive connosco de há alguns anos a esta parte. Por vezes é uma companhia bastante azeda mas com o tempo e engenho aprendi a adoçá-la...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Este pão de ló de maça, arandos e amêndoa é macio e fofo como se espera que seja mas no centro tem a mistura de frutas que o humedece e transforma numa sobremesa surpreendente. Polvilhado com amêndoas torradas e crocantes e natas batidas, é uma das sobremesas mais eficazes no tratamento da "adolescentite aguda". E no meu filho mais novo produz efeitos surpreendentes. O açúcar fica-lhe à flor da pele e por momentos todo ele é mel, até a voz áspera e rude própria da idade, fica mais suave e meiga. E volto a lembrar-me de como é bom ser mãe. Isto nos momentos bons claro, nos outros vou fazendo o que posso :))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Entretanto e a par com as crises da Srª Adolescência, a vida vai seguindo o seu rumo. A minha coleção de utensílios antigos de cozinha tem aumentado (e o espaço de arrumação diminuído), muito graças à generosa contribuição de familiares e amigos. Mas ainda mais gratificante é o deambular por caves e sotãos alheios e descobrir velhas cartas e postais, escritas com letras rendilhadas por mãos que já não existem. Registos de tempos passados, com os quais eu sempre gostei de fantasiar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Deixo-vos também duas imagens (apenas uma amostra) das fotos que fiz há já algum tempo da loja &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bioxene.pt/ambientes"&gt;Bioxene&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;em Matosinhos, da empresa com o mesmo nome, que foi a responsável &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bioxene.pt/intercontinental_abertura_visao"&gt;pelo magnífico projeto de design de interiores &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;do recém estreado&lt;a href="http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/ihg/hotels/pt/pt/porto/prtha/hoteldetail?sicreative=9721537705&amp;amp;sicontent=0&amp;amp;sitrackingid=281123491&amp;amp;siclientid=3550"&gt; &lt;b&gt;Hotel InterContinental Porto - Palácio das Cardosas.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Daqui a uns dias celebra-se o aniversário do mais novo da família. Por isso agora, pelo meio de todos os fios com que vou tecendo a minha vida, tenho uma festa para organizar, comidas deliciosas a preparar e alegria para espalhar. Espera-me um dia de adolescência efervescente com uma atmosfera carregada de boa disposição e hormônios aos saltos. Que mais pode uma mãe pedir!?... Socorro, talvez?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/bsep5EEBwu9Jopth39phg0sMHZCj9Rt_Q9A9K8WUCEY?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="512" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-id04mr44ch0/TxXdDzazH3I/AAAAAAAALHE/4bkWp815Vuo/s640/fotos%25252034.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/9uNaG23qNe9ZdhuKvBmHN2yOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img height="512" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-gkrYy141G2s/TxVwRSq3rkI/AAAAAAAALFQ/NMpfTIMANaA/s640/fotos%2525203.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/XcD6r5ADhZCYeSKk0-tZu0sMHZCj9Rt_Q9A9K8WUCEY?feat=embedwebsite" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img height="512" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-B-vfQPSTnbU/TxVy1PPv6-I/AAAAAAAALFw/i3sYnQXVQXI/s640/fotos%2525203.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/_JhbNISo6hApX_f4KFhr80sMHZCj9Rt_Q9A9K8WUCEY?feat=embedwebsite" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img height="512" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-YDu3dVHeqZA/TxXTFdQTx1I/AAAAAAAALGI/-roPgt2nYvM/s640/fotos%25252031.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;Pão-de-ló de maça, arandos e amêndoa&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ingredientes:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;200 g de açúcar&lt;br /&gt;100 g de farinha&lt;br /&gt;6 ovos&lt;br /&gt;4 maças médias&lt;br /&gt;125 g de arandos frescos&lt;br /&gt;50 g de amêndoas laminadas&lt;br /&gt;1 colher de sopa de açúcar&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Preparação:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Descasque as maças e corte-as em 8 fatias cada. Mergulhe-as em água com sumo de limão para não escurecerem e reserve.&lt;br /&gt;*Bata as gemas com o açúcar até a mistura ficar esbranquiçada e fofa.&lt;br /&gt;*Bata as claras em castelo com uma pitada de sal, para ficarem firmes mais rápido.&lt;br /&gt;*Pré-aqueça o forno a 180º, marca 4 do fogão a gás.&lt;br /&gt;*Sem bater, vá juntando as claras batidas em castelo cuidadosamente para não quebrarem e a farinha peneirada, começando e acabando com as claras.&lt;br /&gt;*Unte com manteiga a forma escolhida que pode ser uma &amp;nbsp;taça de forno e verta a massa para dentro da mesma.&lt;br /&gt;*Escorra as maças e limpe-as com um pano ou papel de cozinha. Misture-as com os arandos e ponha-as dentro da massa no centro de forma a que fiquem alguns pedaços de fruta à vista. Polvilhe com uma colher de sopa de açúcar e leve ao forno por mais ou menos 40 minutos. Se a superfície do bolo começar a dourar demais, cubra com papel de alumínio.&lt;br /&gt;*Aloure as amêndoas numa sertã, até ficarem douradas e polvilhe o bolo com as mesmas.&lt;br /&gt;*Sirva na taça escolhida acompanhado de natas batidas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/KCZNi2W7N-V9itgaRswuBqNP2-uNCkL-IIjnqRyaO3Q?feat=embedwebsite" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-NVahYK6gHsQ/TxXcGZWtigI/AAAAAAAALG4/PInD8rDbVU4/s800/boloperto.JPG" width="537" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/0nS68DAlH4gnFERLBZkttaNP2-uNCkL-IIjnqRyaO3Q?feat=embedwebsite" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-QTJIx2C_xa0/TxVz7PN052I/AAAAAAAALF8/YzWIRm8jv8I/s800/arandos%252520ma%2525C3%2525A7a.JPG" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/lUk9kwvYzIONYLfwb6cK4qNP2-uNCkL-IIjnqRyaO3Q?feat=embedwebsite" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-TbHewBlrFiE/TxVyNOtfPrI/AAAAAAAALFo/VL8QOY_btxU/s800/Untitled1%252520%2525283%252529.jpg" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;In english&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I´m a mother...&lt;br /&gt;I´m a mother for almost eighteen years! How did this happen? And i´m not talking about the practical side of the issue. We all know how the miracle happens :) The poit is i often feel like a kid myself, lost in playing games and tickling attacks with my boys, creating a commotion that almost tears the house down and leaves my dog electric with excitement. On the other hand, with their growth, this house received a new guest. Someone (or something) with a very strong and independent personality and an attitude that often leaves me with my hairs up with irritation. It answers by the name of Adolescence and lives with us from some years now. Sometimes it´s company is very sour but with time i learned how to sweeten it...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This apple, cranberries and almond pão-de-ló is soft and fluffy as expected but in the middle it has that fruity moistness that transforms it into an amazing dessert. Topped with golden, crunchy almonds and served with whipped cream is one of the most effective desserts in the treatment of "acute adolescentite". In my youngest son it produces amazing effects. Sugar rises to the surface of his skin and there are times when his harsh and crude voice, proper to his age, becomes sweet and tender, and just like that i remember once more how good it is to be a mother. This happens in the good days, in the others i do what i can to get me through :))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But even with Mrs Adolescence crises, life takes it´s course. My collection of old kitchen utensils has increased (on the other hand, my storage space has decreased), thanks largely to the generous contribution of relatives and friends. But the more gratifying thing about wandering in other peoples cellars and lofts,&amp;nbsp;is the discovery of old letters and postcards,&amp;nbsp;written in laced letters by hands that no longer exist. Registers of past times, with which i always loved to fantasize.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I also have two photos for you (a small sample) from the &lt;a href="http://www.bioxene.pt/ambientes"&gt;Bioxene &lt;/a&gt;store (Matosinhos) shoot i did a while ago, from the company with the same name, which was responsible for &lt;a href="http://www.bioxene.pt/intercontinental_abertura_visao"&gt;the magnificent project of interior &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bioxene.pt/intercontinental_abertura_visao"&gt;design&lt;/a&gt; of the recently inaugurated &lt;a href="http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/intercontinental/en/gb/locations/porto"&gt;InterContinental Porto Hotel - Palácio das Cardosas.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In a few days we will celebrate the birthday of our youngest. And in the middle of all the threads that i weave my life with, i also have a party to organize, foods to prepare and joy to be spread. I´m expecting a day of effervescent adolescence, with an atmosphere charged with cheerfulness and pounding hormones. What more can a mother ask for!?...Help, perhaps?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/8xl_zV3hjU_La8RQdx7x2KNP2-uNCkL-IIjnqRyaO3Q?feat=embedwebsite" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-yKQ29JDcano/TxXdwHUf7XI/AAAAAAAALHM/PPm0UALvmLk/s800/talheres.JPG" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/8HAzAg7wmJx3hA5mnKOTdqNP2-uNCkL-IIjnqRyaO3Q?feat=embedwebsite" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-uNdRihloTwk/TxcFX-frJiI/AAAAAAAALHY/T_wKYPI6PMk/s800/fatia2.JPG" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Apple, cranberries and almond pão-de-ló&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ingredients:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;200 g caster sugar&lt;br /&gt;100 flour&lt;br /&gt;6 eggs&lt;br /&gt;4 medium apples&lt;br /&gt;125 g fresh cranberries&lt;br /&gt;50 g flaked almonds&lt;br /&gt;1 tbs caster sugar&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Preparation:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Peel the apples and cut each one of them into 8 slices . Deep the apples into water with lemon juice and reserve.&lt;br /&gt;*Beat the sugar and yolks until pale and fluffy.&lt;br /&gt;*Beat the egg whites with a pinch of salt until firm.&lt;br /&gt;*Preheat the oven to 180º, gas mark 4.&lt;br /&gt;*Fold the whites and sifted flour into the batter, slowly without beating, beggining and ending with the whites.&lt;br /&gt;*Butter an oven proof bowl (big enough for this amount of batter and fruit. I used 2 small bowls) and pour the batter inside. Drain and dry the apples with a kitchen towel and mix with the cranberries.&lt;br /&gt;*Put the fruit mixture in the center of the batter, leaving some pieces above it. Sprinkle the fruit with one tbs of caster sugar and bake for approximately 40 minutes, until the edges are firm. Insert a cake tester into the edges, they should be dry. If the surface of the cake begins to over brown cover it with foil.&lt;br /&gt;*Put the almonds into a frying pan and take to the heat until slightly browned. Sprinkle them on top of the cake.&lt;br /&gt;*Serve with whipped cream.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/YkOdvDz2ArsrPamCEESkaaNP2-uNCkL-IIjnqRyaO3Q?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-oh7vbt2edT4/TxVzjqYbJGI/AAAAAAAALF4/U4l8_qripEI/s800/set%252520livro%2525202.JPG" width="651" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8870383917803210992-7557011262618143120?l=pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/feeds/7557011262618143120/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8870383917803210992&amp;postID=7557011262618143120&amp;isPopup=true' title='16 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8870383917803210992/posts/default/7557011262618143120'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8870383917803210992/posts/default/7557011262618143120'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/2012/01/pao-de-lo-de-maca-arandos-e-amendoas.html' title='Pão-de-ló de maça, arandos e amêndoas # Apple, cranberries and almond pão-de-ló'/><author><name>monica Pinto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17807463873711620776</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-0R0WZRcAGdc/TxXTx56RrII/AAAAAAAALGU/1YsrHNUuf48/s72-c/setvertfatia.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>16</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8870383917803210992.post-1352727635613995843</id><published>2012-01-10T17:56:00.004Z</published><updated>2012-01-10T19:18:19.719Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vegetais'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Queijos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ervas aromáticas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vegetariano'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fruta'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Frutos secos'/><title type='text'>Para dias quentes de Inverno #  For warm Winter days</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/A5o3qzjy39Vj3mp7XaJJjUONAqO7fw1wPZBg6AXDtuI?feat=embedwebsite" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-fIPnwDDsWdQ/TwwqKB6HbDI/AAAAAAAALDw/NH1x7cA1fP0/s800/salada%2525206.JPG" width="570" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Por momentos esqueço que ainda estou no Inverno. Os últimos dias têm sido de sol e céu azul e no jardim e na horta a vida começa de novo a despontar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De há muitos meses para cá, a fotografia e grande parte do trabalho que faço para o blog têm ocupado grande parte dos meus dias. Tem sido árduo, tendo em conta que tenho uma família e uma casa para cuidar sem ajuda extra, mas ainda assim gratificante. Finalmente, na semana passada decidi &amp;nbsp;sair da rotina por algumas horas e dedicar-me um pouco à terra.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Podei finalmente as roseiras e alguns arbustos, e onde &amp;nbsp;até há bem pouco tempo apenas se via um monte de ervas daninhas e azedas, vê-se agora num fundo de terra castanho escura, cada uma das ervas aromáticas, cada pé de roseira e também um loureiro, uma japoneira, um sabugueiro, um pé de limonete e um hipericão. O limoeiro já está tão grande que além de bons limões também nos dá sombra. &amp;nbsp;E aos poucos, nessas poucas horas passadas com as mãos sujas de terra, fui abrindo caminho para a Primavera e fui criando um novo tempo para mim.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gosto de ter tempo para esquecer que o tempo existe.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As receitas de hoje são um pouco como estes últimos dias. Cheias de luz e cor. Um raio de sol que atravessa o frio áspero do Inverno.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Comecei com romãs e dióspiros e tudo o resto se foi encaixando naturalmente. Umas folhas de agrião e de alface roxo. Umas folhas novinhas e tenras de chagas da horta, nozes que sobraram do Natal e queijo fresco que a par com o ricotta, parecem estar sempre em alguma prateleira do frigorífico. Uma salada comida debaixo do sol de Inverno, sentada no banco do jardim.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E depois, ainda um sumo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dióspiros maduros a desfazerem-se em gomos de veludo laranja, folhas de poejos, bagos de romã vermelhos e brilhantes como rubis e mel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tudo isto por culpa dos dias quentes de Inverno.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/YFWSF3DBbkm57qb5y8gVjkONAqO7fw1wPZBg6AXDtuI?feat=embedwebsite" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-RaJ61iulFU4/TwwsU9NcEtI/AAAAAAAALEI/KdKeHLSP-nU/s800/salada%2525205.JPG" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/XdQIjqVT0Rivq0Unw2A6bkONAqO7fw1wPZBg6AXDtuI?feat=embedwebsite" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-nOqN1jcc4Gs/Tww1vSX7ytI/AAAAAAAALE4/TFA_YF8olGg/s800/b%252520roma.JPG" width="536" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Salada de romã, queijo fresco, cenoura, nozes e folhas verdes&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ingredientes: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt;As quantidades ficam ao vosso critério&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Queijo fresco&lt;br /&gt;Folhas pequenas de agrião&lt;br /&gt;Folhas de alface roxo&lt;br /&gt;Folhas pequenas de chagas&lt;br /&gt;Nozes&lt;br /&gt;Bagos de romã&lt;br /&gt;Cenoura&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Molho:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Para cada colher de sopa de azeite usa-se uma colher de sopa de sumo de romã.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Preparação:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Lave bem todas as folhas.&lt;br /&gt;*Corte as folhas do alface em pedaços pequenos e misture-as com as folhas de chagas e de agrião.&lt;br /&gt;*Com a ajuda de um descascador de vegetais, corte rodelas muito finas de cenoura.&lt;br /&gt;*Disponha as folhas no fundo de um prato e por cima espalhe pedaços de queijo fresco, bagos de romã, as rodelas de cenoura e nozes.&lt;br /&gt;*Regue com o molho e sirva.&lt;br /&gt;*Quanto ao molho eu não lhe juntei nem sal nem vinagre. De alguma forma a ligeira acidez &amp;nbsp;e doçura do sumo da romã, misturado com o azeite, foi suficiente para temperar a salada. Mas podem juntar-lhe vinagre (1 colher para cada 2 de azeite) e um pouco de sal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Sumo de dióspiro, romã, poejos e mel&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ingredientes: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt;4 copos médios&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;300 g de bagos de romã&lt;br /&gt;300 g de polpa de dióspiro&lt;br /&gt;5 colheres de sopa de mel claro&lt;br /&gt;5 folhas grandes de poejos&lt;br /&gt;3 dl. de água&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Preparação:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Num liquidificador junte a romã, o dióspiro, o mel, as folhas de poejos e a água.&lt;br /&gt;*Triture tudo até ficar aveludado.&lt;br /&gt;*Como os bagos de romã têm sementes duras, convém coar o sumo antes de beber.&lt;br /&gt;*Eu gosto de sumos espessos, tipo batidos, mas se preferir pode juntar um pouco mais de água. Lembre-se que provavelmente, terá que juntar também um pouco mais de mel e 1 ou 2 folhas de poejos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ty4aAtzswnVL2bSPjoCi_ksMHZCj9Rt_Q9A9K8WUCEY?feat=embedwebsite" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img height="512" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-4Q5VKgwGyWc/TwwtTCnrPQI/AAAAAAAALEA/_O6qjbD1iQM/s640/salada%252520e%252520sumo.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;In english&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For a moment i almost forget that i´m still in Winter. These past few days have been sunny and covered by a beautiful blue sky. In the garden a new life begins to emerge.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Over these past few months, photography and most of the work i do for the blog, have occupied largely my days. It´s been hard considering that i have a family and a home to look after, without extra help but still very rewarding. Finally, last week i decided to take a few hours off from my daily routine and dedicate myself a bit to the land.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I finally pruned the roses and some bushes and where until very recently one could only see weeds, it is now seen every single aromatic herb in a background of&amp;nbsp;dark brown land. Each rosebush, and also a laurel, a japonica, an elder, a verbena and a wort. The lemon tree is so big that in addition to lovely lemons also gives us shade. And slowly in those few hours spent with my hands covered with dirt, i was clearing the way for Spring and creating a new time for me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I like to have time to forget that time exists.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today´s recipes are a bit like these past few days. Filled with light and color. A ray of sunlight through the harsh cold of Winter.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I started with pomegranates and persimmons and everything else went into place naturally. A few watercress and purple lettuce leaves. Some tender, brand new leaves of nasturtiums from the garden, walnuts left over from Christmas and fresh cheese that along with ricotta seem to always be around on a shelf of the fridge. A salad eaten under the Winter´s sun, sitting on the garden´s bench.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And there was also a juice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ripe persimmons, melting into velvety orange slices, a few leaves of pennyroyal, pomegranate seeds red and bright as rubies, and honey.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All this by the fault of warm Winter days.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/-liuBeKlt7_hDl530sXabkONAqO7fw1wPZBg6AXDtuI?feat=embedwebsite" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-GtcFTeAPtJk/TwwuQBsY_vI/AAAAAAAALEE/It4t3zkgMxg/s800/sal%2525202.JPG" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/kSFZGzpTNdkHmBF_2sWCFEONAqO7fw1wPZBg6AXDtuI?feat=embedwebsite" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-A4fO-Qty9Cs/TwwvxmYr8HI/AAAAAAAALEM/F1hAMuE0_rQ/s800/cenoura2.JPG" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/hM0MHAalq9abc1Zo68_rn0ONAqO7fw1wPZBg6AXDtuI?feat=embedwebsite" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-GPgRLBBnXo0/Tww1BaFX03I/AAAAAAAALE0/6hFa00W9S1s/s800/sum%2525203.JPG" width="537" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pomegranate, fresh cheese, carrot, walnuts and green leaves salad&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ingredients: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt;use the quantities you prefer&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fresh cheese&lt;br /&gt;Watercress small leaves&lt;br /&gt;Purple lettuce&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://nuwildroots.wordpress.com/2010/07/28/edible-flowers/"&gt;Nasturtiums&lt;/a&gt; small leaves&lt;br /&gt;Walnuts&lt;br /&gt;Carrot&lt;br /&gt;Pomegranate seeds&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Vinaigrette:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For each tbs of olive oil, i used one tbs of pomegranate juice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Preparation:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Wash all the leaves carefully.&lt;br /&gt;*Cut the purple lettuce leaves into small pieces and mix them with the other leaves.&lt;br /&gt;*Using a vegetable peeler, cut very thin rounds of carrot.&lt;br /&gt;*Spread the leaves on top of a plate, then the cheese cut into small pieces, then the carrot rounds, pomegranate seeds and walnuts.&lt;br /&gt;*Drizzle with the vinaigrette and serve.&lt;br /&gt;*I didn´t use vinegar or salt because the tar/sweet flavor of the pomegranate juice mixed with the olive oil, has enough flavor for me. But you are free to add both, keeping in mind to always use1 tbs of vinegar for 2 tbs of olive oil.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Persimmon, pomegranate, pennyroyal and honey juice&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ingredients: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt;4 medium glasses&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;300 g pomegranate seeds&lt;br /&gt;300 g persimmon pulp&lt;br /&gt;5 &lt;a href="http://store.underwoodgardens.com/English-Pennyroyal-Mentha-pulegium/productinfo/H1070/"&gt;Pennyroyal&lt;/a&gt; large leaves&lt;br /&gt;5 tbs mild honey&lt;br /&gt;3 dl water&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Preparation:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Put all the ingredients inside a blender and blitz until smooth and velvety.&lt;br /&gt;*Pass the juice through a strainer to remove the small hard pieces of pomegranate seeds.&lt;br /&gt;*I like my juice thick a bit like milkshakes but you can add more water. If you do that don´t forget to add a little bit more of honey and one or two more pennyroyal leaves.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/aAMd8f6eJJlDIGzdQAVS40ONAqO7fw1wPZBg6AXDtuI?feat=embedwebsite" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-y2sw0olDc70/Tww0j9_7sSI/AAAAAAAALEw/K1ppcSyAfW8/s800/diosp%252520p.JPG" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/aLkXt8JAkb71Zz1GsqLiIEONAqO7fw1wPZBg6AXDtuI?feat=embedwebsite" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-aSms0MeJLwA/Tww0KkCziWI/AAAAAAAALEs/DoKeOU8p8BI/s800/sumo%2525200.JPG" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/7Q30Z8Av1KN5IYPXbXE9lEONAqO7fw1wPZBg6AXDtuI?feat=embedwebsite" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-fo1mZT16qLo/Twwxh92b7zI/AAAAAAAALEo/VaXW9U5RTQk/s800/copos%2525203.JPG" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8870383917803210992-1352727635613995843?l=pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/feeds/1352727635613995843/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8870383917803210992&amp;postID=1352727635613995843&amp;isPopup=true' title='15 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8870383917803210992/posts/default/1352727635613995843'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8870383917803210992/posts/default/1352727635613995843'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/2012/01/para-dias-quentes-de-inverno-for-warm.html' title='Para dias quentes de Inverno #  For warm Winter days'/><author><name>monica Pinto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17807463873711620776</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-fIPnwDDsWdQ/TwwqKB6HbDI/AAAAAAAALDw/NH1x7cA1fP0/s72-c/salada%2525206.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>15</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8870383917803210992.post-1143610038377583815</id><published>2012-01-04T16:37:00.002Z</published><updated>2012-01-08T18:07:26.632Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vegetais'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vegetariano'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Frutos secos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Caldos e sopas'/><title type='text'>Começar..# To start...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/GxGxEYDA-VjFN6ogdg2hyZczCZvsju15CaTM5u6vk30?feat=embedwebsite" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-DPwvDgRo3QU/TwQwGE4SKjI/AAAAAAAALCc/RDujy6EAY6g/s800/sopa4.JPG" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Passei parte do último dia de 2011 na baixa do &lt;a href="http://www.portoxxi.com/"&gt;Porto&lt;/a&gt;. A travessia da fronteira para o novo ano, começou logo de manhã, a namorar as montras das mercearias antigas, a ver o movimento das pessoas nas ruas animadas e a fotografar o que me prendia o olhar. Foi bom ver o Porto assim, vivo e pulsante.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Santa Catarina &amp;nbsp;brindava &amp;nbsp;quem passava com o cheiro da castanha assada, dos assadores na rua, e do café servido nas várias esplanadas. Na Império e na Confeitaria do Bolhão, mantinha-se a tradição da fila para comprar o Bolo-rei e outras iguarias próprias da época. Um cheiro doce subia no ar e entrelaçava-se com os contos e ditos de quem aguardava a sua vez. Mistura de canela com açúcar, frutos secos e cristalizados. E ainda o chocolate...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Em Sá da Bandeira entrei na &lt;a href="http://www.chocolatariaequador.com/equador.pdf"&gt;Chocolataria Equador.&lt;/a&gt; Uma loja pequena mas um mundo de chocolate. Fiquei encantada, primeiro com as embalagens lindas das tabletes e dos restantes produtos e logo a seguir com o perfume quente e exótico do chocolate que envolvia toda a loja. Já o sabor guardei-o para a noite, assim em jeito de celebração.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E assim chegámos a 2012!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Passadas as festividades, tudo o que me apetecia era apenas uma sopa saborosa, bem quente e reconfortante. Nada de complicado. Só a simples satisfação de um desejo...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/_OwAkrc0TJOxjgEbph4PFEsMHZCj9Rt_Q9A9K8WUCEY?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="441" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-QsaWI6F6dFk/TwQxdPybwyI/AAAAAAAALCo/Vr-1lCqE79k/s640/photos%2525202.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/sdp9mQgdsXCIcYN-Cgo7G5czCZvsju15CaTM5u6vk30?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="624" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-vbFuAJLhCy8/TwQyobzbrtI/AAAAAAAALCw/clQfqgBIrVQ/s640/comer%252520e%252520chocrar%252520por%252520mais.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/qUVWjQAWBiwzzS2W0L2ZPUsMHZCj9Rt_Q9A9K8WUCEY?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="452" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-_PXmPlbfwLg/TwQz01DA2xI/AAAAAAAALC0/qQ0FP3eUxOs/s640/photos%25252022.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Dp46BKIjQfcDu94Tyu14wZczCZvsju15CaTM5u6vk30?feat=embedwebsite" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-SZKp3Gt1-GU/TwQ7SQP2avI/AAAAAAAALDc/_leRtEM9Vzc/s800/cebolass.JPG" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;Sopa de vegetais assados com alecrim e pinhões&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ingredientes:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;600 g de abóbora manteiga&lt;br /&gt;3 cenouras médias&lt;br /&gt;3 nabos médios&lt;br /&gt;1 cebola média&lt;br /&gt;5 dentes de alho com a casca&lt;br /&gt;2 colheres de sopa de azeite&lt;br /&gt;2 hastes de alecrim&lt;br /&gt;Sal a gosto&lt;br /&gt;1,5 lt de água fervida&lt;br /&gt;Pinhões (podem ser substituídos por nozes, amêndoas ou avelãs)&lt;br /&gt;Pão torrado&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Preparação:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Descasque apenas as cenouras e a cebola. Lave todos os vegetais e corte-os em pedaços regulares. As cenouras por demorarem um pouco mais a cozinhar, devem ser cortadas em pedaços mais pequenos.&lt;br /&gt;*Pré-aqueça o forno a 200º, marca 6 do fogão a gás.&lt;br /&gt;*Coloque tudo num tabuleiro de forno, regue com o azeite, salpique com sal e cubra com as hastes de alecrim (inteiras).&lt;br /&gt;*Leve ao forno até os vegetais ficarem macios, cerca de 30 a 35 minutos.&lt;br /&gt;*Retire os vegetais do tabuleiro. Tire as cascas aos alhos e junte tudo (menos as hastes de alecrim) num liquidificador, junte a água e triture até ficar com um créme aveludado. Retifique o sal.&lt;br /&gt;*Se preferir pode juntar mais água à sopa.&lt;br /&gt;*Toste os frutos secos escolhidos numa sertã, se usar pinhões vigie, pois queimam com facilidade.&lt;br /&gt;*Sirva a sopa guarnecida com os frutos secos e pão torrado&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ZNbzQRk7kqLXFfl9ufbIJpczCZvsju15CaTM5u6vk30?feat=embedwebsite" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-i6nw1Z4rTv8/TwQxHHD-rjI/AAAAAAAALCg/Hd6nA__8E6w/s800/sopa1.JPG" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;In english&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I spent part of 2011 last day, in&lt;a href="http://www.portoxxi.com/index.php?ss_idioma=en"&gt; Porto &lt;/a&gt;downtown. Crossing the border to the new year began early morning, with a bit of window shopping at the old traditional delicatessens, watching the movement of people in the lively streets and shooting everything that caught my eye. It was really good to see Porto so alive and vibrant.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Santa Catarina toasted &amp;nbsp;people passing by with the smell of roasted chestnuts and coffee, served in several terraces along the street.&lt;br /&gt;At Império and Bolhão confeitarias (patisseries), the tradition of the queue to buy the Bolo rei and other New Years Eve delicacies was in the order of the day. In the air, a sweet smell entwined with the stories and sayings of those who waited for their turn. The mixture of cinnamon, sugar, nuts and crystallized fruits. And then, chocolate...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In Sá da Bandeira i went to &lt;a href="http://www.chocolatariaequador.com/equador.pdf"&gt;Chocolataria Equador&lt;/a&gt;. A small shop but a world of chocolate. First i was delighted with the beautiful packaging of tablets and other products and soon after, with the warm and exotic scent of chocolate that involved the entire shop. As for the flavor, i kept it for the night, as a way of celebration.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And so 2012 arrived!&lt;br /&gt;With the end of the festivities, all i wanted was a bowl of &amp;nbsp;hot, delicious, comforting soup. Nothing complicated. Just the satisfaction of a simple desire...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/xkrkHBxYb1NDYDBkHhInfZczCZvsju15CaTM5u6vk30?feat=embedwebsite" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-PlbktrOqz48/TwQ1FnaBI2I/AAAAAAAALC8/gzeGAan6oRE/s800/perola%252520do%252520bolhao.JPG" width="521" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Rs263FM4QY5ar9uWq1ANEpczCZvsju15CaTM5u6vk30?feat=embedwebsite" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-PIAlYBvDxR4/TwQ67vgEIVI/AAAAAAAALDY/Z8vve6rcjD8/s800/montra.JPG" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Roasted vegetables soup with rosemary and pine nuts&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ingredients:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;600 g butternut squash&lt;br /&gt;3 medium carrots&lt;br /&gt;3 medium turnips&lt;br /&gt;1 medium onion&lt;br /&gt;5 garlic cloves (peels on)&lt;br /&gt;2 tbs olive oil&lt;br /&gt;2 rosemary stems&lt;br /&gt;salt to taste&lt;br /&gt;1,5 lt boiled water&lt;br /&gt;Pine nuts ( or walnuts, hazelnuts, almonds)&lt;br /&gt;Toasted bread&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Preparation:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Peel only the carrots and onion. Wash all the vegetables, cut them into chunks and put them inside a baking tray along with the rosemary stems. Cut the carrots in smaller pieces, for they take longer to cook.&lt;br /&gt;*Preheat the oven to 200º, gas mark 6.&lt;br /&gt;*Drizzle the olive oil over the vegetables, sprinkle them with salt and roast for about 30 to 35 minutes until tender.&lt;br /&gt;*Remove the peels from the garlic and put the roasted veggies inside a blender, with the pulp of the roasted garlic and the boiled water. Blend until smooth and velvety. Taste to see if it needs more salt.&lt;br /&gt;*You can add more water to the soup. Is a matter of taste.&lt;br /&gt;*Toast the pine nuts in a hot frying pan. Don´t leave them alone, they burn faster than you can imagine. Walnuts, hazelnuts and almonds don´t burn so easily.&lt;br /&gt;*Serve the soup sprinkled with the nuts and small pieces of toasted bread.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/8hya8-mwDbCMi38S7TrApJczCZvsju15CaTM5u6vk30?feat=embedwebsite" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-AMSJRgJqsvo/TwQ2bsU9P5I/AAAAAAAALDE/UkXIF3OsBS8/s800/sopa2.JPG" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/bO9YkJZM1-lUPRKZlCyfK2yOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-6j2_W786Bk4/TwQ5EtnCa6I/AAAAAAAALDM/UqTZz-GvTOw/s800/sopa3.JPG" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/eMR5T3Iv4SylHeqXB3ih-JczCZvsju15CaTM5u6vk30?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="427" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-ZeSpzZBZFCA/TwQ6aErw8pI/AAAAAAAALDU/I0qOVvR36Lg/s640/entardecer.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8870383917803210992-1143610038377583815?l=pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/feeds/1143610038377583815/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8870383917803210992&amp;postID=1143610038377583815&amp;isPopup=true' title='10 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8870383917803210992/posts/default/1143610038377583815'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8870383917803210992/posts/default/1143610038377583815'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/2012/01/comecar-to-start.html' title='Começar..# To start...'/><author><name>monica Pinto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17807463873711620776</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-DPwvDgRo3QU/TwQwGE4SKjI/AAAAAAAALCc/RDujy6EAY6g/s72-c/sopa4.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8870383917803210992.post-8085799883851140565</id><published>2011-12-28T17:38:00.002Z</published><updated>2012-01-27T11:27:26.933Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Chocolate'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fruta'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bolos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sobremesas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Doces'/><title type='text'>Feliz Ano Novo! # Happy New Year!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/_VuLwWbShb0N8YtmesTEVWyOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="563" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-dnpvmStO1gc/TyKIPtKASWI/AAAAAAAALJg/3PMSx7SHuik/s640/set%2520natal.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"...e tu me ensinarias; e te daria a beber vinho aromático e do mosto das minhas romãs."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Bíblia - Cantares de Salomão 8.2&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Para mim, o ingrediente mais emblemático da passagem de ano, é a romã. O fruto ancestral que para os judeus e não só, simboliza a fertilidade e a prosperidade. Por outro lado e como se trata de uma festa, é impossível deixar o chocolate de fora. Até porque era assim, que eu vos queria brindar neste final de 2011, com a doçura e abundãncia das sementes de romã e a festividade do chocolate...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mais um ciclo está prestes a completar-se.&lt;br /&gt;Este foi um ano intenso. Um ano de uma grande aprendizagem. Fiz coisas que nunca tinha feito. Saí mais do que uma vez da minha zona de conforto. Arrisquei. Experimentei. Vivi. E no processo (nem sempre fácil), adquiri um tipo de riqueza que é impossível de perder, que ao contrário de certas coisas que só o dinheiro pode comprar, não é perecível ao tempo.&lt;br /&gt;Conheci &lt;a href="http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/2011/08/o-caminho-de-santiago-way-to-santiago.html"&gt;novos lugares&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/2011/09/feira-das-colheitas-de-arouca-aroucas.html"&gt;novas pessoas&lt;/a&gt; e &lt;a href="http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/2011/04/queijadas-de-pereira.html"&gt;novos sabores&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;e sem dar por isso Dezembro chegou.&lt;br /&gt;Daqui a alguns dias, um novo ano vai começar. Renova-se a esperança e todas as possibilidades estão em aberto. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Assim desejo-vos um 2012 extraordinário e muito bem vivido.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Feliz Ano Novo!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/I-w3Uob97IhcJbc6VNuGJaNP2-uNCkL-IIjnqRyaO3Q?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="533" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-ULiuyVfUcqA/TvsNw6Y3yII/AAAAAAAALBI/ebfpU-Sh8qc/s640/bolos%2525201.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/3ad9rKhbCGf6Fug8jGr1lUsMHZCj9Rt_Q9A9K8WUCEY?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="443" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-G8KPSDtlwlw/TvsPllRSXyI/AAAAAAAALBY/QHX-1myV9E8/s640/1%252520ano%252520%252520novo2.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bolos de chocolate, ricotta e romã&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ingredientes:&lt;/b&gt; 4 bolos&lt;br /&gt;200 g de ricotta (1 embalagem)&lt;br /&gt;100 g de açúcar&lt;br /&gt;20 g de cacau em pó&lt;br /&gt;3 ovos&lt;br /&gt;1 colher de chá, rasa, de fermento em pó&lt;br /&gt;80 g de farinha&lt;br /&gt;Manteiga para untar&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Para cobrir:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;100 ml de nata fresca, bem fria&lt;br /&gt;1 colher de sopa de açúcar&lt;br /&gt;Sementes e sumo de romã&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Preparação:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Unte 4 &amp;nbsp;ramekins com manteiga.&lt;br /&gt;*Pré-aqueça o forno a 180º, marca 4 do fogão a gás.&lt;br /&gt;*Bata os ovos com o ricotta até ficarem bem ligados.&lt;br /&gt;*Junte a farinha, o fermento e o cacau peneirados, em conjunto com o açúcar e bata até ligar.&lt;br /&gt;*Encha os ramekins até 3/4 e leve ao forno por 12 minutos.&lt;br /&gt;*Deixe arrefcer um pouco e desenforme. Coloque os bolos em cima de uma rede até ficarem à temperatura ambiente.&lt;br /&gt;*Bater a nata com o açúcar.&lt;br /&gt;*Cubra os bolos com a nata, as sementes de romã e umas gotas de sumo de romã.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/mQw_ZOjrd5LCE7p08mzQuaNP2-uNCkL-IIjnqRyaO3Q?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="574" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-jzMxgjShxjI/TvsOl4Zp-6I/AAAAAAAALBU/r1HmKPtzicc/s640/bolos.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/eE8TKNfJQHnBYPJHR3Ap82yOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-enz4et_-brY/Tvsmbja7G0I/AAAAAAAALCA/88zBpCrVH4g/s800/b.choc.psd.jpg" width="536" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;In english&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;"...and you would teach me; i would give you spiced wine to drink, and the nectar of my pomegranates."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Song of songs 8.2&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For me, New Year´s Eve most iconic ingredient is the pomegranate. The ancestral fruit, considered by the Jews (and others) as a symbol of fertility and prosperity. On the other hand and being this a celebration, is impossible for me to leave chocolate out. That´s why i wanted to make a toast to you in this late 2011, with the sweetness and abundance of pomegranate seeds and the festivity of chocolate...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another cycle is about to be completed.&lt;br /&gt;This was an intense year for me. A year of great learning. I did things i had never done before. I left my comfort zone more than once. I risked. I experienced. I lived. And in the process (not always easy), i achieved a kind of wealth that is impossible to lose, that unlike certain things that only money can buy, are not perishable to time.&lt;br /&gt;I saw &lt;a href="http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/2011/08/o-caminho-de-santiago-way-to-santiago.html"&gt;new places&lt;/a&gt;, meet &lt;a href="http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/2011/09/feira-das-colheitas-de-arouca-aroucas.html"&gt;new people&lt;/a&gt; and tasted &lt;a href="http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/2011/04/queijadas-de-pereira.html"&gt;new flavors&lt;/a&gt;, and without notice, December arrived.&lt;br /&gt;In a few days, a new year begins. Hope is renewed and all possibilities are open.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So i wish you all, a well lived and extraordinary 2012.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Happy New Year!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/STc5a9tg7xcWk1H-f-NjK2yOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4Ce31Ku15OU/TyKJiA-sg_I/AAAAAAAALJw/yq8xo5Tk2Og/s800/set%2520natal%25202.JPG" width="522" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Chocolate, pomegranate, ricotta cakes&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ingredients: 4 cakes&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;200 g ricotta cheese&lt;br /&gt;100 g caster sugar&lt;br /&gt;20 g cocoa powder&lt;br /&gt;3 eggs&lt;br /&gt;80 g flour&lt;br /&gt;1 tsp baking powder&lt;br /&gt;Butter (for the ramekins)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Topping:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;100 ml cream&lt;br /&gt;1 tbs caster sugar&lt;br /&gt;Pomegranate seeds and juice&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Preparation:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Butter the ramekins.&lt;br /&gt;*Preheat the oven to 180º, gas mark 4.&lt;br /&gt;*Beat the ricotta and eggs until smooth.&lt;br /&gt;*Add the sugar, sifted flour, baking powder an cocoa powder. Beat until well combined.&lt;br /&gt;*Fill the ramekins up to 3/4 and bake for 12 minutes.&lt;br /&gt;*Let the cakes cool a bit and unmold them. Let them cool to room temperature on top of a wire rack.&lt;br /&gt;*Whip &amp;nbsp;the cream with the sugar until it becomes fluffy.&lt;br /&gt;*Top the cakes with a dollop of &amp;nbsp;whipped cream, a few pomegranate seeds and a few drops of pomegranate juice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/o0NPTac7Epku0BLLjVrw66NP2-uNCkL-IIjnqRyaO3Q?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="576" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-d0UAvlBf2A8/TvshwKorFiI/AAAAAAAALB4/UWZDdUGqL50/s640/Untitled1.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/2RiLPztplSuqiYAMxzeKt2yOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-IcxOgikF6fA/TvsfIOWo6RI/AAAAAAAALBw/3EsvvlX7GrU/s800/b.jpg" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/wm0iA32xoGQQfGQKrKuHC2yOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="593" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-vanI7tO2ig4/TyKIsW_ZUtI/AAAAAAAALJo/BEWg48dofX0/s640/set%2520natal1.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8870383917803210992-8085799883851140565?l=pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/feeds/8085799883851140565/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8870383917803210992&amp;postID=8085799883851140565&amp;isPopup=true' title='17 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8870383917803210992/posts/default/8085799883851140565'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8870383917803210992/posts/default/8085799883851140565'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/2011/12/feliz-ano-novo-happy-new-year.html' title='Feliz Ano Novo! # Happy New Year!'/><author><name>monica Pinto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17807463873711620776</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-dnpvmStO1gc/TyKIPtKASWI/AAAAAAAALJg/3PMSx7SHuik/s72-c/set%2520natal.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>17</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8870383917803210992.post-6721394528617153558</id><published>2011-12-22T20:40:00.001Z</published><updated>2011-12-22T20:42:56.148Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sobremesas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Doces'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cozinha tradicional portuguesa'/><title type='text'>Montanha dourada # Golden mountain</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/wjvH1qOc9l9pvER5knYYy2yOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Oj5No5wEME4/TvNv9uuyKzI/AAAAAAAALAY/V6ButtQW9S8/s800/2%252520colheres.JPG" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Se este &lt;b&gt;Natal&lt;/b&gt; me trouxesse &amp;nbsp;a neve das montanhas e montes &lt;a href="http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/2010/02/papas-de-sarrabulho-no-geres.html"&gt;que tão bem conheço&lt;/a&gt;, ela seria doce e macia como um merengue. Cobriria a minha casa, o meu jardim e as beiras das janelas e quando &amp;nbsp;parasse de cair por já se achar no seu destino, sobre ela pousaria um manto dourado. Dourado... mas não de ouro.&lt;b&gt; Feito de fios&lt;/b&gt; de açúcar e ovos, &lt;b&gt;brilhantes mas sem soberba&lt;/b&gt;. Em cada fio uma pequena luz. &lt;b&gt;Em cada pequena luz &lt;/b&gt;uma memória boa, um sorriso, uma gargalhada. Um quero-te bem. Um bem haja. Abraços sinceros. Beijos sentidos. Palavras raras, que por serem raras têm uma força maior do que a vida.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Amor...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Feliz Natal!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sei que muitos de vocês já sabem mas ainda assim aqui fica mais uma publicação no &lt;a href="http://www.theramblingepicure.com/archives/18848"&gt;"The Rambling Epicure"&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;de Jonell Galloway, desta vez uma receita de creme de medronhos&amp;nbsp;que para o ano publico aqui &amp;nbsp;no blog com a versão em português.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Montanha dourada&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ingredientes:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7 ovos&lt;br /&gt;14 colheres de sopa de açúcar&lt;br /&gt;Um pouco de água&lt;br /&gt;1 pitada de sal&lt;br /&gt;Manteiga para untar&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Preparação:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Separe as gemas das claras.&lt;br /&gt;*Coloque as gemas dentro de um coador em cima de uma tigela, para &amp;nbsp;separá-las de qualquer vestígio de claras.&lt;br /&gt;*Numa taça sem nenhum traço de gordura, bata as claras com uma pitada de sal até ficarem firmes, junte 7 colheres de sopa de açúcar e continue a bater até ficar em merengue.&lt;br /&gt;*Pré-aqueça o forno a 150º, marca 1 do fogão a gás.&lt;br /&gt;*Unte um prato, taça ou travessa com manteiga e verta o merengue pra dentro formando um monte.&lt;br /&gt;*Leve ao forno até ficar alourado, cerca de 10 a 15 minutos.&lt;br /&gt;*Num tachinho ponha o restante açúcar e água suficiente apenas para cobri-lo. Leve ao lume até atingir ponto de pérola (108º) que é quando levantando a colher de pau, a calda cai em gotas como pérolas.&lt;br /&gt;*Junte um pouco de calda às gemas, mexendo para misturar bem e as gemas não cozerem.&lt;br /&gt;*Junte a mistura de gemas à restante calda, mexa e leve ao lume mexendo sempre (não em círculo, para os ovos moles não perderem o brilho) até engrossar um pouco.&lt;br /&gt;*Depois do merengue estar à temperatura ambiente, verta os ovos moles por cima e sirva.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/c-UG9x9rA2nQ2aGYRNZPIpczCZvsju15CaTM5u6vk30?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-17kGmltzjas/TvN6oDLCD2I/AAAAAAAALAw/LVRyUIQWcV0/s800/azevinho.JPG" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;In english&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If this &lt;b&gt;Christmas&lt;/b&gt; brought me the snow from the mountains and hills &lt;a href="http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/2010/02/papas-de-sarrabulho-no-geres.html"&gt;that i know so well&lt;/a&gt;, it would be as sweet and soft as a meringue. It would cover my house, my garden and the borders of my windows, and when it would stop falling for has already found it´s destination, a golden mantel would rest up on it. Golden...but not made of gold. It would be made of sugar and eggs threads, &lt;b&gt;bright but without superb&lt;/b&gt;. In each thread a small light.&lt;b&gt; In each small light&lt;/b&gt;, a good memory, a smile, a laugh. A wishing you well. A good being. Sincere hugs. Truly felt kisses. Unique words, that for being so, have a strength larger then life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Love...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Merry Christmas!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Many of you already know, nevertheless here it is, my new contribution for Jonell Galloway´s &lt;a href="http://www.theramblingepicure.com/archives/18848"&gt;"The Rambling&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.theramblingepicure.com/archives/18848"&gt;Epicure"&lt;/a&gt;. A recipe of Arbutos creme.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Golden mountain&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ingredients:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7 eggs&lt;br /&gt;14 tbs caster sugar&lt;br /&gt;A bit of water&lt;br /&gt;A pinch of salt&lt;br /&gt;Butter for the tin&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Preparation:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Separate the eggs.&lt;br /&gt;*Put the yolks inside a sifter on top of a bowl, to remove any whites little pieces.&lt;br /&gt;*Beat the whites until firm and add the sugar (7 tbs) beating until it becomes thick and shiny.&lt;br /&gt;*Preheat the oven to 150º, gas mark 1.&lt;br /&gt;*Butter a tin, bowl or dish and fill it with the meringue, giving it the form of a small mountain.&lt;br /&gt;*Bake for 10 to 15 minutes until golden.&lt;br /&gt;*Meanwhile put the rest of the sugar in a saucepan with enough water just to cover it.&lt;br /&gt;*Bring to the boil and let it bubble until it reaches pearl point (108º). Pearl point is when &amp;nbsp;small balls (looking like pearls) of syrup fall from the spoon once you lift it.&lt;br /&gt;* Take the syrup from the heat and add a bit to the yolks, mixing well.&lt;br /&gt;*Add the yolk mixture to the syrup in the saucepan and take to the heat once more.&lt;br /&gt;*Cook stirring all the time, not in circles so the yolk creme (ovos moles) stay shiny. Mix in back and forward movements, until it thickens a bit.&lt;br /&gt;*Take the meringue mountain from the oven and let it cool to room temperature.&lt;br /&gt;*Pour the yolk creme on top and serve.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/EIkP5CkxooaKopZ0DjMHDWyOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="640" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-auyiPd8oaT0/TvNwSWrHikI/AAAAAAAALAc/I-ZWEKH8nTA/s640/natalset%2525201.JPG" width="540" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8870383917803210992-6721394528617153558?l=pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/feeds/6721394528617153558/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8870383917803210992&amp;postID=6721394528617153558&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8870383917803210992/posts/default/6721394528617153558'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8870383917803210992/posts/default/6721394528617153558'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/2011/12/montanha-dourada-golden-mountain.html' title='Montanha dourada # Golden mountain'/><author><name>monica Pinto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17807463873711620776</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Oj5No5wEME4/TvNv9uuyKzI/AAAAAAAALAY/V6ButtQW9S8/s72-c/2%252520colheres.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8870383917803210992.post-9151308762901314962</id><published>2011-12-20T14:31:00.006Z</published><updated>2011-12-20T19:56:37.968Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Natal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sobremesas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Festas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Doces'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cozinha tradicional portuguesa'/><title type='text'>Coscorões</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/3c0P7WyOgiSdUHNKI40bPWyOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img height="640" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-urioibjJXJ4/TvCShcnTzuI/AAAAAAAAK-0/e_QRCEBLOaQ/s640/coscoroes%2525202.JPG" width="619" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;É verdade que sou muito ligada à tradição. E é também verdade que o único doce que faço no Natal que não faz parte da doçaria do Norte é o &lt;a href="http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/2011/01/pao-de-lo-de-alfeizerao.html"&gt;Pão de ló de Alfeizerão&lt;/a&gt;. Uma facadinha nas tradições natalícias que todos me perdoam quando chega a hora da sobremesa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mas este ano, o João trocou-me as voltas quando me pediu um doce para a feira de Natal da escola. Até já tinha uma receita e tudo! Durante uma aula, a professora tinha sugerido Coscorões e como a grande maioria dos colegas nunca tinha sequer ouvido falar em tal coisa (nem o João), a sugestão tinha potencial. O João pensou no brilharete e no lucro que a turma iria fazer na feira. Já eu pensei que era engraçado dar a conhecer aos miúdos um doce tradicional que não sendo da nossa zona, faz parte do património gastronómico que é de todos e que nunca é demais divulgar. A ideia de fazer e comer o primeiro Coscorão de toda a minha vida, também não me pareceu nada mal...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Depois de recorrer aos livros de cozinha cá de casa e de ver mil e uma receitas na net, acabei por escolher como base a receita do lindo blog &lt;a href="http://maonamassablogue.blogspot.com/"&gt;"mão na massa" &lt;/a&gt;da Ana Maria que tem apenas 16 anos mas um gosto enorme pela cozinha.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Agora já posso dizer que gosto de Coscorões, que para alguns são Coscoréis e para outros Filhoses. Três nomes diferentes para o mesmo doce tradicional da &lt;a href="http://www.infopedia.pt/$beira-baixa"&gt;Beira Baixa&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;e do qual há muitas variantes. Mas tendo sido esta a primeira vez que os fiz, aquilo que mais me agradou foi o fazer da massa. O perfume dos citrinos e da &lt;a href="https://www.garrafeiranacional.com/aguardentes-nacionais/aguardente-adega-velha/ms_prod_pt_553/"&gt;Aguardente&lt;/a&gt;. O mergulhar das mãos na maciez dos ingredientes misturados. O cheiro a Natal que rapidamente se espalhou além cozinha.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Já falta pouco...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/EFinLG_kV1q-7aFQ7vIwsGyOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-plKvhRcysOY/TvDmyWVIoCI/AAAAAAAAK_8/PsgL-Brwahk/s800/coscoroes%2525201.jpg" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;Coscorões&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Receita adaptada do blog &lt;a href="http://maonamassablogue.blogspot.com/"&gt;"mão na massa"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ingredientes: 16 a 18 coscorões&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 kg de farinha&lt;br /&gt;7 ovos (gemas separadas das claras)&lt;br /&gt;100 g de manteiga derretida&lt;br /&gt;80 g de banha derretida&lt;br /&gt;Sumo de 4 laranjas&lt;br /&gt;Raspa de 1 laranja&lt;br /&gt;Raspa de 1 limão&lt;br /&gt;1 colher de sopa de aguardente&lt;br /&gt;1 colher de chá de fermento em pó&lt;br /&gt;1 colher de sopa de açúcar&lt;br /&gt;1 pitada de sal&lt;br /&gt;Açúcar em pó p/ polvilhar (usei açúcar normal mas em pó é o ideal)&lt;br /&gt;Canela em pó p/ polvilhar&lt;br /&gt;óleo (os melhores são os de soja, de milho ou de girassol) para fritar&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Preparação:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Numa taça grande junte a farinha, o sal, o fermento, a manteiga e a banha. Misture muito bem até tudo estar ligado.&lt;br /&gt;*Junte as gemas, o sumo das laranjas, a aguardente e as raspas dos citrinos e ligue muito bem.&lt;br /&gt;*Bata as claras em castelo e misture-as na massa, aos poucos, até sererm completamente absorvidas pela mesma.&lt;br /&gt;*Amasse muito bem a massa. Se estiver muito pegajosa junte um pouco mais de farinha, amassando muito bem até deixar de pegar. Eu usei o mesmo método que se usa para a massa do pão ou seja, afastá-la (para a frente) com a mão &amp;nbsp;e puxá-la de novo. Fazer este movimento várias vezes e depois sovar e amassar a massa um pouco, até ficar elástica e macia. Faça uma bola, polvilhe com farinha, cubra com um pano e deixe descansar 30 minutos.&lt;br /&gt;*Estenda a massa numa superfície enfarinhada, de forma a que fique com 2 a 3 mm de espessura. Corte retângulos e faça 3 cortes verticais dentro de cada um mas sem cortar as bordas.&lt;br /&gt;*Aqueça muito bem o óleo e frite os retângulos de massa até ficarem dourados.&lt;br /&gt;*À medida que os vai tirando do óleo, coloque-os em papel absorvente.&lt;br /&gt;*Por fim polvilhe-os com açúcar em pó e canela.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/VE00NnrWRWDiZKaSa-uDnWyOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-0s-Kq6pAC0A/TvCUxyFl9yI/AAAAAAAAK_E/uWnHGcxTK4U/s800/coscoroes.JPG" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;In english&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It´s true that i´m very attached to tradition. And it´s also true that the onlu sweet that i make at Christmas that is not part of the North tradition is the &lt;a href="http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/2011/01/pao-de-lo-de-alfeizerao.html"&gt;Pão de ló de Afeizerão&lt;/a&gt;. A small cheating on Christmas traditions that by the time of dessert everyone forgives me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But this year, John changed that when he asked me to make a &amp;nbsp;sweet for the school Christmas faire. He even had a recipe and all! During one class, the teacher had suggested Coscorões, and as the vast majority of his colleagues had never even heard of such a thing (neither John), the suggestion had potencial. John thought of the profit and sensation the class would provoque at the fair. As far as i´m concerned, i thought it would be nice to show the kids a traditional sweet that is not from our region but is part of the traditional heritage that belongs to everyone of us and that is always good to promote. The idea of making and eating the very first Coscorão of my entire life, didn´t also seem so bad.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After looking through my cookbooks and seeing a thousand recipes on the net, i ended up choosing as a strating point Ana Maria´s recipe from beautiful blog &lt;a href="http://maonamassablogue.blogspot.com/"&gt;"mão na massa"&lt;/a&gt;. Ana Maria is only 16 years old but she already has a great love for the kitchen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now i can say i like Coscorões, which for some are Coscoréis and for others Filhoses. Three different names for the same sweet from&lt;a href="http://www.infopedia.pt/$beira-baixa"&gt; Beira Baixa&lt;/a&gt;. But this being the first time that i made them, what pleased me the most, was the making of the dough. The scent of citrus and &lt;a href="https://www.garrafeiranacional.com/aguardentes-nacionais/aguardente-adega-velha/ms_prod_pt_553/"&gt;Aguardente&lt;/a&gt;. Plunging my hands into the softness of the mixed ingredients. The smell of Christmas, which quickly spread far beyond my kitchen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Coscorões&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;i&gt;Recipe adapted from &lt;a href="http://maonamassablogue.blogspot.com/"&gt;"mão na massa"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ingredients: 16 to 18 Coscorões&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 kg flour&lt;br /&gt;7 eggs (separated)&lt;br /&gt;100 g melted butter&lt;br /&gt;80 g melted lard&lt;br /&gt;Juice of 4 oranges&lt;br /&gt;Zest of 1 lemon&lt;br /&gt;Zest of 1 orange&lt;br /&gt;1 tbs Aguardente&lt;br /&gt;1 tsp baking powder&lt;br /&gt;1 tbs caster sugar&lt;br /&gt;Pinch of salt&lt;br /&gt;Icing sugar to dust (i used caster sugar but icing sugar is best)&lt;br /&gt;Cinnamon to dust&lt;br /&gt;Corn or soy oil to fry&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Preparation:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*In a big bowl combine the flour, baking powder, sugar, salt, butter and lard. Mix well until blended.&lt;br /&gt;*Add the Aguardente, egg yolks, orange juice and zests and mix once more.&lt;br /&gt;*Beat the egg whites until firm and fold them into the dough.&lt;br /&gt;*Knead the dough. Maybe you´ll need to add a little bit more of flour just to stop it from sticking to your hands. Knead using the same method used with bread. Push it apart from you and pull it back, several times, knead and punch it until it becomes satiny and smooth.&lt;br /&gt;*Make a ball and let it rest for 30 minutes, dusted with flour and covered with a kitchen towel.&lt;br /&gt;*Roll the dough into a 2 or 3 mm thick piece. Cut rectangles of dough and make 3 vertical cuts in every one of them, without cutting the edges.&lt;br /&gt;*Knead the extra cuts of dough and roll them once more until you use it all.&lt;br /&gt;*Heat the oil and fry the Coscorões until golden.&lt;br /&gt;*Drain them in kitchen paper and then dust them generously with icing sugar and cinnamon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/FQ2KDDnRKX6rop148eefF2yOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-XOqztb98NLs/TvDnPYpW0ZI/AAAAAAAALAA/7Eqs0nXFU0w/s800/aguardente.jpg" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8870383917803210992-9151308762901314962?l=pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/feeds/9151308762901314962/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8870383917803210992&amp;postID=9151308762901314962&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8870383917803210992/posts/default/9151308762901314962'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8870383917803210992/posts/default/9151308762901314962'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/2011/12/coscoroes.html' title='Coscorões'/><author><name>monica Pinto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17807463873711620776</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-urioibjJXJ4/TvCShcnTzuI/AAAAAAAAK-0/e_QRCEBLOaQ/s72-c/coscoroes%2525202.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8870383917803210992.post-8706355239933394077</id><published>2011-12-15T09:30:00.015Z</published><updated>2011-12-16T22:51:14.399Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Aboboras'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vegetais'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vegetariano'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Refeições rápidas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Receita da minha autoria'/><title type='text'>Bolos salgados de abóbora # Savoury pumpkin cakes</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/RA63ilFnr5YzqYbOx0TY-ZczCZvsju15CaTM5u6vk30?feat=embedwebsite" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-9_TEGruK1zY/TujATq26kSI/AAAAAAAAK-A/Sr_PXe9fnCo/s800/triovertical.JPG" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Uma das coisas que mais gosto de fazer quando estou em casa, é olhar para o jardim através da grande janela mesmo em frente à cozinha. Gosto de ver o vai e vem dos pássaros. O cair das folhas. Gosto de ver a natureza a tomar o seu rumo sem presas nem correrias. Tudo vem a seu tempo e agora é tempo de dias sem cor e de terra encharcada.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Durante os últimos dias, o céu deixou de ser azul e a chuva não parou de cair mas uma abóbora colorida pintou de verde e laranja o banco do meu jardim.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ontem, finalmente, trouxe-a para a cozinha e aos poucos, enquanto a cortava, fui decidindo o que fazer com ela. Primeiro uns bolos salgados, com mozzarella, oregãos e noz moscada. Húmidos e super saborosos. Uma entrada vegetariana para servir no Natal ou uma refeição nutritiva em qualquer dia do ano. Depois &lt;a href="http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/2010/11/sopa-de-abobora-com-creme-de-rebentos.html"&gt;uma sopa&lt;/a&gt; forte e reconfortante com tudo de bom que a estação tem para oferecer e ainda faltam &lt;a href="http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/2011/02/ainda-bolina.html"&gt;os doces&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;que nesta altura do ano, são a cereja no topo do bolo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mas por agora, fico-me por estes bolos, o resto virá a seu tempo...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/zTQzXnh1V2V8Gq4VoFRELZczCZvsju15CaTM5u6vk30?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="427" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-USN34QXvfqY/TujAsAdU7nI/AAAAAAAAK-M/SiG1x9bdQZc/s640/boloetiq.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/5R3be1SEAwqFFTApfmq_vUsMHZCj9Rt_Q9A9K8WUCEY?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="443" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-BFm7qXLUJ7I/TujAgSeiq6I/AAAAAAAAK-I/o0U3IqNp7JE/s640/photos%2525202.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bolos salgados de abóbora&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ingredientes: 3 bolos retangulares ou 6 queques&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1,300 kg de bolina crua cortada em pedaços (350 g depois de cozida e escorrida)&lt;br /&gt;100 g de farinha&lt;br /&gt;100 g de queijo Mozzarella ralado&lt;br /&gt;2 ovos batidos&lt;br /&gt;1 colher de café de noz moscada&lt;br /&gt;1 colher de chá de fermento em pó&lt;br /&gt;2 colheres de chá de oregãos secos&lt;br /&gt;Sal a gosto&lt;br /&gt;Pimenta preta a gosto (de preferência acabada de moer)&lt;br /&gt;Manteiga para untar as formas&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Preparação:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Coza a bolina em pouca água (a bolina liberta bastante água) com uma pitada de sal, até ficar quase desfeita.&lt;br /&gt;*Deixe a bolina a escorrer de um dia para o outro, espremendo de vez em quando para retirar o excesso de água. Depois de escorrida a polpa deverá pesar cerca de 350 g.&lt;br /&gt;*Pré-aqueça o forno a 180º, marca 4 do fogão a gás.&lt;br /&gt;*Unte formas que podem ser de queque, com manteiga e reserve.&lt;br /&gt;*Numa taça misture a polpa com os restantes ingredientes, até ficarem bem ligados. Tempere com sal e pimenta a gosto.&lt;br /&gt;*Encha as formas até cima com o preparado e leve ao forno por 30 minutos, isto se usar formas retangulares pequenas. Se usar formas de queque, 20 a 25 minutos será o suficiente. Se os bolos começarem a alourar demais cubra-os com papel de alumínio.&lt;br /&gt;*Sirva como entrada ou snack, fatiado ou em doses individuais.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/UY0yqOYUOt2BAfjbnG8ouksMHZCj9Rt_Q9A9K8WUCEY?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="443" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-ezlk5qT-gU4/TujBBWxQ3SI/AAAAAAAAK-Q/D_FNPhUt_2s/s640/photos%25252021.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/p3AIgB8dbgXU3f0E_fUUHEsMHZCj9Rt_Q9A9K8WUCEY?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="443" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jZM7lu5psXE/TujBPa4JXrI/AAAAAAAAK-U/F280klnDRdg/s640/photos%25252022.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;In english&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One of the things i like to do the most when i´m home, is to look at the garden through the large window right in front of the kitchen. I like to watch the coming and going of birds. The falling leaves. I like to watch nature take it´s course, without hurry or rushing. Everything comes at the right time and now is time for discolored days and soaked earth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;During the past few days the sky ceased to be blue and the rain kept on pouring, but a colored pumpkin painted the bench in my garden in green and soft orange.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yesterday, i brought it to the kitchen and start slowly deciding what to do with it. First some savoury mozzarella, oregano and nutmeg cakes. A vegetarian appetizer to serve at Christmas or a nutritious meal at any day of the year. Then an hearthy, &lt;a href="http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/2010/11/sopa-de-abobora-com-creme-de-rebentos.html"&gt;comforting soup&lt;/a&gt; with all the goodness this season has to offer. And i didn´t even start with&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/2011/02/ainda-bolina.html"&gt;the sweets&lt;/a&gt;, that in this time of year are the cherry on the top of the cake.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But for now, these savoury pumpkin cakes are all i want, the rest will come in due time...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/aEj_dtjUddf2_z86TBWgBpczCZvsju15CaTM5u6vk30?feat=embedwebsite" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-3ceRob8psNI/TujRrWHMQOI/AAAAAAAAK-c/scpZLadv70Y/s800/folhas.JPG" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Savoury pumpkin cakes&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ingredients: 3 rectangular small cakes or 6 round small cakes&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1,300 kg bolina pumpkin (350 g after cooked and drained)&lt;br /&gt;100 g flour&lt;br /&gt;100 g shredded Mozzarella&lt;br /&gt;2 beaten eggs&lt;br /&gt;1/2 tsp nutmeg&lt;br /&gt;1 tsp baking powder&lt;br /&gt;2 tsp dried oregano&lt;br /&gt;Salt to taste&lt;br /&gt;Black pepper to taste (freshly grounded)&lt;br /&gt;Butter for the tins&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Preparation:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Cook the pumpkin in a small amount of water with a pinch of salt, until melting tender.&lt;br /&gt;*Put it inside a drainer and leave over night. The next day squeeze to remove any excess water, you should end up with 350 g of pumpkin pulp.&lt;br /&gt;*Preheat the oven to 180º, gas mark 4.&lt;br /&gt;*Butter the tins.&lt;br /&gt;*In a bowl combine all the ingredients until well mixed. Season with salt and pepper to taste.&lt;br /&gt;*Fill the tins &amp;nbsp;with the mixture to the top and bake for 30 minutes (if you use the rectangular tins) or 20 to 25 minutes (if you use the cupcake tins). If they start to get a bit dark, cover them with foil.&lt;br /&gt;*Remove form the oven, after 5 minutes take the cakes out of the tins and let them cool on a wire rack.&lt;br /&gt;*Serve as an appetizer or a snack, sliced or as individual portions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ZNjo-XkElIadc9shqwUaRZczCZvsju15CaTM5u6vk30?feat=embedwebsite" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-ouNP7izTGRw/TuiQafP4V6I/AAAAAAAAK9Q/7Zlz14DDBxo/s800/trio5.JPG" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/CqWm2q0gO_hsuO_5p47uNpczCZvsju15CaTM5u6vk30?feat=embedwebsite" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-8TBpEQzAWUE/TuvLKeZtSxI/AAAAAAAAK-o/TCBScpBqVkY/s800/mao.JPG" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8870383917803210992-8706355239933394077?l=pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/feeds/8706355239933394077/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8870383917803210992&amp;postID=8706355239933394077&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8870383917803210992/posts/default/8706355239933394077'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8870383917803210992/posts/default/8706355239933394077'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/2011/12/bolos-salgados-de-abobora-savoury_15.html' title='Bolos salgados de abóbora # Savoury pumpkin cakes'/><author><name>monica Pinto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17807463873711620776</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-9_TEGruK1zY/TujATq26kSI/AAAAAAAAK-A/Sr_PXe9fnCo/s72-c/triovertical.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8870383917803210992.post-4432926934720669832</id><published>2011-12-09T15:34:00.006Z</published><updated>2011-12-10T09:50:45.279Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bolachas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Natal'/><title type='text'>Bolachas de Natal # Christmas cookies</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Y_y2G9oTBeU0gcrOPxIAipczCZvsju15CaTM5u6vk30?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="593" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-RfbDaRP1d5E/TuCYROc3r1I/AAAAAAAAK7k/Vesho7ubxFQ/s640/bolachas%252520set%2525202.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/mBXMgxqrFr0g_mwvV2ManUsMHZCj9Rt_Q9A9K8WUCEY?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="443" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-kVXWSFcorNU/TuCYxLwygcI/AAAAAAAAK7o/YZRgW-cQ69U/s640/photos%2525202.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Ontem foi publicada a minha entrevista na &lt;a href="http://galeriaportuguesa.blogspot.com/2011/12/galeria-entrevista-monica-pinto.html?spref=fb"&gt;galeria portuguesa&lt;/a&gt;. Há pouco mais de um mês a Margarida Teixeira convidou-me para fazer parte da galeria portuguesa, um projeto que nessa altura ainda estava em fase de preparação e que tem como objetivo dar espaço a artistas portugueses. Um convite irrecusável que me deixou bastante satisfeita.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;A galeria portuguesa tem também uma &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/galeria-portuguesa/163511503744423"&gt;página no Facebook&lt;/a&gt; que podem visitar.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Costuma acontecer em meados de Dezembro. Não sei se é o chamamento do Natal, ou se é o frio que faz lá fora e que faz o corpo desejar aconchego, ou até se é assim porque sim. Mas esta é a altura em que procuro nas prateleiras &lt;a href="http://1870livros.wordpress.com/2011/12/03/contos-de-natal/"&gt;os livros&lt;/a&gt; e os &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEIMcdYYigw"&gt;CDS de Natal&lt;/a&gt;. Os &lt;a href="http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi1101988121/"&gt;filmes&lt;/a&gt; que não me canso de ver &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yudgy30Dd68"&gt;ano sim&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href="http://www.dvdpt.com/a/a_joia_da_familia.php"&gt; ano sim&lt;/a&gt;. E o calor do forno que em nenhuma outra altura do ano tem o mesmo apelo.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;No cimo da pilha de livros que "enfeitam" a minha mesinha de cabeceira está o&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Taste-Country-Cooking-Edna-Lewis/dp/0394732154"&gt; "The taste of country&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Taste-Country-Cooking-Edna-Lewis/dp/0394732154"&gt;cooking"&lt;/a&gt;, marcado com uma fita vermelha no capítulo dedicado ao Natal. E mesmo por baixo está o &lt;a href="http://www.wook.pt/ficha/como-agua-para-chocolate/a/id/40129"&gt;"Como &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.wook.pt/ficha/como-agua-para-chocolate/a/id/40129"&gt;água para chocolate"&lt;/a&gt;, marcado com uma folha de carvalho já seca de outros Natais, no capítulo "Chocolate e bolo-rei" que leio e releio pela noite dentro.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Faço grinaldas com os ramos, agora nus, da Glicínia e com as heras do jardim, e enfeito a casa com musgo, folhas coloridas e outras pequenas coisas que a natureza oferece sem pedir nada em troca e que trago comigo dos sítios por onde passo. Já o Azevinho fica no jardim, onde está muito melhor do que num qualquer arranjo dentro de casa e os melros agradecem as bagas vermelhas que gostam de debicar.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;O pinheiro de Natal está pronto e atafulhado de luzes, porque uns querem-nas de cor e outros apenas brancas e para agradar a todos, este ano em vez de um pinheiro, tenho um holofote a decorar a sala. Por outro lado, a minha cadela apaixonou-se por um texugo farfalhudo que estava pendurado num ramo do pinheiro. Raptou-o e o texugo que antes era um animal vistoso e dono de um pêlo farto e macio, vive agora um amor impossível que já lhe valeu metade da cabeleira, à custa de tanta lambidela e dentadinhas ternurentas. &amp;nbsp;E ainda falta o presépio! que para meu descando, ao menos não inclui nada que tenha pêlo.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;E assim, entre a perfeição e a confusão, vou criando o meu Natal.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Se por estes dias entrassem na minha casa, é muito provável que sentissem o cheiro do chocolate quente, de um bolo a dourar no forno ou das &lt;a href="http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/2010/12/bolachas-com-recheio-de-chocolate.html"&gt;bolachas &amp;nbsp;acabadas de cozer&lt;/a&gt;... Estas são simples. não têm icings coloridos ou enfeites de qualquer tipo a não ser as nozes e o açúcar em pó mas são uma delícia e muito fáceis de fazer. E com tanta coisa a acontecer, &lt;i&gt;fácil &lt;/i&gt;e &lt;i&gt;simples &lt;/i&gt;são ultimamente duas das minhas palavras preferidas. Só têm um senão, mesmo sem terem pêlo, não escapam às investidas "românticas" da minha cadela que só não come as luzes do pinheiro porque os vidros são indigestos. Quanto ao resto, tudo o que vem à rede é peixe...&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/bpfXUr6PHOkcanSItBIgbJczCZvsju15CaTM5u6vk30?feat=embedwebsite" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-FN44WRM4G4Q/TuCXq1xWk1I/AAAAAAAAK7g/SeII9QksEsE/s800/bolacha%2525201.JPG" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;Bolachas de Natal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Receita ligeiramente adaptada do livro &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/At-Home-Magnolia-Classic-American/dp/0471751375"&gt;"At home with Magnolia"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ingredientes: &lt;/b&gt;36 bolachas com 1,25 cm de altura (usando cortador com + ou - 6 cm de diâmetro)&lt;br /&gt;400 g farinha&lt;br /&gt;230 g de manteiga amolecida&lt;br /&gt;200 g de açúcar&lt;br /&gt;2 gemas (à temperatura ambiente)&lt;br /&gt;1 colher de chá de fermento em pó&lt;br /&gt;1/2 colher de chá de sal fino&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ganache:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;50 g de chocolate preto e barra&lt;br /&gt;50 ml de nata&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Cobertura:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 colheres de sopa de açúcar em pó&lt;br /&gt;1 colher de sopa de nata&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Nozes, amêndoa ou avelâs trituradas para decorar&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Açúcar em pó para polvilhar&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Preparação:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Peneire a farinha com o fermento e o sal, para uma taça e reserve.&lt;br /&gt;*Bata o açúcar com a manteiga durante 2 a 3 minutos até ficar com uma mistura pálida e bem ligada.&lt;br /&gt;*Junte as gemas e bata novamente até ligar.&lt;br /&gt;*Por fim junte a mistura de farinha, em 3 partes.&lt;br /&gt;*Divida a massa em 3 partes com forma de disco, embrulhe em película e leve ao frio por 30 minutos.&lt;br /&gt;* Estenda os discos 1 a 1 numa superfície bem enfarinhada e corte com os cortadores de bolacha que mais gostar (eu usei estrelas de vários tamanhos e pinheiros). É claro que a quantidade vai depender do tipo de cortador que usar e da grossura com que vai cortar as bolachas.&lt;br /&gt;*Volte a amassar os cortes da massa até toda ela acabar.&lt;br /&gt;*Pré-aqueça o forno a 190º, marca 5 do fogão a gás.&lt;br /&gt;*Coloque as bolachas em tabuleiros forrados com papel vegetal e leve ao frio por 15 minutos (eu coloquei-as na arca congeladora por 5 minutos).&lt;br /&gt;*Leve ao forno por 9 a 10 minutos, até ganharem um pouco de cor. Elas saem do forno um pouco moles mas ao arrefecerem, endurecem e só nessa altura é que deve tirá-las do papel vegetal e colocá-las numa rede até ficarem à temperatura ambiente.&lt;br /&gt;*Faça o ganache juntando o chocolate e a nata numa caçarola em banho maria ao lume, até derreter. Mexa bem para ficar macio e brilhante. Deixe arrefecer até ficar ligeiramente consistente.&lt;br /&gt;*Faça a cobertura (para os pinheiros), juntando os ingredientes e levando-os ao lume, mexendo para dissolver.&lt;br /&gt;*Para montar as árvores feitas de estrelas, coloquei um pouco de ganache no meio da bolacha maior e fui colocando as outras menores 1 a 1, sempre ligadas com um pouco de ganache até à mais pequena.No fim polvilhei-as com açúcar em pó.&lt;br /&gt;*Já os pinheiros foram pincelados com a cobertura e depois polvilhados com nozes trituradas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/lcAOCW4N5DNuYz4gKYXvD0sMHZCj9Rt_Q9A9K8WUCEY?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="443" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-VrG_XIFa7wQ/TuCbplE6XKI/AAAAAAAAK7w/qnur1IhR4xU/s640/photos%25252021.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/PBhly_It4S05O4_sITeDOEsMHZCj9Rt_Q9A9K8WUCEY?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="443" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-n20IFlzcXOY/TuCdetCJL7I/AAAAAAAAK8E/W1KVM_ug7TI/s640/photos%25252022.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;In english&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yesterday was published &lt;a href="http://galeriaportuguesa.blogspot.com/2011/12/galeria-entrevista-monica-pinto.html?spref=fb"&gt;my interview at galeria portuguesa&lt;/a&gt;. Just over one month Margarida Teixeira invited me to join galeria portuguesa, a project that was then still under preparation and aims to be a space for portuguese artists. An irrefutable invitation which made me quite happy.&lt;br /&gt;Galeria portuguesa has also a &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/galeria-portuguesa/163511503744423"&gt;Facebook page&lt;/a&gt; that you can visit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Usually happens in mid-December. I don´t know if it is the Christmas calling, or the cold weather outside that makes my body want to cuddle, or even if it is so because that´s just the way it is. But this time of year is when i seek the shelfs for the &lt;a href="http://1870livros.wordpress.com/2011/12/03/contos-de-natal/"&gt;Christmas books&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEIMcdYYigw"&gt;CDs&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href="http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi1101988121/"&gt;Movies&lt;/a&gt; i´m never tired of seeing, &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5g4lY8Y3eoo"&gt;year in&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wM0Zn3493o"&gt;year out&lt;/a&gt;. And the heat of the oven, that in any other time of year has the same appeal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;At the top of the books stack that "decorate" my bedside table is &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Taste-Country-Cooking-Edna-Lewis/dp/0394732154"&gt;"The taste of country cooking&lt;/a&gt;", marked with a red ribbon in the chapter dedicated to Christmas. And just below, there´s &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Like-Water-Chocolate-Laura-Esquivel/dp/0552995878"&gt;"Like water for chocolate"&lt;/a&gt;, marked with a dry oak leaf as from other Christmases, in the chapter "Hot chocolate and king cake" that i read and reread into the night.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I make wreaths with the, now naked, westeria branches and the ivy from the garden and decorate the house with moss, colored leaves, and other small things that nature gives without asking for anything in return, that i bring with me from the places i go. As for the holly, there´s no better place for it to be than the garden, where it is much better than in any arrangment inside the house. The blackbirds think so too, for they love to peck the red berries.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Christmas tree is ready and crammed with lights. Some want them colourful and some want them simply white, so this tear to please everyone, instead of a Christmas tree we have a spotlight decorating the leaving room. On the other hand, my female dog fell in love with a furry badger that was hanging from a branch of the C. tree. She kidnapped him and the once handsome and owner of a plentiful and soft fur badger, is now living an impossible love, that has cost him half his fur at the expense of so much licking and biting. And there´s yet the sacred family to put together! Thank god there´s no fur involved in it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And so, between perfection and chaos, i´m creating my Christmas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you were to enter my house in these days, you would feel the sweet smell of hot chocolate, a cake baking in the oven or &lt;a href="http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/2010/12/bolachas-com-recheio-de-chocolate.html"&gt;freshly baked christmas cookies&lt;/a&gt;... These are simple. They don´t have colorful icings or sprinkles, only walnuts and icing sugar but they are delicious and very easy to make. And with so many things going on, &lt;i&gt;easy&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;simple&lt;/i&gt; are now two of my favorite words. There´s only one drawback, even without fur, they can´t escape the "romantic" harassment of my dog, that only doesn´t eat the Christmas tree lights because the glass is indigestible. For the rest, "everything that comes to the net is fish"...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/-vNBGtevIr1lTTxFP0Dw5ZczCZvsju15CaTM5u6vk30?feat=embedwebsite" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-phN6NplJueA/TuIp8KVi_dI/AAAAAAAAK8Y/WMVRbThqFH4/s800/bolachas%252520liv%2525201.JPG" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Christmas cookies&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Recipe slightly adapted from &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/At-Home-Magnolia-Classic-American/dp/0471751375"&gt;"At home with Magnolia"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ingredients: &lt;/b&gt;36 cookies (if you cut them with 1/4 inches thickness, using a 2, 1/2 inch cutter)&lt;br /&gt;400 g flour&lt;br /&gt;230 g soft butter&lt;br /&gt;200 g caster sugar&lt;br /&gt;1 tsp baking powder&lt;br /&gt;1/2 tsp salt&lt;br /&gt;2 egg yolks&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ganache:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;50 g good quality dark chocolate, broke into pieces&lt;br /&gt;50 ml single cream&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Icing:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 tbs icing sugar&lt;br /&gt;1 tbs single cream&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Walnuts, almonds or hazelnuts (crushed) for the topping&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Icing sugar for dusting&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Preparation:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*In a bowl combine the flour, salt and baking powder. Reserve.&lt;br /&gt;*Beat the sugar and butter for 2 to 3 minutes until creamy. Add egg &amp;nbsp;yolks and mix to combine.&lt;br /&gt;* Add the dry ingredients in 3 parts and mix to combine.&lt;br /&gt;*Divide the dough into 3 flat discs, wrap them in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.&lt;br /&gt;* Roll 1 disc at a time in a floured surface and cut the cookies (i used different sized star cutters and a pine tree cutter) to a 1/4-inch thickness.&lt;br /&gt;*Preheat the oven to 190º, gas mark 5.&lt;br /&gt;*Place the cookies on baking sheets lined with parchment paper. Place the sheets in the refrigerator for 15 minutes (i put them in the freezer for 5 minutes).&lt;br /&gt;*Bake the cookies for 9 to 10 minutes until slightly golden on the edges. They will be soft but don´t worry the cooling process will make them crunchy.&lt;br /&gt;*Leave the cookies in the sheets until warm and hard and then transfer them to a wire rack to cool completly.&lt;br /&gt;*Combine the ingredients for the ganache in a saucepan and melt in bain marie. Once melted, mix until smooth and shiny. Let it cool and gain a bit of consistency.&lt;br /&gt;*Combine the ingredients for the icing in a small saucepan and take to the heat, mixing until sugar has dissolved.&lt;br /&gt;* To make the star trees i topped the cookies 1 by 1, from the biggest to the smallest, using the ganache to attach them.&lt;br /&gt;*I brushed the pine trees with the icing and then sprinkled them with the crushed nuts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/QcY7ACWPnHbZUW6fi4xuPpczCZvsju15CaTM5u6vk30?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="427" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-2Ja4HQTzefM/TuIol89aFfI/AAAAAAAAK8U/AqE_mjXGpnU/s640/adere%2525C3%2525A7os.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Os adereços que se vão acumulando no estúdio&lt;br /&gt;Props and more props at my studio.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luz. Rio Douro, Gaia e Porto à noite.&lt;br /&gt;Light. Douro river, Gaia and Porto by night&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/BY7cIkTOd_bhYbcCR_LqM5czCZvsju15CaTM5u6vk30?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="427" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-QWfQKyzRodY/TuCcoF50pLI/AAAAAAAAK74/snMX7F00SP4/s640/gaiaporto.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8870383917803210992-4432926934720669832?l=pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/feeds/4432926934720669832/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8870383917803210992&amp;postID=4432926934720669832&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8870383917803210992/posts/default/4432926934720669832'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8870383917803210992/posts/default/4432926934720669832'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/2011/12/bolachas-de-natal-christmas-cookies.html' title='Bolachas de Natal # Christmas cookies'/><author><name>monica Pinto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17807463873711620776</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-RfbDaRP1d5E/TuCYROc3r1I/AAAAAAAAK7k/Vesho7ubxFQ/s72-c/bolachas%252520set%2525202.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8870383917803210992.post-7036051393763920208</id><published>2011-12-05T15:03:00.002Z</published><updated>2011-12-05T15:13:37.026Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fruta'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pão'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Doces'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pequeno almoço'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lanches'/><title type='text'>Pão de pera e coco # Coconut pear bread</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/YLvlVDbGk9FAFGzHFkAmQGyOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img height="640" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-QVvv_p9uAzY/TttfeAFyzkI/AAAAAAAAK6c/iGODGWUpV68/s640/pao%252520fatia%2525204.JPG" width="592" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Perco facilmente a noção do tempo quando o assunto que tenho em mãos é fazer pão. Há algo de transcendente &amp;nbsp;no misturar da farinha com a água, o sal, o açúcar e o fermento. O ritual de amassar que tem milénios de história. O pão que os egípcios ensinaram os gregos a fazer e que estes acreditavam ser de origem divina.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No Gerês há uma aldeia que fica na encosta de um monte a uns 700 mts de altitude. Um lugar onde o tempo é outro e as pessoas também. Um lugar onde ainda se faz o pão "como Deus manda".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Foi na velha casa da D. Maria, de granito centenário e traves de madeira escurecida pelo fumo do fumeiro, que serve de arrecadação para os cereais, batatas e animais que eu vi pela primeira vez um forno de pedra pronto para receber a massa benzida. Estava branco por dentro, sinal de que atingira a temperatura certa para cozer o pão, o que demora entre uma a duas horas, sempre a consumir lenha. Agora, na velha casa já existe um moinho para transformar os cereais em farinha mas anos antes, os poucos habitantes da aldeia revezavam-se no uso do moinho de granito que fica a várias centenas de metros, no fundo da aldeia. O caminho íngreme até lá, também nós o fizemos várias vezes, saltando de pedra em pedra, evitando os tapetes de musgo fino que ao menor descuido nos fazem estatelar no chão. A única diferença é que não levávamos à cabeça quilos de grãos de cereais para moer. Fiz esse caminho muitas vezes, algumas delas no Inverno quando os lameiros e a mata nos confins da aldeia se tornam sombrios e lúgrubes e a névoa húmida envolve cada passo que damos. E enquanto caminhava, tentava imaginar o sacrifício e a solidão que a tarefa da moagem exiga nesses tempos passados mas ainda muito presentes na memória de quem os viveu.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hoje temos um Pão quente a cada virar de esquina e nem nos damos conta do luxo que é poder apontar o dedo &amp;nbsp;à variedade exposta e enfrentar o dilema da escolha. Pão de sementes? de passas?. Pão nórdico, integral de cevada ou de centeio? O pão nosso de cada dia deixou de ser sagrado mas ainda há esperança.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;M. F. K. Fisher escreveu - &amp;nbsp;"There is communion of more than our bodies when bread is broken and wine drunk" que traduzindo significa - &amp;nbsp;" Há mais do que a comunhão dos nossos corpos quando o pão é partido e o vinho bebido."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ainda faço o meu pão, não de todos os dias, afinal de contas na minha horta não crescem cereais e no fundo da minha "aldeia" em vez de um moinho há um pão quente, estrategicamente situado e pelo qual dou graças todos os dias. Mas ainda assim faço o meu pão. E de cada vez que o faço, seja para lhe dar a forma de uma pizza ou de um pão recheado de pera, açúcar e coco, entro em comunhão com a transcendência do ritual em si. Como se todo o sentimento posto desde há milénios em cada pedaço de massa, se materializasse no cheiro de um &amp;nbsp;pão caseiro que tiro cuidadosamente do forno como se fosse uma oferenda sagrada.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/TLgZ197xCIVeAnVheiJkQmyOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="512" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-rA_E2mOZc5M/TtzfW1irFBI/AAAAAAAAK7I/uHGRiy1O23I/s640/photos%2525202.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pão de pera e coco&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ingredientes:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Usei metade da quantidade de massa que usei na última receita que publiquei (pizza) que dá para 1 pão doce.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Recheio:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4 colheres de sopa de açúcar mascavado claro&lt;br /&gt;4 colheres de sopa de coco ralado&lt;br /&gt;2 peras médias, maduras mas firmes, cortadas em fatias finas&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Para pincelar:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3 colheres de sopa de leite misturado com 1 colher de café de canela&lt;br /&gt;Geleia de maça ou marmelo para pincelar&lt;br /&gt;Amêndoa laminada para salpicar&lt;br /&gt;Açúcar em pó para polvilhar (opcional)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Preparação:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Para fazer a massa, siga as instruções da receita publicada anteriormente mas divida a quantidade dos ingredientes. Ou se preferir, faça o mesmo que eu fiz. Faça a pizza e aproveite o calor do forno e rapidamente recheie e enrole este pão e coza-o a seguir.&lt;br /&gt;*Pré-aqueça o forno a 190º, marca 5 do fogão a gás.&lt;br /&gt;*Estenda a massa, numa superfície bem enfarinhada, em forma quadrada mas não muito fina para não romper quando for enrolada.&lt;br /&gt;* Cubra a massa com o açúcar, depois com a pera e de seguida com o coco, tendo o cuidado de deixar uma borda a toda a volta da massa.&lt;br /&gt;* Enrole cuidadosamente. Se a massa romper, volte a uni-la com a ponta dos dedos.&lt;br /&gt;*Dobre as extremidades do pão várias vezes até ficar selado.&lt;br /&gt;*Pincele toda a superfície do pão com a mistura de leite e canela e deixe descansar 10 minutos.&lt;br /&gt;*Leve ao forno em tabuleiro forrado com papel vegetal por 20 minutos, até ficar dourado.&lt;br /&gt;*Depois de sair do forno pincele com a geleia e salpique com a amêndoa que entretanto foi levemente tostada numa sertã.&lt;br /&gt;* Deixe arrefecer e polvilhe com açúcar em pó (opcional).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/cCbzOeAqlhMjbZFYsipZHmyOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-CHdTOGqpqz0/Tttf3TC5WpI/AAAAAAAAK6g/a9ed5RchHTw/s800/p%2525C3%2525A3o%252520.jpg" width="646" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I easily loose track of time when the matter is bread making. There is something transcendent about mixing flour, water, salt, sugar and yeast. The kneading ritual that has thousands of years. The bread Egyptians taught Greeks to make and that they believed to be of divine origin.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In Gerês there´s a small village that lies on the slopes of a hill, 700 mts high. A place where time is different and people too. A place where bread is still made "as God commands".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It was at the old house of D. Maria, made of centenary granite and wooden beams darkened by the smoke from the smokehouse, which serves as storage for grains, potatoes and animals, that i first saw a stone oven ready to receive the blessed dough. It was white on the inside, a sign that has reached the right temperature to bake the bread, which takes about one to two hours of wood burning. Now in the old house, already exists a &amp;nbsp;mill to turn grains into flour, but years before, the few villagers took turns using the old granite mill which is several hundreds meters down in the village. We walked the steep path down there several times, jumping from stone to stone, avoiding the thin carpet of moss, that at the slightest disregard would make us fall on the ground. The only difference is that we didn´t took pounds of grains to mill on top of our heads. I´ve walked this path many times, some of them in Winter when the meadows and the woods down in the village become gloomy, dark and damp and the mist surrounds every step we take. Has i walked i imagined the sacrifice and loneliness that the task of grinding demanded in those past times that are still very fresh in the memories of those who lived them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today we have a bakery at every turn of the corner (and thank god for that!) and we are not aware of the luxury that is to be able to point our finger to the exposed variety and face the dilemma of choosing. Seed bread? raisin bread? Nordic, whole, barley or rye? Our daily bread is no longer sacred, but there is still hope.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;M. F. K. Fisher wright - &amp;nbsp;"There is communion of more than our bodies when bread is broken and wine drunk"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I still make my own bread, not all days, after all my kitchen garden doesn´t grow cerealgrains and down in my "village" instead of a mill i have a bakery, strategically placed and for which i give my thanks everyday. But still i make my bread. And every time i make it, whether to give it the shape of a pizza or the shape of a pear coconut sweet bread, i enter in communion with the transcendence of the ritual itself, just as if all the feeling put in each piece of dough for millennia, had materialized in the scent of my homemade bread that i take from the oven carefully as if it were a sacred offering.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;Pear coconut bread&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ingredients:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;Use half the quantity of dough i´ve used for the last recipe i published (pizza) which is enough for 1 bread.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Filling:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4 tbs light muscovado sugar&lt;br /&gt;4 tbs dried shredded coconut&lt;br /&gt;2 medium pears ripe but firm, finely sliced&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;For brushing:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3 tbs milk mix with 1/2 tsp cinnamon&lt;br /&gt;Apricot jam&lt;br /&gt;Sliced almonds&lt;br /&gt;Icing sugar for dusting (opcional)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Preparation:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* To make the dough follow the instructions for the pizza (previous recipe) but use only half of the recipe. You can also do as i did, make the pizza and then the bread with the other half of the dough in the same day.&lt;br /&gt;*Preheat the oven to 190º, gas mark 5.&lt;br /&gt;*Roll &amp;nbsp;the dough in a floured surface into a square but not to thin or it will break when you roll it up with the filling.&lt;br /&gt;*Cover the square of dough first with the sugar, then with the pears and finally with the coconut, leaving a border all around the dough.&lt;br /&gt;*Roll the dough carefully. If it breaks, seal it with your fingertips.&lt;br /&gt;* Roll the edges of the bread to seal them and then brush the entire surface with the milk and cinnamon mixture and let it rest for 10 minutes.&lt;br /&gt;*Put the bread on a tin lined with parchment paper and bake for 20 minutes or so, until golden.&lt;br /&gt;*Remove for the oven and when is still hot, brush &amp;nbsp;with the apricot jam.&lt;br /&gt;*Cover with some toasted sliced almonds and dust with icing sugar (icing sugar is optional) .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/_L6-tozYvcLHw_pqgWJK55czCZvsju15CaTM5u6vk30?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-zJIs8B2eg5Y/TttjCK5_c3I/AAAAAAAAK6w/ZiGcCFYnfFU/s800/pao%252520m.JPG" width="572" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8870383917803210992-7036051393763920208?l=pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/feeds/7036051393763920208/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8870383917803210992&amp;postID=7036051393763920208&amp;isPopup=true' title='10 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8870383917803210992/posts/default/7036051393763920208'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8870383917803210992/posts/default/7036051393763920208'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/2011/12/pao-de-pera-e-coco-coconut-pear-bread.html' title='Pão de pera e coco # Coconut pear bread'/><author><name>monica Pinto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17807463873711620776</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-QVvv_p9uAzY/TttfeAFyzkI/AAAAAAAAK6c/iGODGWUpV68/s72-c/pao%252520fatia%2525204.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8870383917803210992.post-2908197865944790765</id><published>2011-11-30T17:12:00.002Z</published><updated>2011-11-30T17:18:58.044Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Queijos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ervas aromáticas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cogumelos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pizza'/><title type='text'>Pizza de cantarelos, queijo da ilha e oregãos # Chanterelles, queijo da ilha  and oregano pizza</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/hcntFdXBGYdHImO-aighNGyOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="568" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-UJ650GxhQyI/TtZZH5DqYfI/AAAAAAAAK58/E8ev5w6mRks/s640/pizzaqua.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/6xqHLM9b6br_n0DCzuiJXksMHZCj9Rt_Q9A9K8WUCEY?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="512" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-fvC3iV4T4Pw/TtZZ8OJycZI/AAAAAAAAK6E/lth9IUkkTFU/s640/Desktop1.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Há dias fomos até ao pinhal na esperança de encontrar &lt;a href="http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/2010/01/fritata-de-cantarelos-e-alho-frances.html"&gt;miscaros&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;mas depois de entrarmos bem dentro da mata, acabámos por encontrar do outro lado de um monte, uma zona plana coberta por cantarelos, que vistos de longe pareciam pequenas flores alaranjadas. Apanhámos um cesto cheio. Eram tantos que por vezes tínhamos que saltitar por entre a caruma e o musgo, para não calcarmos os exemplares mais pequeninos. Também apanhámos &amp;nbsp;caruma, pinhas e ramos de pinheiro que caíram com o mau tempo, porque limpar as matas é preciso, a reciclagem recomenda-se e o bolso agradece.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Os cogumelos têm a vantagem de saberem a carne sem o serem e por isso raramente os uso em receitas com carne. É uma forma fácil de acrescentar mais refeições vegetarianas à dieta de todos os dias, sem quase dar-mos pela falta do sabor da carne. E também gosto de os preparar com simplicidade. Aliás, para mim a melhor forma de comer cogumelos selvagens é salteados em &amp;nbsp;azeite e alho e (apenas no fim) salpicá-los com umas pedrinhas de sal, nada mais. Os temperos em demasia (salvo nas cozinhas orientais e asiáticas em que são tradicionais) eram e são muitas vezes usados, para camuflar a fraca qualidade do ingrediente principal. O cogumelo selvagem apanhado na altura certa, guarda em si um sabor único que precisa de quase nada para ser realçado. O cantarelo &amp;nbsp;faz parte da "realeza" dos cogumelos pela sua cor viva, textura delicada e aroma que lembra uma mistura entre o alperce e o pêssego.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Uma forma também muito saborosa de os servir é numa &lt;a href="http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/2009/11/o-meu-tipo-de-pizza.html"&gt;pizza e a pizza&lt;/a&gt;, como se sabe, numa casa onde há miúdos nunca levanta questões à mesa. E eu, fico muito agradecida...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pizza de cantarelos, queijo da ilha e oregãos&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ingredientes: massa - 2 pizzas médias finas (jamie oliver)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;325 ml de água morna&lt;br /&gt;2 sachets de fermento desidratado&lt;br /&gt;650 g de farinha&lt;br /&gt;1 colher de chá de sal fino&lt;br /&gt;1 colher de chá de açúcar&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Recheio: 1 pizza&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;150 g de queijo da ilha&lt;br /&gt;100 g de cantarelos inteiros&lt;br /&gt;Oregãos secos&lt;br /&gt;Azeite&lt;br /&gt;Sal grosso&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Preparação:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Numa taça junte a farinha, o fermento, o sal e o açúcar.&lt;br /&gt;*Junte a água aos poucos, mexendo com um garfo, até a massa estar ligada.&lt;br /&gt;*Coloque a massa numa superfície enfarinhada e amasse, esticando-a para a sua frente e puxando-a novamente para si. Faça isto durante 5 a 10 minutos até o calor das mãos em conjunto com a ação do fermento e do glúten tornem a masssa elástica e macia.&lt;br /&gt;*Deixe descansar 10 minutos.&lt;br /&gt;*Pré-aqueça o forno a 200º, marca 6 do fogão a gás.&lt;br /&gt;*Enfarinhe a superfície onde vai estender a massa e corte-a em duas partes iguais. Se só usar 1, pode esticar a outra e congelá-la para outro dia.&lt;br /&gt;*Estenda a massa, cubra com o queijo da ilha, depois co os cantarelos e salpique com folhas de oregãos. Espalhe umas pedrinhas de sal mas não muito, o queijo já é salgado, é só para temperar um pouco os cogumelos, até porque se usar muito sal, os cogumelos vão largar muita água e ensopar a pizza.&lt;br /&gt;*Regue com um fio de azeite e leve ao forno por 12 minutos, até a pizza ficar dourada e estaladiça. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/FbZ9rC43pbLKWcn8PVfSNGyOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-sbksbyWqzqs/TtZdidKMs4I/AAAAAAAAK6Q/LdD5WwTuHIc/s800/pizza.JPG" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;In english&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A few days ago, we went to the pine forest hoping to find &lt;a href="http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/2010/01/fritata-de-cantarelos-e-alho-frances.html"&gt;míscaros&lt;/a&gt;, but then we get into the woods and eventually found on the other side of a hill, a plain ground covered with chanterelles, which seen from afar seemed small orange flowers. We picked up a basketful. There were so many that some times we had to jump through the pine needles and moss, not to trample the smallest specimens. We also picked pine needles, pine cones and pine branches that fell due to bad weather, after all cleaning the woods is most necessary, recycling is recommended and it´s also good for the budget.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mushrooms have the advantage of tasting like meat without being it, so i rarely use them in meat recipes. And i also prefer to cook them with simplicity. In fact, for me the best way to eat wild mushrooms is sauteed in olive oil and garlic and sprinkled with some small stones of salt (only at the end), nothing else. Too much seasonings, were and are often used to disguise the poor quality of the main ingredient, except in eastern and asian cuisines where they are a part of cultural tradition. The wild mushroom picked at the right time, keeps in itself a unique flavor that needs little to be highlighted. Chanterelles are part of the "royalty" of mushrooms, for it´s bright color, delicate texture and fruity aroma, reminiscent of a blend of apricot and peach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another delicious way to serve them is on a &lt;a href="http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/2009/11/o-meu-tipo-de-pizza.html"&gt;pizza,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;and being pizza one of our boys all time favorites, the one food that never raises isssues at the table that´s exactly what i end up doing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Chanterelles, queijo da ilha and oregano pizza&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ingredients: Dough - 2 medium pizzas&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;325 ml warm water&lt;br /&gt;2 packets easy-blend yeast (14 g)&lt;br /&gt;650 g flour&lt;br /&gt;1 teaspoon salt&lt;br /&gt;1 teaspoon sugar&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Topping:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;150 g queijo da ilha (portuguese cheese)&lt;br /&gt;100 g chanterelles&lt;br /&gt;Dried oregano&lt;br /&gt;A pinch of salt&lt;br /&gt;A drizzle of olive oil&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Preparation:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*In bowl combine, flour, salt, sugar and yeast.&lt;br /&gt;*Add water, little by little, mixing with a fork until the dough is ready to be handled.&lt;br /&gt;*Put the dough in a floured surface and knead, spreading the dough ahead of you and then pulling it back again.&lt;br /&gt;*Do this movements for 5 to 10 minutes until the warmth of your hands combined with the action of the yeast and glúten, makes the dough smooth and elastic.&lt;br /&gt;*Let the dough rest for 10 minutes or so.&lt;br /&gt;*Preheat the oven to 200º, gas mark 6.&lt;br /&gt;*Divide the dough in 2 parts. You can use one and roll the other and put it in the freezer for another day.&lt;br /&gt;*In a floured surface, roll the dough into a pizza shape. Cover with the cheese living a border all around, then top with the mushrooms and oregano and sprinkle with salt (just a bit, the cheese is already salty and too much salt makes the mushrooms mushy and consequently, the pizza too) . A drizzle of olive oil and is ready to go to the oven.&lt;br /&gt;*Bake for 12 minutes until golden and bubbly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/zt5eIvsP31FYh-KuNreuMGyOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-6LXKMxPrsFI/TtZb7mm3P5I/AAAAAAAAK6M/XqRjBQOt2gI/s800/chanterelles.jpg" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8870383917803210992-2908197865944790765?l=pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/feeds/2908197865944790765/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8870383917803210992&amp;postID=2908197865944790765&amp;isPopup=true' title='9 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8870383917803210992/posts/default/2908197865944790765'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8870383917803210992/posts/default/2908197865944790765'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/2011/11/pizza-de-cantarelos-queijo-da-ilha-e.html' title='Pizza de cantarelos, queijo da ilha e oregãos # Chanterelles, queijo da ilha  and oregano pizza'/><author><name>monica Pinto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17807463873711620776</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-UJ650GxhQyI/TtZZH5DqYfI/AAAAAAAAK58/E8ev5w6mRks/s72-c/pizzaqua.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8870383917803210992.post-2940471281752300951</id><published>2011-11-24T12:46:00.001Z</published><updated>2011-11-24T13:03:03.881Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Queijos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ervas aromáticas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Refeições rápidas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Caldos e sopas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cogumelos'/><title type='text'>O dia em que o Outono foi rei...# The day when the Autumn was king...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/monica5533/Photos2?authkey=Gv1sRgCNf4r9fv_YfASg&amp;amp;feat=embedwebsite#5678526878628588194"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-5vfrhsiH2HA/Ts4uHCgqKqI/AAAAAAAAK4Q/KX0NMWMa2GU/s800/sopacogumelos.JPG" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Há já algum tempo que não íamos ao Gerês. Mas eu tinha que lá voltar, antes que o Outono chegasse ao fim.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Partímos de manhã bem cedo&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; num dia de sol e céu azul, o que me deixou para lá de contente com a antecipação de tudo o que poderíamos fazer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Caminhar. Fotografar. Embrenharmo-nos floresta abaixo até ao rio, onde os salpicos da água límpida e gelada penetram na pele e nos acordam os sentidos. Ver de novo a &lt;a href="http://youtu.be/dOMmw68-ydU"&gt;Albufeira de Vilarinho&lt;/a&gt; que guarda no fundo das águas lisas e espelhadas tantas histórias antigas, quase esquecidas. Mergulhar de corpo e alma no verde húmido do musgo e nas cores quentes das folhas que caem à nossa passagem, até nos esquecermos de onde viemos, como se sempre tivessemos feito parte daquele lugar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/zVsqPIxw_em86UuGcTyTv5czCZvsju15CaTM5u6vk30?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="427" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-wP7EGDyXt4M/Ts4uUbEgGGI/AAAAAAAAK4U/yfemERzcGlA/s640/albufeira.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/AdyGTps0pyjtxH-_fm7ICEsMHZCj9Rt_Q9A9K8WUCEY?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="512" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-JmPH_9c_6i4/Ts4ulioWDNI/AAAAAAAAK4c/yEXfcRgphl4/s640/photos%2525202.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;Mas acima de tudo eu queria saber se ía encontrar parasóis ou &lt;a href="http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/2009/10/soutelos-ou-parasois-fritos-e-mais-um.html"&gt;soutelos &lt;/a&gt;como lhes chamam no Gerês. Há muito tempo que não os apanhávamos e são absolutamente deliciosos. Só precisam de um pouco de azeite e alho e do calor do fogão para se transformarem num petisco como poucos. Tivemos sorte. Encontrámo-los no meio da erva fresca dos lameiros das aldeias vizinhas e nos carvalhais que as cercam.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;Pelo caminho apanhámos também medronhos que este ano são abundantes. E assim regressámos a casa com os frutos da colheita de Outono. No dia seguinte fiz esta sopa com o sabor das terras do Gerês acompanhada de tostas de queijo da ilha com estragão, uma salada de cenoura, maça, rabanetes e avelãs e para sobremesa um créme de medronhos de textura macia. Dessa viagem, agora já só tenho as folhas&amp;nbsp;coloridas que trouxe comigo e estas receitas e fotografias, para me lembrarem de um dia em que o Outono foi rei.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/-B8RVgYFt0BqmRSjKXabbZczCZvsju15CaTM5u6vk30?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="427" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-58cyzq2sg9o/Ts4u6-s2JgI/AAAAAAAAK4g/16EQDtXnkOk/s640/aguas.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/monica5533/Colagens03?authkey=Gv1sRgCK3bzZPQiPWoDQ&amp;amp;feat=embedwebsite#5678527980678473538"&gt;&lt;img height="512" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-pXIKA5XlJyo/Ts4vHL9050I/AAAAAAAAK4k/EL6eNmOv4Sc/s640/photos%25252021.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Sopa de parasóis e tostas de queijo da ilha e estragão&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Para limparem os cogumelos selvagens usem um pincel macio (qualquer um) ou &amp;nbsp;papel de cozinha. E não os apanhem se tiverem dúvidas quanto à espécie. Há vários cogumelos venenosos que se confundem com os comestíveis.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ingredientes:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;150 g de parasois ( podem substituir por portobello ou marrons)&lt;br /&gt;2 batatas médias cortadas em quartos&lt;br /&gt;600 ml de caldo de galinha&lt;br /&gt;1 cebola média picada&lt;br /&gt;1 haste pequena de tomilho&lt;br /&gt;2 dentes de alho esmagados&lt;br /&gt;2 colheres de sopa de azeite&lt;br /&gt;sal e pimenta preta a gosto &lt;br /&gt;Natas (opcional)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tostas de queijo e estragão:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pão da véspera cortado em fatias finas&lt;br /&gt;Queijo da ilha ralado&lt;br /&gt;Estragão fresco picado&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Preparação:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Refogue a cebola no azeite quente até ficar transparente. Junte as batatas, os alhos e&amp;nbsp;o tomilho.&lt;br /&gt;*Deixe ferver durante 15 minutos e junte os cogumelos limpos e cortados em pedaços.&lt;br /&gt;*Deixe cozer até as batatas ficarem tenras, mais 5 ou 10 minutos.&lt;br /&gt;*Apague o lume, retire a haste de tomilho da sopa e triture tudo com a varinha mágica ou então num liquidificador.&lt;br /&gt;*Para fazer as tostas, misture queijo da ilha ralado com o estragão picado, polvilhe as fatias de pão com esta mistura e leve ao forno a 180º&amp;nbsp;na prateleira de cima.&lt;br /&gt;*As tostas ficam prontas em poucos minutos, um pequeno descuido e queimam, por isso não as perca de vista.&lt;br /&gt;*Assim que o queijo derreter estão prontas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Sirva a sopa com um pouco de natas e com as tostas a acompanhar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/6_GldDycjxFRObyXSupUJpczCZvsju15CaTM5u6vk30?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-RhoV4Nt_PDE/Ts4vh6BTICI/AAAAAAAAK4o/qK_yBrRQzFA/s800/sopacog.JPG" width="536" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;In english&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It´s been a while since our last visit to Gerês. I miss it, and i had to go there before the Autumn was over. And so we left early in the morning, on a blue sky, sunny day, which made me beyond happy with the anticipation of what we could do.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hiking. Shooting. Going down into the forest towards the river, where the splash of cold, clear water penetrates the skin and awakens the senses. See once more &lt;a href="http://youtu.be/dOMmw68-ydU"&gt;Vilarinho albufeira&lt;/a&gt;, that holds in the bottom of the smooth and mirrored waters many &amp;nbsp;ancient, almost forgotten stories. Plumging in body and soul in the damp, green moss and the warm colors of the leaves falling as we passed by, until we forget where we came from, as if we were always a part of that place. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/s0PXdZLTbzeJ73ytKaBbTpczCZvsju15CaTM5u6vk30?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="468" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-B_ry8UN_RQU/Ts4weaADDbI/AAAAAAAAK4w/-3DdzOE7jM8/s640/shine.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/EKigj98JM-TZ2M2YV6233JczCZvsju15CaTM5u6vk30?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/--VP2vtpB4j0/Ts4yEw91F2I/AAAAAAAAK40/2uIbS0f1OZ0/s800/1parasol.JPG" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But above all, i was wondering if i would find parasol mushrooms or &lt;a href="http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/2009/10/soutelos-ou-parasois-fritos-e-mais-um.html"&gt;soutelos&lt;/a&gt; as they call them in Gerês. It´s been a long time since we´ve picked some and they are absolutly delicious. They just need a little bit of olive oil, some garlic and the heat of the stove to be transformed in a really special treat. We were lucky. We found them in the middle of the fresh grass of the mashes from the surrounding villages and the oaks that surround them. Along the way we also picked arbutus that are abundant this year. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And so we returned home, with the fruits of the Autunm harvest.&lt;br /&gt;The next day i made this hearty soup with the flavours of the hills of Gerês, accompanied by cheese tarragon toasts and a crunchy and delicious carrot, radishes, apple and hazelnut salad &amp;nbsp;and for dessert arbutus créme, smooth and sweet. From this trip, now i only have the colores leaves that i brought with me, and these recipes and photos, to reminde me of a a day when Autumn was king.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/cC5m0e4hj4Cya_xtDPhKuWyOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-37hZjI_8uvk/Ts46H7JhbpI/AAAAAAAAK5Q/DuwkZZY1j_k/s800/salada%252520ma%2525C3%2525A7a.jpg" width="522" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;Parasols soup and cheese tarragon toasts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To clean &amp;nbsp;wild mushrooms use a soft brush (you don´t need a special one) or a piece of kitchen paper. Do not pick them if you´re not sure if they are edible or not. Some poisonous mushrooms are easily mistaken for edible ones.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ingredients: soup&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;150 g parasols (you can use portobello or cremini mushrooms)&lt;br /&gt;2 medium potatoes cut into quarters&lt;br /&gt;1 medium onion, chopped&lt;br /&gt;600 ml chicken stock&lt;br /&gt;A small piece of thyme&lt;br /&gt;2 garlic cloves crushed&lt;br /&gt;2 tbs olive oil&lt;br /&gt;Salt and black pepper to taste&lt;br /&gt;Cream (opcional)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Cheese and tarragon toasts:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fine slices of stale bread&lt;br /&gt;Queijo da ilha (portuguese cheese), coarsly grated&lt;br /&gt;Fresh tarragon, chopped&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Preparation: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Sautée de onion in the hot olive oil until translucent. Add potatoes, thyme, garlic and stock.&lt;br /&gt;*Boil for 15 minutes and finally add the sliced mushrooms.&lt;br /&gt;*Let it cook until the potatoes are tender, 5 to 10 minutes more.&lt;br /&gt;*Take from the heat, remove the thyme and blitz the soup in a blender until smooth and velvety.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*To make the toasts, mix the cheese whith the tarragon and sprinkle it on top of the slices of bread.&lt;br /&gt;*Put in a preheated oven to 180º, gas mark 4. The toasts will be ready in a few minutes so don´t leave them alone.&lt;br /&gt;*You just want the cheese to melt and you´re donne.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Serve the soup with a drizzle of single cream and the aromatic cheesy toasts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/R502KRMviWlIwXEmVX-_eJczCZvsju15CaTM5u6vk30?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-vf45r3FMAIk/Ts4yx5ZArII/AAAAAAAAK48/plcIftY3KVs/s800/flor.jpg" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8870383917803210992-2940471281752300951?l=pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/feeds/2940471281752300951/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8870383917803210992&amp;postID=2940471281752300951&amp;isPopup=true' title='10 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8870383917803210992/posts/default/2940471281752300951'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8870383917803210992/posts/default/2940471281752300951'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/2011/11/o-dia-em-que-o-outono-foi-rei-day-when.html' title='O dia em que o Outono foi rei...# The day when the Autumn was king...'/><author><name>monica Pinto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17807463873711620776</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-5vfrhsiH2HA/Ts4uHCgqKqI/AAAAAAAAK4Q/KX0NMWMa2GU/s72-c/sopacogumelos.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8870383917803210992.post-3133874777783440536</id><published>2011-11-21T12:23:00.002Z</published><updated>2011-11-21T17:03:21.677Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Carne de porco'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Molhos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Frutos vermelhos'/><title type='text'>Porco enrolado com molho de Arandos # Cranberry sauce stuffed Pork roast</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/UJM11aCLyko3B11nRbjLjmyOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="581" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-pL8miDNhcEs/Tso3iGvDg1I/AAAAAAAAK28/sW6hlKcAGtk/s640/lomboquad.psd.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Ig6VDlKva_fVyC0I4D2_VksMHZCj9Rt_Q9A9K8WUCEY?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="512" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-NimDL6n886Q/Tso5JOLuixI/AAAAAAAAK3E/INlol2UtG1w/s640/Desktop1.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Há duas memórias que me acompanham frequentemente quando estou de volta de um pedaço de porco para assar. A primeira vem da minha primeira infância e lembra-me dos dramas dos almoços de Domingo. Nessa altura, lombo assado não fazia parte da minha lista de alimentos prazeirosos e como tal, a minha garganta fechava-se como se estivesse a reagir à invasão agressiva de um corpo estranho, e nem o mais pequeno pedaço de carne conseguia furar a resistência.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Já a segunda, lembra-me de como o amor e o poder dos rituais foi enfraquecendo e dissolvendo essa barreira. Comecei por gostar de observar cada gesto, cada passo dado e fui percebendo &amp;nbsp;e respeitando a dedicação e cuidado com que era cozinhado. Cortava-se, picava-se, reuniam-se ingredientes dos quatro cantos da cozinha e misturavam-se como se fossem criar uma fórmula alquimica. Ainda sinto o perfume da hortelã e do alecrim acabados de colher que a minha avó levava com ela até à cozinha, e eu atrás, silenciosamente seguia-lhes o rasto, &amp;nbsp;dela e do perfume, como quem está a assistir a um acontecimento transcendente... Um segredo bem guardado.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;O sal , os alhos picados, as ervas frescas e a pimenta branca. A grande quantidade de vinho branco que suavizava a carne e a deixava macia como manteiga. E as mãos que conheci tão bem, sempre em movimento, como numa dança xamânica. Este foi um dos rituais que me libertaram aos poucos de uma tenra infância pouco dada aos prazeres da comida e que me abriram as janelas para um vasto horizonte gastronómico. Eu fui curada pelo poder da imposição das mãos sobre um pedaço de lombo assado.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hoje vivo na era da globalização e sou dona de um palato amadurecido, próprio da idade adulta. Agora tenho o poder de escolher o que quero comer num almoço de Domingo e se for lombo de porco assado, tanto melhor. E é até muito provável que o faça também durante a semana. Agora, mais do que comer para sobreviver &amp;nbsp;eu vivo boa parte da minha vida para comer. E eu quero mais. Quero conhecer e experimentar o sabor agridoce de um molho de arandos que recheia um lombo de porco enrolado. Quero sentir a acidez quase amarga das bagas cruas, ainda antes do açúcar e da laranja se lhes juntarem. E o contraste do sabor brando da carne com a vivacidade aromática do molho frutado. Acreditando que tudo isto faz parte de um&amp;nbsp;plano maior que vai além do simples saciar da fome.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Porque mais do que fome eu tenho é uma genuína vontade de comer...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/fAtIAS0i6Tn83GLEnUNxq5czCZvsju15CaTM5u6vk30?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-6WUacpk1PH8/Tso5yDwGx8I/AAAAAAAAK3M/e1RR7eto4rg/s800/alhorosa.JPG" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/V_17MEiqjINKy84PoShWrZczCZvsju15CaTM5u6vk30?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-9DseDTyuZnc/TspBuF4WufI/AAAAAAAAK3w/Bl9x2WIx7E0/s800/tachoaran.JPG" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Porco enrolado com molho de arandos&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ingredientes:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1,5 kg de lombo de porco cortado em borboleta* (peça no talho para o cortarem)&lt;br /&gt;Sal a gosto&lt;br /&gt;Pimenta preta a gosto&lt;br /&gt;3 colheres de sopa de azeite&lt;br /&gt;1 cebola grande&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Molho de arandos:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;400 g de arandos congelados&lt;br /&gt;5 colheres de sopa de açúcar amarelo&lt;br /&gt;1/2 cebola finamente picada&lt;br /&gt;1 alho ralado&lt;br /&gt;1 colher de vinagre balsâmico&lt;br /&gt;Sumo e raspa&amp;nbsp;(só o vidrado)&amp;nbsp;de 1 laranja&lt;br /&gt;1 haste de tomilho (usei tomilho laranja)&lt;br /&gt;1 colher de sopa de azeite&lt;br /&gt;Sal a gosto&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Preparação:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Numa taça ponha os arandos, o açúcar, o tomilho, o balsâmico, a raspa e o sumo de laranja. Misture e deixe macerar por 15 minutos.&lt;br /&gt;*Prepare o molho de arandos, começando por refogar a cebola no azeite quente, até ficar transparente. Junte o alho e os arandos macerados e deixe ferver lentamente por 10 minutos, até ficarem macios. Deixe arrefecer &amp;nbsp;para que o molho fique consistente e gelatinoso, o que vai facilitar a tarefa de rechear o lombo.&lt;br /&gt;*Tempere a tira de lombo com sal e pimenta a gosto em ambos os lados.&lt;br /&gt;*Pré-aqueça o forno a 180º, marca 4 do fogão a gás.&lt;br /&gt;*Cubra a tira de lombo com o molho de arandos, deixando uma borda livre a toda a volta. Guarde o molho que sobrar.&lt;br /&gt;*Enrole com cuidado, evitando que o recheio escape pelas extremidades.&lt;br /&gt;*Amarre o rolo de carne com fio de cozinha.&lt;br /&gt;*Cubra o fundo de uma assadeira com rodelas grossas de cebola e pouse em cima o lombo. Regue com o azeite e leve ao forno por 50 minutos aproximadamente, virando o rolo a meio da assadura para que aloure por igual.&lt;br /&gt;*Regue o rolo com o molho que se formou na assadeira para dar cor e brilho ao assado e asse mais 5 minutos.&lt;br /&gt;*Retire o assado do forno e espere 10 a 15 &amp;nbsp;minutos para que os sucos se concentrem no centro e tornem a carne mais suculenta.&lt;br /&gt;*Entretanto verta os sucos e a cebola da assadeira para uma caçarola. Junte uma colher de sopa de molho de arandos e se achar necessário uma colher de sopa de água quente. Deixe ferver 5 minutos e coe.&lt;br /&gt;*Sirva o porco fatiado coberto com o glaze e com o restante molho de arandos à parte.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Cortado como se fosse um livro aberto.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/outtsXsVPobYE0naXEqfpksMHZCj9Rt_Q9A9K8WUCEY?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="512" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-kQ4JOsjXSuw/Tso6ktHB9iI/AAAAAAAAK3Q/thAzwn9rplk/s640/photos%2525202.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;In english&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are two memories that often accompany me when i´m around a piece of pork for roasting. The first one comes from my childhood and reminds me of the drama Sunday lunches used to be for me. At that time, loin roast was not part of my list of good foods to eat, and as such, my throat closed up as if reacting to the aggressive invasion of a strange body and not even the smallest piece of meat could drill the resistance.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The second reminds me how love and the power of rituals weakened and dissolved that barrier. Little by little i begin &amp;nbsp;to enjoy watching every gesture, every single step &amp;nbsp;involved in the preparation of a pork roast. I started to understand and respect the dedication and care with which it was cooked. It involved cutting up, chopping up, gathering ingredients from the four corners of the kitchen that were then mixed like some alchemical formula. I still feel the scent of freshly picked mint and rosemary, that my grandmother took with her to the kitchen. I would be behind her, following &amp;nbsp;the track of them, silently, her´s and the scent´s, as one who is witnessing a transcendent event... A well kept secret.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Salt, chopped garlic and white pepper, fresh herbs. A a lot of white wine, that tenderized the meat leaving it smooth as butter and the hands i new so well, moving as if in a shamanic dance. This was the ritual that freed me, little by little, &amp;nbsp;from a early childhood with a lack of pleasure in food and that opened me the windows to the gastronomic horizon. I was healed by the power of imposing hands on a piece of roasting loin.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today i live in the era of globalization and i am the owner of a mature palate, characteristic of adulthood. Now i have the power to choose what i want to eat at Sunday lunch, and if it is pork roast the better. And it is very likely for me to cook it also during the week. Now, more than eating to&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;survive&lt;/b&gt;, i&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;live&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;a good part of my life to eat. And i want more. I want to experience the bittersweet taste of a cranberry sauce that fills a pork roll. I want to feel the almost bitter acidity of the raw berries, even before the sugar and orange join them, and the contrast of the mild flavor of the meat with the aromatic liveliness of the fruity sauce. Believing that all this, is part of a bigger plan, that goes beyond just satisfying hunger.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For more than hunger, i have a genuine desire to eat...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/9hdufjj9WVylxS2e2pHmpWyOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-B62CFBw1Zng/TsqDv3AIHwI/AAAAAAAAK4E/ux8c8ZE8pnk/s800/IMG_9946.JPG" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Cranberry sauce stuffed pork roast&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ingredients:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1,5 kg pork loin (butterflied, ask your butcher to do it for you)&lt;br /&gt;Salt to taste&lt;br /&gt;Black pepper to taste&lt;br /&gt;3 tbs olive oil&lt;br /&gt;1 big onion&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Cranberry sauce:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;400 g cranberries&lt;br /&gt;5 tbs light brown sugar&lt;br /&gt;1/2 onion finally chopped&lt;br /&gt;1 garlic clove minced&lt;br /&gt;1 tbs balsamic vinegar&lt;br /&gt;Zest and juice of 1 orange&lt;br /&gt;1 small spring of thyme (i used orange thyme)&lt;br /&gt;1 tbs olive oil&lt;br /&gt;Pinch of salt&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Preparation:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*In a bowl gather the cranberries, balsamic vinegar, sugar, thyme and orange juice and zest. Leave it macerating for 15 minutes or so.&lt;br /&gt;*In a saucepan soften the onion in the hot olive oil until translucent, add the garlic, give it a little stir and then add the cranberries and the juices of the maceration. Bring to the boil add a pinch of salt and cook for 10 minutes until the berries are soft.&lt;br /&gt;* Let it cool to room temperature &amp;nbsp;until it thickens and becomes gelatinous which will make the task of filling much easier.&lt;br /&gt;*Season the roast ( it should be at room temperature) with salt and pepper to taste and spread the sauce on top, leaving a 1,5 cm border from the edges.&lt;br /&gt;*Keep the remaining sauce for latter.&lt;br /&gt;*Preheat the oven to 180º, gas mark 4.&lt;br /&gt;*Roll the loin up very tightly and secure with kitchen twine at 2 cm intervals.&lt;br /&gt;*Cover the bottom of a roasting pan with the onion cut into large rounds and place the roast on top. Pour the olive oil on top of the roast and place in oven.&lt;br /&gt;*Cook for 50 minutes, turning over to brown equally.&lt;br /&gt;*Brush the roast with the glaze in the pan and cook for 5 minutes more.&lt;br /&gt;*Remove the roast from the oven, cover with foil and let it sit for 10 to 15 minutes so the juices remain in the center of the meat. keeping it moist and tender.&lt;br /&gt;*Put the juices and onion of the roast on a saucepan, add 1 tbs of cranberry sauce and 1 tbs hot water. Bring to the boil, let it bubble for 5 minutes and drain.&lt;br /&gt;*Slice the roast, pour the glaze over and serve with the remaining cranberry sauce.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/9toqrt1FWSuSTOmP8XCO2ZczCZvsju15CaTM5u6vk30?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-YnGO162pUCE/Tso7sbM5liI/AAAAAAAAK3c/_t3bRxkbdQg/s800/lomboprato.JPG" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8870383917803210992-3133874777783440536?l=pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/feeds/3133874777783440536/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8870383917803210992&amp;postID=3133874777783440536&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8870383917803210992/posts/default/3133874777783440536'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8870383917803210992/posts/default/3133874777783440536'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/2011/11/porco-enrolado-com-molho-de-arandos.html' title='Porco enrolado com molho de Arandos # Cranberry sauce stuffed Pork roast'/><author><name>monica Pinto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17807463873711620776</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-pL8miDNhcEs/Tso3iGvDg1I/AAAAAAAAK28/sW6hlKcAGtk/s72-c/lomboquad.psd.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8870383917803210992.post-6875767494060232456</id><published>2011-11-14T11:01:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-11-14T11:01:05.776Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Natal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sobremesas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Doces'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cozinha tradicional portuguesa'/><title type='text'>Papos de anjo</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/hbpLlwtfo7P-IkBaAIffZWyOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-d9fuUQXrxxE/Tr1HNMfk37I/AAAAAAAAK1w/NrgMlS0iFkM/s800/Copo%252520alto-1.JPG" width="535" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Estava à espera que ela chegasse. Aquela altura do ano em que as luzinhas se acendem e começam a piscar. E os pais natais, as renas e os pinheiros enfeitados, invadem a superfície da terra.&lt;br /&gt;Todos os anos a mesma coisa. Não ligo nenhuma às primeiras evidências de que o Natal está a caminho mas ele vai-se entranhando e entranhando, até que não me resta &amp;nbsp;fazer mais nada senão entrar no espírito da coisa e assumir de uma vez por todas a festividade da época.&lt;br /&gt;Venham as músicas kitsch de Natal. Venham o pinheiro, os enfeites &amp;nbsp;e o pisca-pisca. E venham os papos de anjo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Diz-se que por engomarem os hábitos com claras de ovo, as freiras tiveram que usar todo o seu engenho e génio criativo para darem bom uso às grandes quantidades de gemas que daí resultavam. E assim nasceu grande parte da doçaria conventual portuguesa. Doces ricos e delicados que a mim me fazem sempre pensar no Natal.&lt;br /&gt;Eu não consigo pensar num doce conventual que seja mais fácil (e mais rápido) de fazer do que os papos de anjo,&lt;a href="http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/2010/03/um-fidalgo-portugues.html"&gt; ao contrário de outros &lt;/a&gt;que exigem um pouco mais de quem os faz. E no entanto, isso não os torna menos especiais. São uma verdadeira iguaria que qualquer pessoa consegue recriar em casa sem dificuldade.&lt;br /&gt;Como já os fiz várias vezes, cheguei à conclusão de que não precisam de ser furados com uma &amp;nbsp;agulha de crochet para que absorvam melhor o xarope. O facto deste estar quente é o suficiente.&lt;br /&gt;Simples mas sem deixarem de ser sofisticados, os papos de anjo reencarnam na perfeição o espírito doce e guloso desta festa que aquece e ilumina o Inverno.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Receita publicada no&lt;a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2UEwuf/www.theramblingepicure.com/archives/15801"&gt; The Rambling Epicure&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;In english&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was waiting for it to arrive. That time of year when the lights turn on and start blinking. And santas, reindeer and Christmas trees invade the earth.&lt;br /&gt;Every year the same old thing. I don´t aknowledge the evidence that Christmas is arriving, but some how it grows deeper and deeper in my heart and mind, until there´s nothing left for me to do, but get into the spirit of it and assume once and for all the festivity of the season. That´s when it all starts for me. The kitsch Christmas songs. The Christmas tree, the decorations and the flashing lights and the sweet papos de anjo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is said that because they starched the habits with egg whites, the nuns had to use all their creative genius, to give good use to all the egg yolks that resulted from that. And so was born the majority of the portuguese convent sweets. Rich and delicate, these sweets always make me think of Christmas.&lt;br /&gt;I can not think of a easier (and faster) convent sweet to make than papos de anjo,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/2010/03/um-fidalgo-portugues.html"&gt;unlike others&lt;/a&gt; that demand a little bit more of the cook. Yet, this does not make them any less special. They are truly a delicacy, that anyone can recreate at home without difficulty.&lt;br /&gt;As i made them several times, i came to the conclusion that they don´t need to be pierced with a crochet needle to absorb better the aromatic sugary liquid. The fact that the syrup is hot is enough.&lt;br /&gt;Simple and yet sofisticated, papos de anjo reincarnate perfectly the sweet and greedy spirit of the feast that warms up and illuminates the Winter.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Featured in &lt;a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2UEwuf/www.theramblingepicure.com/archives/15801"&gt;The Rambling Epicure&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ojWKXpkSvCKbZQjT8dK74GyOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-DkDKsvb-Tsw/Tr1HeM1qfII/AAAAAAAAK10/Gr6SGfq6Reo/s800/AZUL%2525202-1.JPG" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Papos de anjo&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ingredientes:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6 gemas&lt;br /&gt;1 clara&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Xarope:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;300 g açúcar&lt;br /&gt;3 dl água&lt;br /&gt;1 pau de canela&lt;br /&gt;1 casca de laranja&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Preparação:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Unte 8 a 10 formas de queques ( dependendo do tamanho das formas).&lt;br /&gt;*Pré.aqueça o forno a 180º, marca 4 do fogão a gás.&lt;br /&gt;*Bata as gemas até ficarem fofas, cerca de 3 minutos.&lt;br /&gt;*Bata a clara de ovo até formar picos suaves e envolva-a nas gemas cuidadosamente.&lt;br /&gt;*Encha as formas quase até cima com o creme de ovo e leve ao forno por 10 minutos.&lt;br /&gt;*Prepare o xarope, juntando todos os ingredientes numa caçarola. Leve ao lume e assim que borbulhar, deixe ferver por 5 minutos exatos.&lt;br /&gt;*Desenforme os Papos de Anjo (mornos) e verta o xarope ainda quente por cima, de forma a que fiquem bem cobertos pelo líquido aromático.&lt;br /&gt;*Sirva à temperatura ambiente.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;In english&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ingredients:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6 egg yolks&lt;br /&gt;1 egg white&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;For the syrup:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;300 g caster sugar&lt;br /&gt;3 dl water&lt;br /&gt;1 cinnamon stick&lt;br /&gt;1 orange peel&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Preparation:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Butter 8 to 10 muffin tins (depends on the size of the tins).&lt;br /&gt;*Preheat the oven to 180º, gas mark 4.&lt;br /&gt;*Beat the egg yolks until fluffy and thick (3 to 5 minutes).&lt;br /&gt;*Beat the egg white until it forms firm peaks and fold it gently into the yolk mixture.&lt;br /&gt;*Fill the tins almost to the top with this smooth, velvety batter, then bake for 10 minutes.&lt;br /&gt;*When they´re browned, remove the small egg cakes from the tins while they´re still warm.&lt;br /&gt;*In a saucepan add sugar, water, orange peel and cinnamon stick.&lt;br /&gt;*Bring to the boil and let it bubble away for exactly 5 minutes.&lt;br /&gt;*Remove from the heat and pour the hot and aromatic syrup over the papos de anjo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/-Tj_UqAGrAMBwdwJp_iCcWyOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-N3A8RdFhx1g/Tr1HqFaKQvI/AAAAAAAAK14/fkz_ABNeEYM/s800/paposanjo.JPG" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8870383917803210992-6875767494060232456?l=pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/feeds/6875767494060232456/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8870383917803210992&amp;postID=6875767494060232456&amp;isPopup=true' title='11 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8870383917803210992/posts/default/6875767494060232456'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8870383917803210992/posts/default/6875767494060232456'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/2011/11/papos-de-anjo.html' title='Papos de anjo'/><author><name>monica Pinto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17807463873711620776</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-d9fuUQXrxxE/Tr1HNMfk37I/AAAAAAAAK1w/NrgMlS0iFkM/s72-c/Copo%252520alto-1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>11</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8870383917803210992.post-7580501492661008784</id><published>2011-11-08T16:33:00.003Z</published><updated>2011-11-08T18:31:33.081Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Amoras'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fruta'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bolos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pequeno almoço'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lanches'/><title type='text'>Bolo de crumble # Crumble cake</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/EhckiHWBzPsj5j2aobPf-kaO_L6ZUeYE24YbTykJSEg?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-K-5rEnGuBRY/Trjskom6WmI/AAAAAAAAKyM/wFkcavr-ZE4/s800/boloquadrado.JPG" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Manhã de Domingo. Serralves mais uma vez. Mas agora vestido com as cores de Outono. Amarelos, vermelhos, laranjas, roxos. Cores quentes que aquecem a alma nos dias frios deste mês de Novembro.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gravadas na retina, ainda tenho &lt;a href="http://www.serralves.pt/actividades/detalhes.php?id=1983"&gt;&lt;b&gt;as fotografias de Thomas Struth&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. Uma exposição fascinante e inspiradora que me fez soltar o fio do tempo e percorrer o mundo atravéz de retratos de família, cidades, florestas, docas, laboratórios e uma estação espacial. Tudo isto dentro das paredes de um museu. Estado de graça!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dias antes, um bolo também me deixou assim.&amp;nbsp;Massa doce e macia, recheada com maça, pêra e amoras e coberta com crumble.&lt;br /&gt;Tanto quanto me lembro a receita tem raízes nórdicas mas é americana e é uma mistura de influências que resulta muito bem. A frescura da fruta e o calor do forno. Uma mistura de doce e ácido com sabor a canela que delicía e satisfaz. Puro conforto.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do &lt;a href="http://www.nigellabites.com.br/"&gt;Nigella Bites&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/qEId9M71G-H9OKyFJtFSzkaO_L6ZUeYE24YbTykJSEg?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-XF0J_ExvYF4/Trjs_s8hh6I/AAAAAAAAKyQ/NgX5pQPqlVU/s800/boloamoras.JPG" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bolo de crumble de maça, pêra e amora&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ingredientes: massa&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;400 g farinha&lt;br /&gt;60 g de açúcar&lt;br /&gt;1/2 colher de café de sal fino&lt;br /&gt;1/2 pacote de fermento desidratado&lt;br /&gt;Raspa e sumo de 1 limão&lt;br /&gt;2 ovos ligeiramnet batidos&lt;br /&gt;125 ml de leite&lt;br /&gt;1 colher de chá de canela&lt;br /&gt;50 g de manteiga mole&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Recheio: fruta&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 maças médias&lt;br /&gt;1 pera média&lt;br /&gt;100 g de amoras&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Crumble:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;50 g de farinha&lt;br /&gt;2 colheres de sopa de açúcar&lt;br /&gt;25 g de amêndoa ralada&lt;br /&gt;1 colher de chá de canela&lt;br /&gt;50 g de manteiga bem fria cortada em cubos&lt;br /&gt;1 colher de sopa de açúcar demerara&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Glaze:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 ovo&lt;br /&gt;2 colheres de sopa de natas&lt;br /&gt;1 colher de chá de canela&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Amêndoas laminadas&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Preparação:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Numa taça junte todos os ingredientes para a massa menos a manteiga. Misture com um garfo e assim que a farinha tiver absorvido os líquidos junte finalmente a manteiga.&lt;br /&gt;* Ponha a massa numa superfície enfarinhada e amasse durante 5 minutos, esticando-a para a sua frente e puxando-a de volta, até ficar elástica.&lt;br /&gt;*Unte uma taça com manteiga e ponha a bola de massa dentro. Tape com película aderente e cubra com um pano quente. Deixe levedar durante 1 hora.&lt;br /&gt;*Entretanto corte as maças e peras em cubos e misture-os com as amoras e salpique com a raspa e o sumo de limão, misturando muito bem para a fruta não escurecer. Reserve.&lt;br /&gt;*Depois da massa levedar, sove-a para retirar o ar, amasse um pouco e deixe descansar enquanto faz o crumble.&lt;br /&gt;*Para o fazer só precisa de juntar todos os ingredientes (menos o açúcar demerara) numa taça e depois esfarelá-los com as pontas dos dedos até ficar com uma mistura parecida com migalhas grossas.&lt;br /&gt;*Ponha a massa num tabuleiro retangular untado com manteiga e com as pontas dos dedos vá empurrando para espalhá-la pela base da forma, criando uma borda de massa a toda a volta.&lt;br /&gt;*Pré-aqueça o forno a 180º, marca 4 do fogão a gás.&lt;br /&gt;*Misture bem os ingredientes para o glaze e picele toda a massa.&lt;br /&gt;*Espalhe a fruta por cima da massa e cubra com o crumble. Por fim salpique com o açúcar demerara e com as amêndoas laminadas, pincele novamente as bordas do bolo com o glaze.&lt;br /&gt;*Leve ao forno cerca de 45 minutos mas comece a vigiar a partir dos 30 minutos porque os fornos variam muito, até ficar dourado e com as bordas ligeiramente tufadas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/4bYf1AOpdQtQ45rDB5fojmyOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="426" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-h4AbyU0Di20/Trl07a3gllI/AAAAAAAAKy8/PmZJVTFlJ4I/s640/floresta.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/IMMUYjyvKv2VNB-TxdSUmEsMHZCj9Rt_Q9A9K8WUCEY?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="512" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-E1zB2B9LJzw/Trjtvj5g7-I/AAAAAAAAKyc/qkpSL4Itj78/s640/bolo%252520amoras.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sunday morning. Serralves once more. But now dressed with the colors of Autumn. Yellow, red, orange, purple. Hot colors that warm up the soul in these cold November days.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Recorded in my retina, i still have &lt;a href="http://www.serralves.pt/actividades/detalhes.php?id=1983"&gt;&lt;b&gt;the photography of Thomas Struth&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. A fascinating and inspiring exhibition that made me loose the thread of time and travel the world through family portraits, cities, forests, docks, laboratories and a spacial station. All this within the walls of a museum. State of grace!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Days before a cake had the same effect on me. Sweet and soft dough, stuffed with apples, pears and blackberries and topped with crumble. It was something!&lt;br /&gt;As far as i can remember, this recipe has Nordic roots but comes from America and is a brilliant mixture of influences. The freshness of the fruit and the heat of the oven. A mixture of sweet and sour, flavored with cinnamon that delights and satisfies. Pure comfort.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;From &lt;a href="http://www.nigellabites.com.br/"&gt;Nigella Bites&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/PKVP7LJja7OgCfq_xrpFdkaO_L6ZUeYE24YbTykJSEg?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-l50FtQzSmR8/Trjus0FK8EI/AAAAAAAAKyk/QKIudcCZmGU/s800/garfoamora.JPG" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;In english&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;Crumble cake&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ingredients:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;400 g flour&lt;br /&gt;60 g caster sugar&lt;br /&gt;Pinch of salt&lt;br /&gt;1/2 sachet dried yeast&lt;br /&gt;Zest and juice of 1 lemon&lt;br /&gt;1 tsp ground cinnamon&lt;br /&gt;2 eggs, beaten&lt;br /&gt;125 ml milk&lt;br /&gt;50 g soft &amp;nbsp;butter&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Fruit:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 medium apples, peeled and cored &amp;nbsp;cut into cubes&lt;br /&gt;2 medium pears, peeled and cored cut into cubes&lt;br /&gt;100 g blackberries&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Crumble:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;50 g flour&lt;br /&gt;2 tbs caster sugar&lt;br /&gt;25 g ground almonds&lt;br /&gt;1 tsp ground cinnamon&lt;br /&gt;50 g cold &amp;nbsp;butter cut into cubes&lt;br /&gt;1 tbs demerara sugar&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Glaze:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 egg&lt;br /&gt;2 tbs single cream&lt;br /&gt;1 tsp ground cinnamon&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Flaked almonds&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Preparation:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*In a bowl combine all the ingredients for the dough, except the butter (you can do this in a kitchenaid). When the flour has absorbed all the liquid finally add the soft butter.&lt;br /&gt;*Place the dough in a floured surface and knead for 5 minutes, stretching it to the front and pulling it back to you until it becomes elastic and smooth.&lt;br /&gt;*Grease a bowl with butter and put the ball of dough inside. Cover with plastic wrap and then with a warm kitchen cloth. Let it rise for 1 hour.&lt;br /&gt;*Meanwhile combine the apples, pears and blackberries and sprinkle them with the lemon zest and juice, mixing well so the fruit does not darken. Reserve.&lt;br /&gt;*After the dough doubles in size, punch it to remove the air. Knead a little and let it rest while you make the crumble.&lt;br /&gt;*To do so, you only need to combine all the ingredients (except the demerara sugar) in a bowl and with the tip of your fingers, make them into coarse crumbs.&lt;br /&gt;*Place the dough in a buttered rectangular tin and spread it with your finger tips so it covers the base of the tin, creating a border of dough all around.&lt;br /&gt;*Preheat the oven to 180º, gas mark 4.&lt;br /&gt;*Mix the ingredients for the glaze and brush the dough.&lt;br /&gt;*Spread the fruit on top of it and cover with the crumble. Finally sprinkle with the demerara sugar and flaked almonds, brush the borders of the cake with the glaze.&lt;br /&gt;*Bake for 45 minutes but start watching after 30 minutes because ovens vary enormously, until golden and slightly puffed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/sxh6cAaaKk9vGHdMtOsAx0aO_L6ZUeYE24YbTykJSEg?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-qfnXTdqxFbI/Trjvq2ndZ_I/AAAAAAAAKyo/l3ArtXq4exU/s800/ma%2525C3%2525A7apera.JPG" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/MM7kvi2X_nYZIR3_2x1hJEaO_L6ZUeYE24YbTykJSEg?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-FUQ7Q59a6wo/Trjucm2c-AI/AAAAAAAAKyg/9afU53Pul9c/s800/bolocortado.JPG" width="537" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8870383917803210992-7580501492661008784?l=pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/feeds/7580501492661008784/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8870383917803210992&amp;postID=7580501492661008784&amp;isPopup=true' title='11 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8870383917803210992/posts/default/7580501492661008784'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8870383917803210992/posts/default/7580501492661008784'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/2011/11/bolo-de-crumble-crumble-cake.html' title='Bolo de crumble # Crumble cake'/><author><name>monica Pinto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17807463873711620776</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-K-5rEnGuBRY/Trjskom6WmI/AAAAAAAAKyM/wFkcavr-ZE4/s72-c/boloquadrado.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>11</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8870383917803210992.post-8203417381567240892</id><published>2011-11-02T18:08:00.005Z</published><updated>2011-11-02T18:21:21.077Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='arroz'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vegetais'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cozinha tradicional portuguesa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bacalhau'/><title type='text'>É bom estar de volta! #  Is good to be back!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/BLr7kIDr1TEW0uY7cXewcGyOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-zHjcDg6BFTo/TrFmfdJfnpI/AAAAAAAAKuc/uJo3dKZU61s/s800/prato1.JPG" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Durante as duas últimas semanas muito aconteceu. Muitas fotos, muitos cozinhados, muito chocolate. Foi também publicado &lt;a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2Ga4ig/www.theramblingepicure.com/archives/15484"&gt;o artigo que escrevi &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2Ga4ig/www.theramblingepicure.com/archives/15484"&gt;para o "The Rambling &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2Ga4ig/www.theramblingepicure.com/archives/15484"&gt;Epicure"&lt;/a&gt; com uma receita bem portuguesa que por sua vez &lt;a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2Iqs72/paper.li/ExpatExpo"&gt;foi manchete do jornal online Expat Expo CH &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2Iqs72/paper.li/ExpatExpo"&gt;Daily&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;(ver dia 20 de Outubro nos arquivos do jornal). A receita dos papos de anjo fez sucesso e eu fiquei encantada por fazer parte da família do &lt;a href="http://www.theramblingepicure.com/"&gt;"The Rambling Epicure"&lt;/a&gt;. A&lt;a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2UEwuf/www.theramblingepicure.com/archives/15801"&gt;qui podem ver a apresentação feita pela Jonell Galloway&lt;/a&gt;, autora deste site excepcional.&lt;br /&gt;Estes dias passados longe do blog fizeram-me saber que mesmo eu não estando por aqui, vocês estiveram sempre por perto. E vocês, diga-se de passagem, além de serem uns queridos/as que me enviam emails e fotos lindos, são também mais que muitos e não param de aumentar, por isso quero agradecer-vos por serem uma fonte de inspiração tão especial, o calor humano que faz &amp;nbsp;com que o trabalho por trás do Pratos e Travessas valha cada vez mais a pena.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Obrigada :)))&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/7XkLiedXp0fIWocyfB0BlWyOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-vXKPXsGBVjA/TrFnXu-toHI/AAAAAAAAKuo/K84DBAAMUso/s800/alho.JPG" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Esta nunca foi uma receita daquelas que se escrevem e seguem à risca. E agora é antes de tudo o mais uma deliciosa &amp;nbsp;memória que me leva de volta a uma das cozinhas da minha infância.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Na cozinha sentia-se o perfume do alho e da cebola picados a estalarem no azeite quente. O bacalhau que durante dias tinha ido a banhos, estava agora enxuto e feito em lascas, e aguardava, delicadamente pousado num prato, a hora certa de entrar em cena. Ao refogado juntei a água onde cozi as espinhas do bacalhau - três vezes o volume do arroz - e do ramo de louro que secava pendurado num prego da parede branca da cozinha, tirei uma folha que juntei ao caldo. O perfume mudou. Tornou-se herbal e com um ligeiro arôma a terra molhada que me fez pensar nos montes do Gerês.&lt;br /&gt;Sacudi dos grelos tenros e verdejantes, as últimas gotas de água e assim que o caldo ferveu, mergulhei-os folha a folha, até murcharem e quase derreterem sobre o calor do fogão. Umas pedras de sal grosso, brancas como cristais e uma pitada de pimenta preta acabada de moer, caíram como chuva dentro do tacho e o líquido aromático soltou um sussurro borbulhante como quem agradece um gesto de simpatia.&lt;br /&gt;Depois veio o arroz carolino. Da velha tigela com rosas pintadas à mão, caíram em cascata os grãos opacos e curtos, envoltos na goma que ía dar corpo ao já famoso arroz de bacalhau com grelos da Avó Tina. Espalhei as lascas brancas de bacalhau pela superfície do caldo e mexi com um garfo e entre o calor da chama e o ferro do tacho, o arroz foi-se transformando, enquanto bebia gota a gota todos os sabores e temperos que enriqueciam o caldo. Daí ao prato foi questão de minutos. Colher a colher, o arroz pousou no líquido caldoso em que tinha cozinhado. Arranquei algumas folhas de salsa ao ramo que enfeitava um jarro branco pousado junto do fogão. Juntei-as na palma da mão. Levantei-a sobre o arroz e abrindo-a, deixei as folhas caírem ao acaso, como se fossem pétalas soltas ao vento. Uma pitada de flocos de malagueta e um fio de azeite completaram o arranjo."&lt;br /&gt;Cremoso e cheio de sabor &lt;b&gt;este é um arroz para comer e recordar&lt;/b&gt;. A quantidade de azeite é generosa mas é isso em conjunto com a gordura do bacalhau e a goma do arroz carolino que torna este arroz tão deliciosamente cremoso.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Arroz de bacalhau com grelos&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ingredientes: 2 pessoas&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;200 g de lascas de bacalhau cru&lt;br /&gt;50 g de grelos&lt;br /&gt;3 chávenas (de café) cheias de arroz carolino&lt;br /&gt;1 dente de alho grande ralado&lt;br /&gt;1 folha de louro&lt;br /&gt;1 cebola pequena picada finamente&lt;br /&gt;4 colheres de sopa de azeite&lt;br /&gt;O triplo da quantidade do arroz em água, na qual de cozeram as espinhas do bacallhau&lt;br /&gt;Sal a gosto&lt;br /&gt;Pimenta preta a gosto&lt;br /&gt;Salsa&lt;br /&gt;Flocos de malagueta (opcional)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Preparação:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Separe as lascas de bacalhau das espinhas e coza as últimas em água durante 15 minutos. Reserve.&lt;br /&gt;*Refogue a cebola e o alho no azeite quente e assim que a cebola ficar mole e transparente junte a água onde as espinhas cozeram na quantidade acima referida e uma folha de louro rasgada ao meio.&lt;br /&gt;*Assim que ferver junte as folhas de grelos e tempere com sal e pimenta a gosto.&lt;br /&gt;*Deixe ferver 5 minutos e junte o arroz, mexa com um garfo para separar os grãos e espalhe as lascas de bacalhau pela superfície mexendo novamente.&lt;br /&gt;*Deixe cozer em lume médio com o tacho semi tapado, até o arroz estar cozido (12 a 15 m).&lt;br /&gt;*Sirva salpicado com salsa, flocos de malagueta e um fio de azeite.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/5JdlktodwwNjq4Moyrxq9WyOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-30U8ZMk-DbI/TrFoobXwFoI/AAAAAAAAKuw/0l4fAmSf6Gg/s800/pratogrande.JPG" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/UrVMV2q6h3ZIx-eEPQNufmyOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-is_txn134ig/TrF2B9KReiI/AAAAAAAAKu0/vthg6Bjsqj8/s800/IMG_9737.JPG" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;In english&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;A lot has happened during the past two weeks. A lot of photos, a lot of cooking, a lot of chocolate.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2Ga4ig/www.theramblingepicure.com/archives/15484"&gt;The article i wrote for "The Rambling Epicure"&lt;/a&gt; was published, a very portuguese recipe that in turn &lt;a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2Iqs72/paper.li/ExpatExpo"&gt;was featured in the Expat Expo CH Daily&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;(in the arquives- October 20). The papos de anjo recipe was a success and i was delighted to be a part of "The Rambling Epicure"&amp;nbsp;family &lt;a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2UEwuf/www.theramblingepicure.com/archives/15801"&gt;here you can see the presentation by Jonell Galloway&lt;/a&gt;, author of this exceptional site.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;These past days away from the blog made me know that even though i wasn´t here, you were always around, and you all by the way, dear ones that send me nice emails and photos, you are to many to count, so i wanna thank you all for being such a special source of inspiration, the human warmth that makes all the work behind Pratos e Travessas even worthier.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Thank you all :)))&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/4zifuDUWYCpT6xMiWy3AyZczCZvsju15CaTM5u6vk30?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-vWG8CU0pve4/TrF7243FKeI/AAAAAAAAKvE/RfwGXRwe24g/s800/far%2525C3%2525B3fiachoc.JPG" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Chocolate - uma pequena amostra do que fiz durante estas duas semanas&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Chocolate- a little piece of what i´ve been doing&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This was never &amp;nbsp;a recipe like the ones you write and follow to the letter. And now, is above all a delicious memory that takes me back to one of the kitchens of my childhood.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"In the kitchen one could feel the scent of garlic and chopped onion sizzling in the hot olive oil. The salty cod that for days had been in a bath of fresh water was now dry and made into slivers, resting gently on a plate&amp;nbsp;and waiting, for the right moment to make it´s entrance. To the sizzling onion i add the water in which the bones of the cod were boiled - three times the volume of &amp;nbsp;rice - and from the bay branch that was drying, hanging on a nail in the white wall of the kitchen i took a leaf and added it to the broth. The scent changed. It became slightly herbal with an aroma of moist earth that made me think about the hills of Gerês.&lt;br /&gt;I shook off the last drops of water from the tender and green &lt;b&gt;grelos (rapini)&lt;/b&gt; and as soon has the broth started to boil i dipped them, leaf by leaf until wilted and almost melted on the heat of the stove. Small stones of salt, white as crystals and a pinch of freshly grounded black pepper, fell as rain in the pot and the aromatic broth let out a bubbly whisper, like an appreciation for a gesture of kindness.&lt;br /&gt;Then came the carolino rice. From the old bowl with hand painted roses, a cascade of short and opaque grains fell into the pot, grains enveloped in starch which was going to give body to grandma Tina already famous cod and grelos rice.&lt;br /&gt;I spread the white slivers of cod on the surface of the broth and gave it a little stir with a fork and suddenly, between the heat of the flame and the iron pot, the rice transformed itself while drinking the flavors and seasonings that enriched the broth. From there to the plate was a matter of minutes. Spoon by spoon the rice landed in a pool of delicious and rich broth in which had cooked. I tore a few leaves from the parsley bunch that adorned a white pitcher sitting near the stove. I gathered them in the palm of my hand, lifted it over the rice and opened it, letting the leaves fall randomly as if they were loose petals in the wind. A pinch of dried chili flakes and a drizzle of olive oil completed the arrangement."&lt;br /&gt;Creamy and filled with flavor &lt;b&gt;this is a rice to eat and remember&lt;/b&gt;. The quantity of olive oil is generous but is this in conjunction with the cod fat and the carolino rice starch that makes it so deliciously creamy and rich.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Cod and grelos rice&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ingredients: serves 2&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;200 g raw cod slivers&lt;br /&gt;50 g grelos (rapini)&lt;br /&gt;3 coffee cups (European small coffee cups) filled with carolino rice&lt;br /&gt;Three times the quantity of rice in water (in which the cod bones were boiled)&lt;br /&gt;1 large garlic clove, minced&lt;br /&gt;1 small onion, chopped&lt;br /&gt;1 bay leaf&lt;br /&gt;4 tbs olive oil&lt;br /&gt;Salt to taste&lt;br /&gt;Black pepper to taste&lt;br /&gt;Parsley&lt;br /&gt;Dried chili flakes (opcional)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Preparation:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Separate the cod slivers from the bones and boil the bones in water for 15 minutes. Reserve.&lt;br /&gt;*Sauté the onion and garlic in the hot olive oil until the onion is soft and translucent. Add the water and a bay leaf torn in half.&lt;br /&gt;*Once boiling add the rapini leaves and season with salt and pepper to taste.&lt;br /&gt;*Cook for 5 minutes and add the rice. Stir with a fork to separate the grains and spread the slivers of cod on top of the rice stirring once more.&lt;br /&gt;*Cook in a medium heat with the pot half covered until the rice is cooked, (12 to 15 minutes).&lt;br /&gt;*Serve sprinkled with parsley leaves, red chili flakes and a drizzle of olive oil.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ECGZEWQnPi0fVLuQTZ_hwmyOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-nUfTQASRAbk/TrF2axQuBqI/AAAAAAAAKu4/rf14O_3_3tc/s800/grelos.JPG" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/TLk62bjTXAyf3B1oYwtg-2yOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7cgswEeLfo/TrF5vAGvg8I/AAAAAAAAKu8/_nCb5gg2-2k/s800/prato.JPG" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8870383917803210992-8203417381567240892?l=pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/feeds/8203417381567240892/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8870383917803210992&amp;postID=8203417381567240892&amp;isPopup=true' title='10 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8870383917803210992/posts/default/8203417381567240892'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8870383917803210992/posts/default/8203417381567240892'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/2011/11/e-bom-estar-de-volta-is-good-to-be-back.html' title='É bom estar de volta! #  Is good to be back!'/><author><name>monica Pinto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17807463873711620776</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-zHjcDg6BFTo/TrFmfdJfnpI/AAAAAAAAKuc/uJo3dKZU61s/s72-c/prato1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8870383917803210992.post-3498214008464816982</id><published>2011-10-17T17:49:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-17T17:51:04.121+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fruta'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bolos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pequeno almoço'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lanches'/><title type='text'>Muffins de pêra sem glúten # Gluten free pear muffins</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/bmWr4wvJF0tfTBqchZ5Ubw?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-4cedooPh5zc/Tpw78t9NLMI/AAAAAAAAKuU/hn8KL-2ypH4/s800/forma%252520drt.JPG" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E tudo começou com uma caixa de formas de papel...&lt;br /&gt;É engraçado como por vezes um pequeno desvio na rota que traçamos, nos leva àquele sítio ou situação que já conhecemos ou vivemos antes. Mas ainda assim, chegar lá novamente é uma experiência totalmente diferente. Fazer estes muffins foi assim. Pensei, muito sinceramente, que eu e os muffins já éramos história. Pensei que estes queques densos e por vezes grumosos eram feitos para os outros. Seriam &amp;nbsp;o pequeno almoço ou lanche perfeito para qualquer pessoa à face da terra. Já eu, seria apenas uma testemunha ocular. Uma admiradora platónica. Aquela que iria sempre achá-los irresistíveis, nas revistas, livros e blogs mas nada mais. Experimentei várias receitas ao longo dos anos sem me ligar a nenhuma delas. Até que durante quase dois anos enterrei a vontade de os cozinhar e provar, bem fundo na memória. Mas um pequeno desvio entre os corredores de uma loja do Porto, levou-me até uma caixa de formas de papel que não faziam parte da lista de compras que tinha escrito cuidadosamente em casa. E isso foi &amp;nbsp;quanto bastou para a vontade renascer. Troquei as voltas a algumas receitas que tinha experimentado antes. Usei apenas farinha de arroz e acrescentei queijo creme e porque gosto de bolos de fruta decidi juntar cubos de pêra à massa. Depois de saírem do forno pincelei-os com mel, sem os deixar arrefecer para o mel deslizar melhor e polvilhei-os com amêndoas laminadas. E o cheirinho quente e doce que se podia sentir, tinha pitadas de coco e até de um pouco de cardamomo que ficaram suspensas no ar como uma promessa de novas aventuras na terra dos muffins.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;In english&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It all started with a box of muffin paper cases.&lt;br /&gt;It´s funny how sometimes, a little detour in the traced route, lead us to that place ou situation that we already know or experienced before. But still, getting there is again a totally different experience. That´s what making this muffins was. I thought, quite honestly that me and &amp;nbsp;muffins, &amp;nbsp;we were already history. I thought that this dense and &amp;nbsp;in some cases lumpy cakes were made for others. They would always be the perfect breakfast or snack for anyone on earth. I would be only a eyewitness. A platonic admirer. The one that would always find them irresistible in magazines, books and blogs, but nothing more. I tried several recipes over the years without never linking to any one of them. Then, for almost two years i buried deep in my memory the desire of baking and tasting them. But a small deviation between the aisles of a store of Porto, took me to a box of paper cases that were not part of the shopping list i had carefully written at home and that was all it took to the rebirth of my muffin baking will. I changed a few recipies i kept. I used rice flour and added cream cheese and because i love cakes with fruit, i folded some pear cubes into the batter. Once out of the oven and while still hot, i brushed the muffins with delicious portuguese honey and sprinkled them with flaked almonds. And the warm, sweet smell that could be felt &amp;nbsp;had a touch of coconut and even a little cardamom that stayed suspended in the air like a promisse of new adventures in the land of muffins.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/EfzFAvPL3UZatY2bpJp6YGyOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-nttnC7SvVmI/TpwJh9nmxeI/AAAAAAAAKtU/WyF5s5uPE0w/s800/pera.JPG" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Cg2XDLIaTHgKUm0iYWWXaWyOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-HHwPi4GVCnM/TpwLVpPpZLI/AAAAAAAAKtk/kwyYokfeinM/s800/quequecima.JPG" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/gOKra07NemZ9o-tbGJtzzmyOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-XaTjk0MXSs4/Tpw7mMcYg2I/AAAAAAAAKuQ/wjwFB8Sfmo8/s800/casamadeira.jpg" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/YoR7YkuSb6zmYc9E1WueFWyOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-AjnsFt6naQY/TpwPAqN2O1I/AAAAAAAAKuA/h_IpXwTYuJE/s800/tabua%252520branca.JPG" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ingredientes: 9 a 10 muffins&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;350 g de farinha de arroz&lt;br /&gt;2 colheres de chá de fermento em pó&lt;br /&gt;1/2 colher de chá de sal fino&lt;br /&gt;1/2 colher de chá de canela&lt;br /&gt;150 g de açúcar amarelo&lt;br /&gt;100 g de queijo creme&lt;br /&gt;50 g de manteiga derretida e morna&lt;br /&gt;2 ovos grandes&lt;br /&gt;400 g de pêra cortada em pequenos cubos&lt;br /&gt;Mel para pincelar&lt;br /&gt;Amêndoas laminadas para decorar&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Preparação:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pré-aquecer o forno a 200º, marca 6 do fogão a gás.&lt;br /&gt;Prepare uma forma de 12 queques com formas de papel.&lt;br /&gt;Numa taça misture a farinha, o fermento, o sal e a canela.&lt;br /&gt;Noutra taça bata o açúcar com os ovos, o queijo e a manteiga.&lt;br /&gt;Faça um buraco nos secos e verta a mistura de líquidos, mexendo só para ligar.&lt;br /&gt;Envolva os cubos de pêra &amp;nbsp;na massa e com a ajuda de 2 colheres de sopa ou de uma colher de gelado, encha as formas de papel quase até cima.&lt;br /&gt;Leve ao forno por 20 minutos.&lt;br /&gt;Estão prontos quando ao inserir um palito este sai seco.&lt;br /&gt;Deixe os muffins "descansarem" por 5 minutos e pincele-os com mel enquanto ainda estão quentes. Polvilhe-os com amêndoas laminadas.&lt;br /&gt;Os muffins são sempre melhores quando comidos ainda mornos e estes em especial, combinam muito bem com &amp;nbsp;uma chávena de chá de limonete.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Gluten free pear muffins&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ingredients: 9 to 10 muffins&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;350 g rice flour&lt;br /&gt;2 tsp baking powder&lt;br /&gt;1/2 tsp salt&lt;br /&gt;1/2 tsp cinnamon&lt;br /&gt;150 g light brown sugar&lt;br /&gt;100 g cream cheese&lt;br /&gt;50 g melted butter, cooled slightly&lt;br /&gt;2 large eggs&lt;br /&gt;400 g pear cut into small cubes&lt;br /&gt;Honey to brush&lt;br /&gt;Flaked almonds to decorate&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Preparation:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Preheat the oven to 200º, gas mark 6.&lt;br /&gt;Prepare a 12 bun muffin tin with paper cases.&lt;br /&gt;In a bowl put the flour, salt, baking powder and cinnamon.&lt;br /&gt;In another bowl mix the sugar, cream cheese, eggs and melted butter just to combine.&lt;br /&gt;Fold together the wet and dry ingredients until just bended, don´t over mix.&lt;br /&gt;Stir in the cubes of pear.&lt;br /&gt;Spoon into the 12 bun muffin tin and bake for 20 minutes.&lt;br /&gt;Let them rest for 5 minutes and brush them with honey, while they are still hot.&lt;br /&gt;Sprinkle with flaked almonds and eat still warm. I love it with a cup of &amp;nbsp;verbena tea.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/_HTVOY3p9FEiWIDekEohYmyOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4AP3EurLBIE/Tpw7Kba5zJI/AAAAAAAAKuM/zMcig6oJFcQ/s800/gato.JPG" width="535" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No fim de semana ainda houve tempo para passear e fotografar nas redondezas de&lt;a href="http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esmoriz"&gt; Esmoriz.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;During the weekend there were still time to go to Esmoriz and take some photos of the surroundings.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ts-E4FBhIoN0qKt4OvrGn2yOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Gv5N4TlPggM/TpwKHs9ZQRI/AAAAAAAAKtY/MCMVDcT-JJo/s800/queques%2525201.jpg" width="547" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8870383917803210992-3498214008464816982?l=pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/feeds/3498214008464816982/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8870383917803210992&amp;postID=3498214008464816982&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8870383917803210992/posts/default/3498214008464816982'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8870383917803210992/posts/default/3498214008464816982'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/2011/10/muffins-de-pera-sem-gluten-gluten-free.html' title='Muffins de pêra sem glúten # Gluten free pear muffins'/><author><name>monica Pinto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17807463873711620776</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-4cedooPh5zc/Tpw78t9NLMI/AAAAAAAAKuU/hn8KL-2ypH4/s72-c/forma%252520drt.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8870383917803210992.post-3161631007932867764</id><published>2011-10-10T20:24:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-10T20:42:52.132+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Chocolate'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bolos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sobremesas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Frutos secos'/><title type='text'>Queques de chocolate com molho de chocolate e laranja # Chocolate cakes with chocolate and orange sauce</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/U9x6u0C9dQkEwYYOY6wkn2yOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Mtup0OxwztA/TpMVneoKZzI/AAAAAAAAKsw/PLMyDgBKejM/s800/4%252520bolos.JPG" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fim de semana. Já acabou, eu sei, mas o meu calendário mental está no limbo que separa os dias, algures entre Sábado e Domingo e recusa-se a admitir que hoje é Segunda feira. &amp;nbsp;Já eu, que o entendo muito bem, sei que tudo isto tem a ver com uma" febre" de Sábado à noite que vai ficar nos memoriais desta pequena casa branca, perdida algures numa rua pacata de Canidelo. Este foi um fim de semana como tantos outros. Uma mistura de trabalho com momentos de lazer, como tem sido desde há um mês e pouco. Mas houve uma excepção! Uma noite de Sábado que mais parecia de Verão e seis pessoas foi o que bastou para fazer a festa que fez toda a diferença. Abriram-se as janelas e a porta das traseiras. Deixou de haver interior e exterior. O ar quente trazia os cheiros da hortelã e do limonete&amp;nbsp;para dentro de casa e as vozes alegres, espalhavam-se e fluíam entre os espaços, misturando-os e tornando-os num só. Comemos, bebemos e rimos &amp;nbsp; e no dia seguinte, o meu estado pós-festa, só pedia qualquer coisa de chocolate. Chocolate! Não queria um bolo grande mas antes vários pequenos de massa macia e ligeiramente húmida que facilmente pudesse pegar e levar comigo para qualquer divisão da casa, com uma tacinha com molho para mergulhar o bolo e comer sem grandes cuidados. O meu paraíso pós-festa.&lt;br /&gt;E ainda dentro do espírito de festa, a semana passada descobri com uma enorme satisfação que o Pratos e Travessas foi mencionado no site &lt;a href="http://www.theramblingepicure.com/"&gt;"The Rambling Epicure"&lt;/a&gt;, da autoria de Jonell Galloway. Um site que é um guia para gastrónomos com crónicas internacionais variadas sobre tudo o que diz respeito à comida e à boa mesa. Um prato cheio! &lt;a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/24ae1s/www.theramblingepicure.com/archives/12917"&gt;Aqui podem ver a referência ao Pratos e Travessas&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;Tenham uma boa semana!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Weekend. It´s over, i know, but somehow my mental calendary is still in the limb between Saturday and Sunday and refuses no admit that today is Monday. I, who understands it very well, know that this has to do &amp;nbsp;with a Saturday night "fever" which is going to be a part of the wildest memories of this small white house, lost somewhere in a quiet Canidelo street. This has been a weekend like so many others. A mixture of work and leisury moments, just like it has been in the last month or so. But there was an exception! A Saturday night that seemed like a Summers night and six people was all it took to have the party that made all the difference. Windows and back door were opened. There was no longer inside and outside. The warm air carried the scent of mint and verbena into the house and the happy voices, spred and flowed out &amp;nbsp;through the spaces, blending them and making them into one. We ate, drank and laughed, and the next day, all my post party state wanted was chocolate. Chocolate! I didn´t want a big cake but several small ones with soft and slightly moist batter that i could easily pick up and take with me to any room in the house, with a little bowl of chocolate sauce to dip the cake in and eat without fuss. My post party heaven.&lt;br /&gt;And speaking of party, i was happy to find out last week that Pratos e Travessas was featured in&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.theramblingepicure.com/"&gt;&amp;nbsp;"The Rambling Epicure"&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;by Jonell Galloway,&amp;nbsp;a great site that is a guide for gourmets, with varied international chronicles about all things food, a plate full! &lt;a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/24ae1s/www.theramblingepicure.com/archives/12917"&gt;Here you can see the feature about Pratos e Travessas.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/gr2fdEC9NR7oS_GSd9rMDWyOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-vnJAsPkXMV8/TpMV_f6LsVI/AAAAAAAAKso/EzHnqodjlfY/s800/boloazul.JPG" width="535" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/SYRU6zUc8QHMjRAdwFYjdGyOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-R2rTQrwOMRI/TpMWXjkYbQI/AAAAAAAAKss/N6jrM_5_TtY/s800/molho%252520chocolate.JPG" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Queques de chocolate com molho de chocolate e laranja&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ingredientes:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;150 g de chocolate&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;150 g de manteiga sem sal&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;100 g de farinha&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;3 ovos&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;150 g de açúcar&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Molho de chocolate&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;150 g de chocolate preto&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;150 ml de natas&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;1 colheres de sopa de cointreau ou outro licor de laranja&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;1 colher de chá de amido de milho dissolvido numa colher de sopa de leite&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Decoração:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Avelãs&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Gomos de tangerina (opcional)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Preparação:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;*Pré-aqueça o forno a 200º, marca 6 do fogão a gás.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;*Unte formas altas com manteiga e polvilhe-as com farinha.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;*Leve a manteiga e o chocolate partido em pedaços, ao lume em banho maria até derreterem. Deixe arrefecer um pouco.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;*Bata os ovos com o açúcar e a farinha peneirada.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;*Junte a mistura de chocolate aos poucos ao creme de ovos e ligue muito bem.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;*Verta a massa de chocolate nas formas e leve ao forno por 20 minutos. Tire do forno e deixe arrefecer.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Molho de chocolate&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;*Leve o chocolate, o licor e as natas ao lume em banho maria, até o chocolate derreter. Mexa bem até ficar com um creme aveludado e brilhante. Tire do banho maria e leve directamente ao lume. Junte o amido dissolvido no leite e mexa até começar a borbulhar e o molho engrossar. Tire do lume e &amp;nbsp;coloque dentro de uma taça com água bem fria, se possível com pedras de gelo e mexa com uma vara de arames até arrefecer um pouco. Tape o molho com película aderente para que se mantenha macio e sem ganhar película à superfície e deixe arrefecer totalmente antes de usar.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;*Depois dos bolos estarem à temperatura ambiente, cubra-os com o molho de chocolate e faça pequenos montinhos de avelãs no topo de cada um. Pode também usar gomos de tangerina para dar um toque de cor.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/f6Nof1_vLbR4j9nlEA8c-Q?feat=embedwebsite" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-1HUe2Tj3NZ8/TpMft5BNxSI/AAAAAAAAKtE/i2EhrEHvCxE/s800/cascas%252520de%252520ovos.jpg" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Chocolate cakes with chocolate and orange sauce&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ingredients:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;150 g chocolate&lt;br /&gt;150 g unsalted butter&lt;br /&gt;100 g flour&lt;br /&gt;3 eggs&lt;br /&gt;150 g caster sugar&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Chocolate sauce&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;150 g chocolate&lt;br /&gt;150 ml cream&lt;br /&gt;1 tbs orange liqueuer, Cointreau or other&lt;br /&gt;1 tsp cornstarch dissolved into one tbs milk&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Topping:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Walnuts&lt;br /&gt;Slices of mandarin (optional)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Preparation:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Preheat the oven to 200º, gas mark 6.&lt;br /&gt;*Butter 5 tins and dust them with flour.&lt;br /&gt;*Put the chocolate and butter in a bowl or small saucepan and put over a pan of simmering water until melted. Whisk to combine.Let it cool a bit.&lt;br /&gt;*Beat the eggs, sugar and sifted flour.&lt;br /&gt;*Combine the chocolate mixture with the egg mixture and fill the tins up to 2/3 with this chocolate batter.&lt;br /&gt;*Bake for 20 minutes until firm to the touch.&lt;br /&gt;*Let the cakes come to room temperature.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Chocolate sauce&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Put the chocolate, liqueuer and cream in a small saucepan inside a pan of simmering water until melted. Whisk until creamy and velvety. Take the saucepan from the bain marie and put directly on the stove. Add the dissolved corn starch and bring to a boil stirring all the time until the chocolate sauce becomes thicker. Put the saucepan inside a bowl filled with cold water, preferably &amp;nbsp;with ice and whisk until it cools a bit. Cover with cling film to stop it forming a skin.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Pour the cold chocolate sauce over the cakes and cover the tops with crushed walnuts and mandarin slices.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No fim de semana, ainda houve tempo para apanhar mais maças e feijoas que foram feitas em doce. Aqui fotografadas numa caixa que resgatei da cave da minha sogra que se tem revelado uma fonte quase inesgotável de velhas pérolas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Last weekend there was still time to pick more apples and feijoas that i made into jam. I took some photos of them in this beautiful old box that i found in my mother in law´s basement which is proving to be an almost inexhaustible source of old pearls.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/39XwvWbT4_-0yfqF1sMxEJczCZvsju15CaTM5u6vk30?feat=embedwebsite" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img height="593" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-hhJHPvwSI3E/TpMXVe7BjhI/AAAAAAAAKs4/I0XN2WlQSi8/s640/caixa.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8870383917803210992-3161631007932867764?l=pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/feeds/3161631007932867764/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8870383917803210992&amp;postID=3161631007932867764&amp;isPopup=true' title='14 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8870383917803210992/posts/default/3161631007932867764'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8870383917803210992/posts/default/3161631007932867764'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/2011/10/queques-de-chocolate-com-molho-de.html' title='Queques de chocolate com molho de chocolate e laranja # Chocolate cakes with chocolate and orange sauce'/><author><name>monica Pinto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17807463873711620776</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Mtup0OxwztA/TpMVneoKZzI/AAAAAAAAKsw/PLMyDgBKejM/s72-c/4%252520bolos.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>14</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8870383917803210992.post-7130769376113463552</id><published>2011-10-04T20:47:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-07T17:56:23.649+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vegetais'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Queijos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vegetariano'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sandwiches'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Caldos e sopas'/><title type='text'>Outono em modo de Verão # Autumn in Summer mode</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/cpvYqWoRwXPdpnr3qQpgnmyOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-sbPAE5MMRhQ/Tosflr7zvoI/AAAAAAAAKsY/DCkKCk0Lwh4/s800/vegetais.JPG" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ontem fui ao Porto. Comprei &amp;nbsp;ingredientes e utensílios que só lá encontro, a pensar em pães doces e todas aquelas coisas que se fazem melhor num dia frio de Outono. A minha última tentativa para acabar de vez com o Verão. Mas o &amp;nbsp;frio tarda e a pilha de lenha aguarda. O Outono está aí mas nos últimos dias tem sido impossível dar por ele. Sol, calor e céu azul fizeram-me voltar ao modo de Verão. Com o frigorífico a abarrotar de vegetais frescos, ontem e hoje, as saladas, sopas leves e as sandwiches substanciais, têm sido o pão nosso de cada dia por aqui. Eu sou uma rapariga do Outono e da Primavera. Gosto de equilíbrio e não de extremos climatéricos. No entanto e apesar de todo o entusiasmo que esta nova estação me traz, não é mau de todo ter o Verão durante mais um pouco e desfrutá-lo da melhor forma possível, ou seja, através da comida.&lt;br /&gt;Ontem foi dia para uma salada muito simples mas com uma apresentação linda que está guardada para outros carnavais. E hoje houve uma sopa leve e à prova de adolescentes, que é o mesmo que dizer que passou a ser uma das combinações preferidas de vegetais do João Pedro e do Daniel numa sopa, o que é sempre bom saber. Já a sandwich foi o meu almoço de hoje com uma salada verde e é um caso sério de sabor, feito mesmo à minha medida. Requeijão , abacate esmagado e tomates, cebolas e pimentos italianos assados em azeite e oregãos. Tudo isto entre duas fatias de pão de centeio, com os sucos dos vegetais a humedecerem o pão e a fazerem desta a minha nova sandwich preferida.&lt;br /&gt;Amanhã, dizem-me os anjinhos papudos que se escondem por aqui que vai haver panquecas e se o tempo virar, os tais dos pães doces. Aguardemos e esperemos pelo melhor...porque o melhor ainda está para vir.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;In english&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today i went to Porto. I bought ingredients and kitchen props that i only find there, thinking about sweet homemade breads and all the good things better made in a cold Autumn´s day. My last attempt to end Summer once and for all. But cold is late and the pile of wood for the oven awaits. Autumn is here but in the last few days it´s been impossible to feel it. Sun, hot days and blue sky brought me back to Summer mode. With my fridge filled with fresh vegetables, yesterday and today, salads, light soups and substantial sandwiches have been the prime meals around here. I´m an Autumn and Spring kind a girl. I like balance, not climacteric extremes. However, and although all the enthusiasm this new season brings me, is good to have Summer around for a little bit longer and enjoy it the best way i know how, eating.&lt;br /&gt;Yesterday was salad day, very simple but with a gourgeous presentation, that i will keep for "other carnivals". And today, there was a light teenage proof soup, that is to say, this soup is now one of &amp;nbsp;João Pedro´s and &amp;nbsp;Daniel´s favorite vegetables combo in a soup, which is always good to know. The sandwich was my today´s lunch served with a green salad and is a serious case of deliciousness. Cottage cheese, avocado, and roasted tomatoes, onions and italian peppers with olive oil and dried oregano. All of this, between two slices of rye bread, with the vegetables juices keeping the bread moist and turning this sandwich in the most recent favorite of mine.&lt;br /&gt;Tomorrow, there will be pancakes and if the weather changes, sweet breads too, or so the fat little angels that hide around here tell me. Let us wait and hope for the best... for the best is yet to come.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/-YzYhHlU-SmaP7d61vb5F2yOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-k8ZlFXhLOM4/TosgAzvwogI/AAAAAAAAKsI/8Ww7_uZIwnw/s800/2%252520ta%2525C3%2525A7as.JPG" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/MRw80XVHz8W8PgSNrsW4H2yOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jXvJjsx9kT0/TosgOLTHCcI/AAAAAAAAKsM/UgYbnBa3c-A/s800/abacate.JPG" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;Sandwich de vegetais assados, requeijão e abacate&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Sandwich:2 pessoas&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4 fatias de pão de mistura ou de centeio&lt;br /&gt;1 tomate&lt;br /&gt;3 pimentos tipo italianos&lt;br /&gt;1 cebola pequena&lt;br /&gt;Azeite&lt;br /&gt;Orgãos secos&lt;br /&gt;Sal a gosto&lt;br /&gt;Pimenta preta a gosto (de preferência acabada de moer)&lt;br /&gt;1 abacate&lt;br /&gt;Sumo de 1 limão pequeno&lt;br /&gt;requeijão&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Preparação:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Pré-aqueça o forno a 170º, marca 3 do fogão a gás.&lt;br /&gt;*Numa travessa de forno ponha o tomate cortado em metades, os pimentos cortados em metades e sem sementes, a cebola cortada em quartos e regue tudo com um pouco de azeite, tempere com sal e pimenta e oregãos. Com as mãos, envolva todos os vegetais muito bem nos temperos.&lt;br /&gt;*Leve ao forno por 30 minutos, até os vegetais ficarem levemente assados e sumarentos.&lt;br /&gt;*Tire do forno e deixe arrefecer.&lt;br /&gt;*Misture a polpa do abacate com o sumo de limão para que não escureça.&lt;br /&gt;*Barre as fatias de pão com requeijão, depois com abacate esmagado e temperado com sal e pimenta a gosto e recheie 2 das fatias com os vegetais assados. Cubra com as outras 2 fatias.&lt;br /&gt;*Faça o mesmo para montar a outra sandwich.&lt;br /&gt;*Sirva com uma salada de folhas verdes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Roasted vegetables, cottage cheese and avocado sandwich&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Sandwich: 2 persons &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4 slices of rye bread&lt;br /&gt;1 tomato&lt;br /&gt;3 small &amp;nbsp;italian peppers&lt;br /&gt;1 small onion&lt;br /&gt;Olive oil&lt;br /&gt;Salt&lt;br /&gt;Freshly ground black pepper&lt;br /&gt;Dried oregano&lt;br /&gt;cottage cheese&lt;br /&gt;1 avocado&lt;br /&gt;Juice of 1 small lemon&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Preparation: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;Preheat the oven to 170º, gas mark 3.&lt;br /&gt;*In an oven tray put the &amp;nbsp;tomato cut into halves, the halved and seed peppers and the onion cut into chunks, drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with salt, pepper and oregano to taste. Combine everything with your hands so that the vegetables are well coated with the seasonings.&lt;br /&gt;*Roast the vegetables for half an hour until soft and juicy and then let them cool to room temperature.&lt;br /&gt;*Mash the avocado with the lemon juice.&lt;br /&gt;*Take 4 slices of bread and spread a layer of cottage cheese on each one, and then spread a layer of mashed avocado mixed with a pinch of salt and black pepper. &lt;br /&gt;*Fill 2 of the 4 bread slices with the roasted vegetables and their lovely juices and top the sandwiches with the other 2 slices of bread.&lt;br /&gt;*Eat with a green salad.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/QIK3a7F4tzQapAB_CK316GyOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-K_XSkW2VB_Y/Tosghkw3-bI/AAAAAAAAKsQ/-fF__AFZ5MM/s800/sandwich.JPG" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Sopa cremosa de feijão verde&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Sopa:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3 batatas grandes&lt;br /&gt;2 &amp;nbsp;cenoura grande&lt;br /&gt;1 cebola grande&lt;br /&gt;300 g de feijão verde&lt;br /&gt;Sal a gosto&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Preparação:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Numa panela junte as batatas descascadas, lavadas e cortadas em quartos, a cenoura descascada e cortada em rodelas, a cebola cortada em gomos, 200 g do feijão verde lavado e cortado em pedaços e 1,5 litro de água.&lt;br /&gt;*Leve ao lume, tempere com sal a gosto e deixe ferver até tudo ficar tenro.&lt;br /&gt;*Corte os restantes 100 g de feijão verde em pedaços pequenos e leve a cozer num pouco de água temperada com sal por 10 minutos.&lt;br /&gt;*Passe a sopa. Escorra o feijão verde cozido à parte e caso a sopa esteja espessa demais, junte-lhe água da cozedura do feijão.&lt;br /&gt;*Sirva a sopa com os pedacinhos de feijão verde, pimenta preta e um fio de azeite.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Creamy green bean soup&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Soup:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3 big potatoes&lt;br /&gt;2 big carrots&lt;br /&gt;1 big onion&lt;br /&gt;300 g green beans&lt;br /&gt;Salt to taste&lt;br /&gt;Olive oil&lt;br /&gt;Black pepper (freshly ground)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Preparation:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*In a pan, put the potatoes, washed and peeled and cut into quarters, the carrot, peeled and cut into rounds, the onion peeled and cut into quarters, 200 g of green beans cut into pieces and 1, 1/2 liter of water.&lt;br /&gt;*Bring to the boil, add some salt to taste and cook until all the vegetables are tender.&lt;br /&gt;*Boil the remaining green beans cut into small pieces in a small amount of water seasoned with a pinch of salt, for 10 minutes.&lt;br /&gt;*Put the soup in a blender and blitz until smooth.&lt;br /&gt;*Drain the 100g of green beans and use the water in witch they cooked to emulsified the soup, in case it is to thick.&lt;br /&gt;*Serve the soup with the small pieces of green beans on top, a pinch of black pepper and a drizzle of olive oil.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ZvHBqOfz9K3D-eSU97sX52yOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-RUvuB3ROnqE/Toshm3cPZMI/AAAAAAAAKsU/Yeyd_KZnhak/s800/sopa%2525202.JPG" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8870383917803210992-7130769376113463552?l=pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/feeds/7130769376113463552/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8870383917803210992&amp;postID=7130769376113463552&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8870383917803210992/posts/default/7130769376113463552'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8870383917803210992/posts/default/7130769376113463552'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/2011/10/outono-em-modo-de-verao.html' title='Outono em modo de Verão # Autumn in Summer mode'/><author><name>monica Pinto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17807463873711620776</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-sbPAE5MMRhQ/Tosflr7zvoI/AAAAAAAAKsY/DCkKCk0Lwh4/s72-c/vegetais.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8870383917803210992.post-6808187670716409543</id><published>2011-09-29T17:35:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2011-09-29T17:48:00.981+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Viagens gastronómicas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Festas'/><title type='text'>Feira das colheitas de Arouca # Arouca´s harvests fair</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/DxKIsOSVeyBYCf2MwrjksJczCZvsju15CaTM5u6vk30?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="427" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-TKpVQSyuzUg/ToQ2jVpJoCI/AAAAAAAAKqk/wkmQy0BWNz8/s640/paisagem.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Há muito que conheço &lt;a href="http://www.cm-arouca.pt/portal/index.php?Itemid=264&amp;amp;id=223&amp;amp;option=com_content&amp;amp;task=view"&gt;Arouca&lt;/a&gt;. Durante anos seguidos, o aniversário do meu pai (em Abril) era passado na &lt;a href="http://www.cm-arouca.pt/portal/index.php?option=com_content&amp;amp;task=view&amp;amp;id=218&amp;amp;Itemid=258"&gt;Serra da Freita&lt;/a&gt;. Comíamos bons rojões. Íamos ver mais uma vez a &lt;a href="http://sonhando.no.sapo.pt/mizarela.htm"&gt;Cascata da &amp;nbsp;Frecha da Mizarela. &lt;/a&gt;Visitávamos as&lt;a href="http://www.cm-arouca.pt/portal/index.php?option=com_content&amp;amp;task=view&amp;amp;id=220&amp;amp;Itemid=260"&gt; Pedras parideiras &lt;/a&gt;e não voltávamos para casa, sem antes fazermos uma paragem na Vila para nos abastecermos de doces conventuais.&lt;br /&gt;Mais tarde, visitar Arouca transformou-se numa tradição de Natal. E debaixo do frio rude do Inverno, lá íamos nós ao lindíssimo&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.guiadacidade.pt/pt/poi-convento-de-arouca-15389"&gt;Convento de Arouca&lt;/a&gt; e depois ao jardim, e enregelados, acabávamos por entrar no café de sempre no centro da Vila, onde as bebidas quentes nos reconfortavam e os doces tradicionais nos enchiam os olhos.&lt;br /&gt;Arouca para mim, teve sempre a ver com o Inverno. E quando no Domingo passado a fomos visitar mais uma vez, estranhei a paisagem de início de Outono, ainda com cheirinho a Verão. E que linda paisagem!&lt;br /&gt;Quem no fundo nos levou à Vila novamente, foi o arouquense António Ataíde que nos sugeriu que visitássemos a &lt;a href="http://www.feiradascolheitas.com/"&gt;Feira das Colheitas&lt;/a&gt;, uma festa que dura quatro dias e que evidencía tudo de bom que esta terra tem para oferecer. Celebram-se os produtos e comidas locais, a tradição e a cultura, numa iniciativa que demonstra bem o orgulho que estas gentes têm naquilo que é seu e que tão bem dão a conhecer a quem vem de fora. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;In english&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know &lt;a href="http://www.cm-arouca.pt/portal/index.php?Itemid=264&amp;amp;id=223&amp;amp;option=com_content&amp;amp;task=view"&gt;Arouca&lt;/a&gt; for a long time. For years, my fathers birthday (in April) was spent at &lt;a href="http://www.cm-arouca.pt/portal/index.php?option=com_content&amp;amp;task=view&amp;amp;id=218&amp;amp;Itemid=258"&gt;Serra da Freita&lt;/a&gt;. We ate delicious Rojões. We would see once more the &lt;a href="http://sonhando.no.sapo.pt/mizarela.htm"&gt;Cascata da Frecha de Mizarela&lt;/a&gt;. We visited the &lt;a href="http://www.cm-arouca.pt/portal/index.php?option=com_content&amp;amp;task=view&amp;amp;id=220&amp;amp;Itemid=260"&gt;Pedras &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cm-arouca.pt/portal/index.php?option=com_content&amp;amp;task=view&amp;amp;id=220&amp;amp;Itemid=260"&gt;parideiras&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and we didn´t return home without first making a stop in town to stock up on conventual sweets.&lt;br /&gt;Later, visiting Arouca became a Christmas tradition and under the hard cold of winter, off we went to the beautiful &lt;a href="http://www.guiadacidade.pt/pt/poi-convento-de-arouca-15389"&gt;Monastery of Arouca&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and then to the garden, and freezing, we would end up entering the coffee shop down town, where hot drinks would comfort us and the traditional sweets would fill our eyes.&lt;br /&gt;Arouca for me was always about Winter. And last Sunday, when we went to visit once more, i couldn´t help&amp;nbsp;being surprised about&amp;nbsp;the early Autumn landscape, still smelling like latte Summer. And what a beautiful landscape it is!&lt;br /&gt;António Ataíde was the arouquense who led us to the village once again. He suggested us to visit the &lt;a href="http://www.feiradascolheitas.com/"&gt;Harvests Fair&lt;/a&gt;, a four day celebration that shows all the wonderful things this land has to offer. It celebrates the local products and delicious food, the traditions and culture, in an initiative that clearly demonstrates the pride these people have in they´r own things, things they so kindly show and share with all the foreigners who visit them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/agobiuKbA37fKMRd0BrG90sMHZCj9Rt_Q9A9K8WUCEY?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="512" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-xBs4dHorviw/ToQ_AEllVBI/AAAAAAAAKqw/ewcTqJ7RWgI/s640/Colagens1.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/IcCiT5gVLtU3yyVjiOfrVEsMHZCj9Rt_Q9A9K8WUCEY?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="512" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-GcExHPZU7Ow/ToQ_fzIFx5I/AAAAAAAAKq0/qePPlUXoIl4/s640/photos%25252021.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ETsCfbqQ4UeswyKIxjscvUsMHZCj9Rt_Q9A9K8WUCEY?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="512" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-aNlbQGUfIvg/ToRArfa0HiI/AAAAAAAAKq4/2TwjYS_dOIM/s640/photos%25252022.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/fz_0TUjXnqLx5b8_NZfHa0sMHZCj9Rt_Q9A9K8WUCEY?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="512" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-_X2s4Zk2IW0/ToRBy3EWqNI/AAAAAAAAKq8/7KMC5Wzy7lM/s640/photos%25252023.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/zJ8yD-awAF0H1h-wv1DshJczCZvsju15CaTM5u6vk30?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="427" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-lar_S-ZnJWY/ToRCDlx1sbI/AAAAAAAAKrA/yNiVoT82OGk/s640/mel.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/VLtj1KsUWRp-r_V6XZpeJUsMHZCj9Rt_Q9A9K8WUCEY?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="512" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-jHdjiM_LNWE/ToRDSGhrz6I/AAAAAAAAKrE/4QBXMDu1Iqo/s640/photos%25252024.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/elDkiensLf393qykjk0H8ksMHZCj9Rt_Q9A9K8WUCEY?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="512" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-81Vnp7yDrnw/ToRE3aggClI/AAAAAAAAKrM/sTujpIWgf_8/s640/photos%25252025.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Os doces conventuais&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Conventual sweets&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Roscas e Pedras parideiras (todos os doces são da casa, Manuel da Silva Bastos).&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;A&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;ll these sweets are from the label, Manuel da Silva bastos.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/PIn0-K7q3UcX33V50eWtcJczCZvsju15CaTM5u6vk30?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="427" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-monLs8ivguc/ToRDyfBScvI/AAAAAAAAKrI/cqazVtkQCLk/s640/doces%252520mesa.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Doce de ovos&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/j5JYF2cqg5HLvMzKfod3UUsMHZCj9Rt_Q9A9K8WUCEY?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="512" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-TLAyQAKvKFY/ToQ3ezu6-XI/AAAAAAAAKqg/ipHhqngDaiY/s640/photos%2525202.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Roscas, Pedras parideiras, Morcela doce e Charutos&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/M754l33Jr1TUijFuZ23NdZczCZvsju15CaTM5u6vk30?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="472" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-FQpsAr20Kso/ToRFcuADpCI/AAAAAAAAKrY/xIFGXS6GjNI/s640/Docesarouca.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;A chega de bois, cujas fotos foram gentilmente cedidas por António Ataíde.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;The bulls fight, which photos were kindly provided by António Ataíde.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/QARmMDGYfa4xYMGmLHwmVGyOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="427" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-sxVaX_F2NGk/ToRG-MIbvZI/AAAAAAAAKrc/PnwUNjhW-7s/s640/IMG_8624.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/dyc3mJgnPWVrfR7G3MTM5WyOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="427" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-HepBvfV1sqw/ToRIkNJoGjI/AAAAAAAAKrs/Vh6N64CEX20/s640/IMG_8650.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/37faJtX0akyd2cxIeH-rV2yOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="427" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-6ZwJkwLTYx0/ToRHSoZrLrI/AAAAAAAAKrg/lsQOkkDBrvQ/s640/IMG_8633.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Xu03OvkWUakdwRkBdYisFmyOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="427" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-O_EEx_8x-dQ/ToRHpUg8VXI/AAAAAAAAKrk/eZErG8TydvM/s640/IMG_8563.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/a-h70iVIHppwTPg6N1tR3GyOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="427" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-xbCo1O96wHI/ToRIGZTTl_I/AAAAAAAAKro/NGivPszNBWY/s640/IMG_8588.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/fqbCh7-ypyPRF_5Fr7xZ-WyOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-JmMxfETSgBw/ToA9xBjAEAI/AAAAAAAAKoY/_7bWn4YhilE/s800/tarte%252520branca.jpg" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;O Outono para mim começa quase sempre com maças, o que me leva a pensar na sorte que tenho de viver com um pé na praia e outro no campo.&lt;br /&gt;Tenho um pedaço de terra nas traseiras de casa que me dá uma variedade considerável de ervas aromáticas, couve galega e dependendo da generosidade da natureza e do jeito (ou falta dele) da "lavradora", outros ingredientes que vou cozinhando sempre que posso. Da janela do sótão virada a sul, vejo ao longe o azul do mar imenso e da janela virada a norte vejo lá muito ao fundo, as copas esguias das macieiras que todos os anos me fazem saber que o Outono chegou.&lt;br /&gt;Na casa da minha sogra, o caminho que atravessa todo o quintal é ladeado por macieiras. Duas paredes vivas, moldadas ao longo dos anos, feitas de troncos, folhas e frutos que nas manhãs de nevoeiro, cheiram ao verde nascido da terra e à maresia nascida do mar. Mistura estranha e mágica que desperta os sentidos e quase me faz levitar. Estas maças são como o meio em que se criam, doces e ácidas, opacas como a terra e algumas transparentes e esverdeadas, como a água deste mar quando o vento sopra do sul. Há alguns dias trouxe para casa as primeiras da estação. Eram ariscas e ainda um pouco verdes mas ainda assim tive que as cozinhar como forma de dar as boas vindas à nova estação e para isso o melhor era uma tarte ou melhor ainda, muitas pequenas tartes, folhadas e aromáticas que me deixaram a cozinha com um perfume quente e exótico de especiarias e maças acabadas de assar. Foram ao forno até tufarem e &amp;nbsp;ficarem douradas. Quando saíram do forno abri a janela para que arrefecessem mais depressa e uma lufada de maresia entrou casa adentro para mais uma vez se misturar com o cheiro verde das maças, o que me levou de novo a pensar na sorte que tenho, de viver com um pé na terra e outro no mar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;In english&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For me, Autumn usually begins with apples, which leads me to think i´m a lucky girl who lives with one foot on the beach and the other in the country. I have a piece of land in the back of my home that gives me a considerable variety of fresh herbs, couve galega ( a dark green kale used to make caldo verde) and depending on nature generosity and my "peasant girl" skills (or lack of them), other ingredients that i cook whenever i can. From the attic window facing south, i see the deep blue of the distant ocean, and from the window facing north, i see far ahead, the slim tops of apple trees, the ones that every single year let me know that Autumn has arrived.&lt;br /&gt;In my mother in law´s house, the path that runs through the backyard, is flanked by apple trees. Two living walls shaped over the years, made of logs, leaves and fruits that in the morning fog, smell like the green born from the land and the sea breeze born from the sea. Strange and magical blend that awakens the senses and almost makes me levitate. These apples are just like the environment in which they grow, sweet and sour, opaque like the land and some green and transparent like the sea when the wind blows from the south.&lt;br /&gt;A few days ago, i brought home the first of the season. They were sour and a bit under-ripe, but still i had to cook them as a way of welcoming the new season, and the best way to do that, was to bake a pie or better yet, a batch of small pies, puffed and aromatic, that left the kitchen with a warm and exotic scent of spices and baked apples. They went to the oven until puffed and golden brown and when they left the oven i opened the window so they could &amp;nbsp;cool faster and a breath of see air came into the house to once more blend with the smell of green apples, which took me back to thinking about how lucky i am, to live with one foot in the land and another foot in the sea.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Hy_9oz-hAW8Hd0hDQ7HeTWyOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-4u1EYQAtKbI/ToBBoZ5TGuI/AAAAAAAAKpQ/xTJSHkzuNo4/s800/tartes%252520c%252520a%2525C3%2525A7ucar.jpg" width="635" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/EXksE2VXs17j4hHkFbFX6myOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="492" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-qRe4dtj1tHw/ToBB3AncSkI/AAAAAAAAKo0/64TV9J3qSIo/s640/formas.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/_rxGgGrdydPjWG8USKCshWyOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="495" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-QMOANudHGMw/ToBDyQ_bpwI/AAAAAAAAKo4/rcQa9qZkvOs/s640/colagem.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/QJkRDfiTPADfwFtpCqUSd5czCZvsju15CaTM5u6vk30?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-43GCSaPrwWk/ToBGaITknNI/AAAAAAAAKpk/qVslLngHn8I/s800/tarte%252520aberta.JPG" width="636" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;Tartes de maça aromáticas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ingredientes: 12 a 13 tartes&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;800 g de massa folhada&lt;br /&gt;500 g de maças cortadas em cubos pequenos (golden ou starking)&lt;br /&gt;150 g de açúcar mascavado claro&lt;br /&gt;2 colheres de chá de pimenta da Jamaica (allspice)&lt;br /&gt;2 colheres de sopa de amêndoa amarga&lt;br /&gt;Leite para pincelar&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Preparação:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Numa taça, junte os cubos de maça, a pimenta da jamaica, a amêndoa amarga e o açúcar. Misture bem para que os pedaços de maça fiquem bem cobertos pelos restantes ingredientes.&lt;br /&gt;*Deixe a macerar por 1 hora.&lt;br /&gt;*Unte as formas com manteiga.&lt;br /&gt;*Estenda a massa folhada que deve estar à temperatura ambiente, corte círculos com tamanho suficiente para forrar as formas.&lt;br /&gt;*Corte a restante massa em círculos um pouco mais largos do que o topo das formas, de forma a que cubram os montinhos de recheio.&lt;br /&gt;*Pré-aqueça o forno a 190º, marca 5 do fogão a gás.&lt;br /&gt;*Encha as formas com o recheio até cima e tape cada uma delas com um círculo de massa, ajustando-o à borda das formas com as pontas dos dedos.&lt;br /&gt;*Pincele cada tarte com leite e leve ao forno num tabuleiro por 20 minutos até tufarem.&lt;br /&gt;*Tire do forno, deixe arrefecer e polvilhe com açúcar em pó a gosto.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;Aromatic apple tarts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ingredients: 12 to 13 tarts&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;800 g puff pastry&lt;br /&gt;500 g apples cut into small cubes (golden or starking)&lt;br /&gt;150 light muscovado sugar&lt;br /&gt;2 tsp allspice&lt;br /&gt;2 tbs Amêndoa amarga (portuguese almond liqueur)&lt;br /&gt;Milk to paint the tarts&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Preparation:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*In a bowl mix the apples, allspice, Amêndoa amarga and sugar. Make sure all the small pieces of apple are well coated with the remaining ingredients. Leave for 1 hour.&lt;br /&gt;*Butter the muffin tins.&lt;br /&gt;*Roll the puff pastry (it should be at room temperature) on a floured surface and cut round pieces big enough to line the tins.&lt;br /&gt;*Preheat the oven to 190º, gas mark 5.&lt;br /&gt;*Spoon small hills of filling in all the tins and cover them with the pastry lids, pressing around the tins with your fingertips.&lt;br /&gt;*Paint the tarts with milk, put them on top of a baking tray and bake in the oven for 20 to 25 minutes until puffed and golden brown.&lt;br /&gt;*When the tarts are ready, let them cool slightly and give them a good dusting with icing sugar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/mmQn_sLnmkd39-vUTi7KAWyOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="487" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-L34G2BMd9FY/ToBWquA10sI/AAAAAAAAKp4/Xa5MUnSb_b0/s640/ma%2525C3%2525A7as-1.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E como o tema de hoje são as maças, tinha que publicar uma foto da Eluna que partilha comigo o gosto pelas maças e pelas bananas também.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Being apples the theme for today´s post, i had to publish a photo of Eluna, my (she) dog, who shares with me a good appetite for apples and also bananas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/cP_uKtAKQOovPM1LjYTQ7myOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-SSqNWuq4lRc/ToBJgVhS56I/AAAAAAAAKpo/VOdp-padlsI/s800/eluna.JPG" width="634" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8870383917803210992-8144815908450394894?l=pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/feeds/8144815908450394894/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8870383917803210992&amp;postID=8144815908450394894&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8870383917803210992/posts/default/8144815908450394894'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8870383917803210992/posts/default/8144815908450394894'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/2011/09/tartes-de-maca-aromaticas-aromatic.html' title='Tartes de maça aromáticas # Aromatic apple tarts'/><author><name>monica Pinto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17807463873711620776</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-JmMxfETSgBw/ToA9xBjAEAI/AAAAAAAAKoY/_7bWn4YhilE/s72-c/tarte%252520branca.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8870383917803210992.post-301465984033277097</id><published>2011-09-19T13:21:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2011-09-19T13:23:33.877+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Massas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vegetais'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Molhos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cogumelos'/><title type='text'>Linguini com cogumelos, alho francês e bacon # Linguini with mushrooms, leeks and bacon</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/9H8PLmS378Mfzy2sUDVWFGyOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-dtBluGij40Y/TncNiwBbq3I/AAAAAAAAKnM/AOEQnMEjz-8/s800/massa%252520ta%2525C3%2525A7a%252520e%252520trav.JPG" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Estou de volta do blog há 1 hora e pouco e ainda não me habituei ao silêncio. Normalmente &amp;nbsp;sou interrompida mil e quinhentas vezes, ou pelo Daniel ou pelo Joaõ e até pela eluna. A minha sorte é que não tenho piriquito, senão nem dele escapava!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As aulas começaram e eu estou a adaptar-me a outra rotina. A loucura do primeiro dia já passou e agora aos poucos vou-me organizando e dando um pouco mais de atenção a algumas coisas que ficaram pendentes desde o início das férias escolares. Finalmente vou poder organizar o armário das louças e o estúdio, e cozinhar e fotografar algumas receitas que quero experimentar. Pelo menos já arrumei com as limpezas, as tais que passaram da Primavera para o final de Verão. Fico aliviada só de pensar! O jeito que me dava uma "assistente doméstica"...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Na passada Sexta-feira, apanhada pelo reboliço do início das aulas fiz mais uma vez este linguini para o almoço. Tirei do frio alguns dos ingredientes que os miúdos mais gostam num molho para massas e em pouco tempo estava pronto. Natas, bacon, cogumelos e alho francês. Alho ralado para intensificar os sabores e vinho do Porto para aromatizar e adoçar. O esparguete, o linguini e o macarrão são as massas que mais se comem cá em casa e das três o linguini é a melhor para absorver este molho. É carnuda mas ainda assim dá para enrolar à volta do garfo, qualidade muito apreciada pelos clientes da casa, e fica deliciosa envolvida no sabor e maciez deste molho.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Uma boa semana para todos :)))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;In english&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I´m blogging for one hour or so and haven´t yet got used to the silence. Usually i´m interrupted a thousand times, by Daniel, by João and even by Eluna. Thank god i don´t have a parakeet, or i would not escape from it too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;School started and i´m adapting to a different routine. The madness of the first day is long gone and now i´m slowly getting organized and giving a little more attention to some things that were pending since the beggining of the school holidays. Finally i will be able to organize my props and the studio and i also want to cook and photograph some recipes that i´ve been looking forward to try. At least i´ve managed to do the major cleaning up, that one that was supposed to take place in the Spring but only happened in late Summer. Such a relief! I could use the help of a "domestic assistant".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Last Friday, caught up by the turmoil first days of school always are, i cooked once more this linguini for lunch. I took some of the ingredients my boys love more in a pasta sauce from the refrigerator and in no time it was ready. Cream, bacon, mushrooms and leeks. Minced garlic to enhance the flavors and Port wine to flavor and sweeten. Spaghetti, linguini and macaroni are the pastas we eat more at home, and from all three, linguini is the best to absorb this creamy, aromatic sauce. It´s fleshy yet you can warp it around the fork, a quality much appreciated by the "customers" of the house, and it´s delicious involved in the tasty flavor and smoothness of this sauce.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Have a great week :)))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/S8p4rfyIsYdqOKP1RSY8xGyOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-hufkFCZl7P8/TncOKOGCX5I/AAAAAAAAKng/p9czsa6j_IQ/s800/massa%252520perto.jpg" width="584" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/XicGC1B18B28bH0V_dn5_GyOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img height="469" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-F8s57r_M_8o/Tncw3mW00tI/AAAAAAAAKnY/IU1UCsJoGaA/s800/colg.jpg" width="586" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Linguini com cogumelos, alho francês e bacon&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ingredientes: 4 pessoas&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;500 g de linguini&lt;br /&gt;2 colheres de sopa de azeite&lt;br /&gt;1 dente de alho ralado&lt;br /&gt;1 alho francês médio picado grosseiramente&lt;br /&gt;100 g de bacon cortado em cubos ou tiras&lt;br /&gt;150 g de cogumelos marrom fatiados&lt;br /&gt;200 ml de natas&lt;br /&gt;2 colheres de sopa de vinho do Porto&lt;br /&gt;Sal a gosto&lt;br /&gt;Pimenta preta a gosto&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Preparação:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Aqueça o azeite num tacho e refogue o alho francês até ficar transparente.&lt;br /&gt;* Junte o alho ralado e o bacon e deixe refogar mais 1 ou 2 minutos &amp;nbsp;mexendo de vez em quando.&lt;br /&gt;*Junte os cogumelos e o vinho do Porto, mexa e baixe o lume para o mínimo, tape o tacho e deixe cozinhar&lt;br /&gt;por 15 minutos, mexendo de vez em quando. Se secar demais junte um pouco de água mas não muita.&lt;br /&gt;*Entretanto ponha uma panela com água e sal a gosto ao lume e assim que levantar fervura junte o linguini inteiro. Deixe amolecer com o calor da água e mexa cuidadosamente com um garfo para separar as tiras de massa.&lt;br /&gt;*De volta ao molho. Por fim junte as natas, mexa e tempere com sal e pimenta a gosto. Como o bacon é salgado não precisa de juntar muito sal mas isso depende do gosto de cada um, claro. Tire do lume.&lt;br /&gt;*Reserve o molho.&lt;br /&gt;*Coza o linguini até ficar al dente (nem muito mole nem muito duro). Eu experimento cortar uma tira com um garfo, contra a parede do tacho. Se a cortar facilmente mas ainda assim sentir uma certa consistência então está al dente.&lt;br /&gt;*Escorra o linguini mas guarde um pouco da água de cozedura (1 copo) para humedecer o molho de for preciso e imediatamente mergulhe-o no molho, mexendo para envolver toda a massa.&lt;br /&gt;*Se achar que a massa está um pouco seca junte água da cozedura mas só a suficiente para humedecer e não ensopar.&lt;br /&gt;*Sirva de imediato numa travessa aquecida&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Linguini with mushrooms, leeks and bacon&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ingredients: 4 servings&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;500 g linguini&lt;br /&gt;2 tbs olive oil&lt;br /&gt;1 garlic clove, minced&lt;br /&gt;1 medium leek, chopped&lt;br /&gt;100 g bacon cut into cubes or strips&lt;br /&gt;150 g cremini mushrooms, sliced&lt;br /&gt;200 ml cream&lt;br /&gt;2 tbs Port wine&lt;br /&gt;Salt to taste&lt;br /&gt;Black pepper to taste&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Preparation:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Heat the oil in a saucepan and fry the leek until translucent.&lt;br /&gt;*Add the bacon and minced garlic and stir. Cook for 2 minutes and add the sliced mushrooms and Port wine, give it a quick toss, cover the saucepan, and cook over a gentle heat for 15 minutes, stirring every now and again. If it dries out add a little bit of water, just to keep it moist.&lt;br /&gt;*Finally stir in the cream and a good measure of salt and black pepper, keeping in mind that the bacon is already salty.&lt;br /&gt;* Meanwhile, bring to the boil a big pan of salty water and cook the linguini according to the packet instructions.&lt;br /&gt;*Drain the pasta saving a cup of the cooking water in case you need to add some to the sauce latter.&lt;br /&gt;*Toss the pasta in the sauce until it is evenly coated and if you think it is to dry, add a little splash of the pasta cooking water.&lt;br /&gt;*Turn out into a large warmed dish and put it on the table.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/x2K8EUShLXabekFsubjTOWyOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-1EPonI_GEJ8/TncvsPnl5HI/AAAAAAAAKnU/KaehigDd1jw/s800/ta%2525C3%2525A7a%252520massa.jpg" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8870383917803210992-301465984033277097?l=pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/feeds/301465984033277097/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8870383917803210992&amp;postID=301465984033277097&amp;isPopup=true' title='9 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8870383917803210992/posts/default/301465984033277097'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8870383917803210992/posts/default/301465984033277097'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/2011/09/linguini-com-cogumelos-alho-frances-e.html' title='Linguini com cogumelos, alho francês e bacon # Linguini with mushrooms, leeks and bacon'/><author><name>monica Pinto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17807463873711620776</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-dtBluGij40Y/TncNiwBbq3I/AAAAAAAAKnM/AOEQnMEjz-8/s72-c/massa%252520ta%2525C3%2525A7a%252520e%252520trav.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8870383917803210992.post-7440550344518317624</id><published>2011-09-15T17:48:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-09-15T17:48:12.692+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Natureza'/><title type='text'>Serralves</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/w9YKEcdIiBsm5j1rpkHiCki6j6fn3hq4btrpNIfKIR8?feat=embedwebsite" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-ITUYgNl8VgA/TnIPDC69mMI/AAAAAAAAKl4/WRJSYc7GVeU/s800/IMG_8980.JPG" width="544" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As manhãs em &lt;a href="http://www.serralves.pt/"&gt;Serralves&lt;/a&gt;, depois de uma noite de chuva, são especialmente luminosas. Não importa se ainda há nuvens no céu. Mesmo assim tudo brilha com a frescura transparente que a água deixou.&lt;br /&gt;Pequenas gotas enfeitam as rosas como um bordado de pedras preciosas e o perfume de cada uma delas torna-se mais intenso com o viço da manhã.&lt;br /&gt;O castanheiro centenário continua no seu posto de guarda a zelar pelo roseiral. Os ramos longos cobertos por folhas verdes, vistos de onde eu estou parece que tocam o céu e os raios de sol que aos poucos vão escapando por entre as nuvens, tornam-se verdes ao atravessarem a imensa copa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/xlA3bj-51hbDrBAhqz_R0Ui6j6fn3hq4btrpNIfKIR8?feat=embedwebsite" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-96HeBB4OIHE/TnIPYR3ZKFI/AAAAAAAAKl8/iU7aH0AAqCI/s800/IMG_8977.JPG" width="545" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After a rainy night, mornings at &lt;a href="http://www.serralves.pt/"&gt;Serralves&lt;/a&gt; are especially bright. It doesn´t matter if there are still clouds in the sky. Even so, everything glows with the transparent freshness left by the water.&lt;br /&gt;Little drops grace the roses as an embroidery of precious stones and the scent of every one of them becomes more intense with the morning coolness.&lt;br /&gt;The centenary chestnut tree continues in its guard post to watch over the rose garden. From where i am, The long and covered with green leaves branches seem to touch the sky, and the sun rays that are slowly escaping through the clouds, become green when crossing the overwhelming canopy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Krx7QeaQ8rv8P6FbQcOf5ki6j6fn3hq4btrpNIfKIR8?feat=embedwebsite" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-DuT9Bkq137E/TnISAm1gFoI/AAAAAAAAKmA/4_oVTsU8BKo/s800/IMG_8990.JPG" width="544" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/t9ViYQH5n7XB5p5kxD17bEi6j6fn3hq4btrpNIfKIR8?feat=embedwebsite" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-napHJ1bbCJM/TnIStARW36I/AAAAAAAAKmE/go-vJ3XxN6c/s800/IMG_8974.JPG" width="542" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/BLsggpuejX1p5XPbMSUEgg?feat=embedwebsite" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img height="512" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-lvXOcpEn-ig/TnIS9Z5_WHI/AAAAAAAAKmI/kipsxh4GkL4/s640/colagem.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Raios de luz coloridos, rosas, brilhos em estado líquido, cogumelos e &amp;nbsp;tapetes de musgo macio cobertos por castanhas e ouriços.&lt;br /&gt;É assim a natureza em Serralves depois de uma noite chuvosa de final de Verão.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/qDmR4ztYam4s8FrW7I0YjQ?feat=embedwebsite" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img height="435" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-0LGCMKcSDgs/TnITif9ATDI/AAAAAAAAKmM/o7EyyFLTxD8/s640/floresta.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Colored rays of light, roses, glows in a liquid state, mushrooms and soft moss carpets covered with chestnuts.&lt;br /&gt;So is &amp;nbsp;nature at &lt;a href="http://www.serralves.pt/"&gt;Serralves&lt;/a&gt;, after a &amp;nbsp;latte summer rainy night.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Cortinas desaparecidas que afinal voltam a aparecer dentro da máquina de lavar a roupa. Móveis arrastados. Quadros no chão. Dois adolescentes a fugirem a sete pés e uma cadela a deambular pela casa com ar macambúzio, a pensar para com os seus tufos de pêlo "mas no meio desta confusão, quem é que vai ter tempo de me levar a passear na praia?". Tudo isto, bem podia fazer parte do cenário de uma qualquer casa misteriosa saída de um filme de suspense, mas vai-se a ver a casa é a minha e o cenário é apenas o mal necessário. Aquele a que vulgarmente se dá o nome de limpezas.&lt;br /&gt;Por motivos alheios à minha vontade, este ano, as limpezas de Primavera, afinal só se deram no fim do Verão. Mea culpa. Isto de ser "one woman show" não facilita a vida a ninguém, mas adiante.&lt;br /&gt;No meio das estantes viradas do avesso pelo furacão que os aprumos domésticos costumam provovar, acabei por encontrar alguns cadernos com apontamentos sobre histórias da família, contadas pela minha avó paterna, que eu escrevi ao longo dos últimos anos. Já não me lembrava de muitas delas, o que só vem provar a razão de ser desses escritos. Eu tenho muito essa coisa de querer manter as memórias, se calhar porque sou muito esquecida. Não sei.&lt;br /&gt;Acabei sentada no chão a ler aqueles trechos de outras vidas e de velhos tempos. E de palavra em palavra fui recordando os momentos em que aquelas histórias me foram contadas pela primeira vez. Sempre à volta de uma mesa. Umas vezes na cozinha, com uma chávena de café bem quente à minha frente. Outras vezes na sala, durante um almoço ou jantar em família. É engraçado. Por muito que o mundo dê voltas, evolua ou retroceda, aqui estou eu agora a acreditar mais uma vez que à volta de uma mesa acolhedora as pessoas tornam-se melhores. Descobrem-se a si mesmas e dão-se a descobrir aos outros. Partilham histórias e praticam as receitas que dão verdadeiro sabor à vida.&lt;br /&gt;No dia seguinte, Domingo, fomos a &lt;a href="http://www.serralves.pt/"&gt;Serralves&lt;/a&gt;. De lá trouxe muitas imagens que vos vou mostrar durante a semana e também um pouco de magia, ou pelo menos é assim que eu gosto de pensar.&lt;br /&gt;No regresso a casa, uma salada frutada e asas de peru grelhadas foram o almoço planeado que se cozinhou sem pressas. As asas demoram algum tempo a grelhar para que fiquem tenras, mas valem a pena a espera. O banho aromático torna-as suculentas e saborosíssimas.&lt;br /&gt;Ao final da tarde, ainda houve tempo para fazer um fornada de &lt;a href="http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/2011/07/doce-de-amoras-e-scones-blackberrie-jam.html"&gt;scones&lt;/a&gt; e um chá de &lt;a href="http://www.criasaude.com.br/N4921/fitoterapia/limonete.html"&gt;limonete&lt;/a&gt;, apanhado do jardim.&lt;br /&gt;Os últimos suspiros do Verão que não tarda a desaparecer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/7KA2Iobh8JWwq6Roe-Gr-myOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Qu1KBhTfzc8/Tm5IKQbn7BI/AAAAAAAAKlc/3JeKQfxCSic/s800/asas%252520de%252520peru.JPG" width="545" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;In english&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Large and small books out of place. Missing curtains that appear inside the washing machine. Furniture dragged. Paintings on the floor. Two teenage boys fleeing as fast as they can and a dog, walking around with a gloomy air, thinking to his fur tufts " In the middle of this mess, who will have the time to walk me to the beach?". All this could well be part of a mysterious house scenario from a suspense movie. But the house is only my home and the scenario is just part of a necessary "evil", one that is commonly given the name of cleanings.&lt;br /&gt;For reasons beyond my will, this year spring cleanings only took place in latte Summer. Mea culpa. Being a "one woman show" don´t make my life easier but i can live with that, or at least i try.&lt;br /&gt;In the middle of the shelves turned inside out by the hurricane that domestic virtue seems to cause, i found some notebooks &amp;nbsp;i wrote over the past few years, with notes on family stories told to me by my grandmother. I did not remember many of them, which justifies the reason for these writings. I´ve always wanted to keep memories alive maybe because i forget a lot. I don´t really know.&lt;br /&gt;I ended up sitting on the flour, reading those pieces of other lives and old times, and from word to word i started to remember where those stories were told to me for the very first time. Always around a table. Sometimes in the kitchen with a cup of hot coffee in front of me. Other times in the dinning room, during a family lunch or dinner. It´s funny. As much as the world turns, evolves or kicks, here i am believing once more that around a cozy table people become better. They discover themselves and let others discover them too. They share stories and practice the recipes that give real flavor to life.&lt;br /&gt;The next day, Sunday, we went to &lt;a href="http://www.serralves.pt/"&gt;Serralves&lt;/a&gt;. From there i brought a lot of photos that i will show you during the week and also a little a bit of magic.&lt;br /&gt;On our return home, a fruity salad and grilled turkey wings were the planned ahead lunch for the day, that was cooked without rush. The wings take some time to cook but they are delicious. The brine makes them succulent and so delightful.&lt;br /&gt;Later in the afternoon, there was still time to bake a batch of flaky&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/2011/07/doce-de-amoras-e-scones-blackberrie-jam.html"&gt;scones&lt;/a&gt; and make some verbena tea.&lt;br /&gt;The last breaths of Summer, that will soon disappear.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/vIAjfCkcXAr9smLq8tkPCWyOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-ugmbSfKPOTw/Tm5a5lFgj7I/AAAAAAAAKlo/vYedNtbpEE0/s800/scones%2525202.JPG" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;Salada de pêssego, abacate e manjericão # Asas de peru grelhadas&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ingredientes: 4 pessoas&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 pêssegos maduros&lt;br /&gt;1 abacate maduro&lt;br /&gt;Tomates cerejas - 10&lt;br /&gt;Folhas manjericão a gosto&lt;br /&gt;Alface a gosto&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Molho:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;150 g de iogurte grego&lt;br /&gt;Sumo de 1/2 laranja&lt;br /&gt;Sal fino agosto&lt;br /&gt;Pimenta preta a gosto&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Asas de peru grelhadas: 4 pessoas&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1, 300 kg de assas de peru embaladas (sem as pontas)&lt;br /&gt;1,5 lt de água&lt;br /&gt;1 laranja cortada em quartos&lt;br /&gt;1 limão cortado em quartos&lt;br /&gt;50 g de sal grosso&lt;br /&gt;1 cebola cortada em quartos&lt;br /&gt;1 ramo de salsa&lt;br /&gt;1 colher de chá de malagueta em pó&lt;br /&gt;3 dentes de alho ralados&lt;br /&gt;3 folhas de louro&lt;br /&gt;Azeite para pincelar as asas&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Preparação: Salada&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Faça o molho misturando o iogurte com o sumo de laranja e uma pitada de sal e pimenta, misture e reserve.&lt;br /&gt;*Corte os pêssegos em cubos, lave e corte o alface e os tomates. Separe e lave as folhas de manjericão.&lt;br /&gt;*Numa taça junte todos os ingredientes e só nesta altura corte por fim o abacate em cubos e misture na salada.&lt;br /&gt;*Pode cortar o abacate antes e mergulhá-lo em água misturada com sumo de limão, para que não fique castanho, mas eu acho que isto o torna "empapado" e prefiro cortá-lo no último minuto.&lt;br /&gt;*Misture os ingredientes para o molho e sirva-o com a salada.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Preparação das assas de peru:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Junte todos os ingredientes numa taça grande, excepto as asas e o azeite. Esprema a laranja e o limão para a taça e junte as cascas e polpa ao banho.&lt;br /&gt;*Mergulhe as asas de peru no banho aromático e deixe assim de um dia para o outro, no frigorífico.&lt;br /&gt;*Tire do frio algum tempo antes de começar a grelhar para que as asas fiquem à temperatura ambiente. *Escorra e limpe com um pano para retirar o excesso de líquido.&lt;br /&gt;*Aqueça o grelhador ou churrasco, depende do que preferir ou der mais jeito e pincele as asas com azeite.&lt;br /&gt;*Grelhe virando de vez em quando, tendo em conta de que para ficarem bem tenras devem ser postas no grelhador bem quente, e passados uns minutos, baixa-se o lume para que não queimem por fora e fiquem cruas por dentro.&lt;br /&gt;*Demora entre 40 minutos a quase 1 hora a grelhar em lume moderado mas no fim ficam tenras e suculentas. Compensam bem o tempo que levam a cozinhar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Peach, avocado and basil salad # Grilled turkey wings&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ingredients: salad - 4 servings&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 ripe peaches&lt;br /&gt;1 ripe avocado&lt;br /&gt;10 cherry tomatoes&lt;br /&gt;Basil leaves&lt;br /&gt;Lettuce leaves&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Sauce:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;150 g Greek yogurt&lt;br /&gt;Juice of 1/2 orange&lt;br /&gt;Sal&lt;br /&gt;Black pepper&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Preparation:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Cut the peaches into cubes.&lt;br /&gt;*Wash and drain the basil and lettuce leaves and cut the tomatos in halves.&lt;br /&gt;*In a large bowl put all the ingredients for the salad and then cut the avocado into cubes and add it to the bowl, mixing all together.&lt;br /&gt;*You can also cut the avocado earlier ans put it in a bowl with water and lemon juice so it doesn´t turn brown, but i find this makes it a bit soggy, so i prefer to cut it at the last minute.&lt;br /&gt;*Mix all the sauce ingredients and put it on the table with the salad.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ingredients: Turkey wings - serves 4&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1,300 kg turkey wings without the tips.&lt;br /&gt;1,5 lt water&lt;br /&gt;1 lemon&lt;br /&gt;1 orange&lt;br /&gt;50 g salt&lt;br /&gt;1 onion cut into quarters&lt;br /&gt;Bunch of parsley&lt;br /&gt;1 ts dried chilli&lt;br /&gt;3 minced garlic cloves&lt;br /&gt;3 bay leaves&lt;br /&gt;Olive oil to brush the wings&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Preparation:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*In a large bowl combine all the ingredients for the brine, squeezing the lemon and the orange before you chuck the pieces in.&lt;br /&gt;*Stir to dissolve the salt and add the turkey wings to the aromatic bath. Keep in the fridge overnight.&lt;br /&gt;*The next day, take the bowl out of the cold, 30 minutes before you want to start grilling. Drain and wipe dry the wings with kitchen towel.&lt;br /&gt;*Heat the griddle until really hot. Brush the wings with olive oil and put them on to it.&lt;br /&gt;*Reduce the heat to medium so they cook on the inside without getting burned on the outside. This may take from 40 minutes to 1 hour.&lt;br /&gt;*Turn the wings every now and then until golden brown and melting tender.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/3f1dDIMltTvp8rLYFix9LmyOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-PlxA6ONN2J8/Tm8g5c1FC1I/AAAAAAAAKls/5U32ref2Ay8/s800/tomat.jpg" width="546" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8870383917803210992-8967556790886755352?l=pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/feeds/8967556790886755352/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8870383917803210992&amp;postID=8967556790886755352&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8870383917803210992/posts/default/8967556790886755352'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8870383917803210992/posts/default/8967556790886755352'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/2011/09/os-ultimos-suspiros-do-verao-last.html' title='Os últimos suspiros do Verão # The last breaths of Summer'/><author><name>monica Pinto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17807463873711620776</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-c95XgQbpKyY/Tm5GLSmksQI/AAAAAAAAKlY/SsJ-rKY4zvk/s72-c/manje.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8870383917803210992.post-3286981646911307836</id><published>2011-09-05T15:56:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2011-09-05T18:27:39.602+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vegetariano  getariano'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vegetais'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Caldos e sopas'/><title type='text'>Sopa de beringela e tomate # Eggplant and tomato soup</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/VjVmVMrqaxSD0G-BMA7FLmyOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-oys5NMZH9bQ/TmSe--QDy2I/AAAAAAAAKkY/2ijZA5Xz880/s800/sopas.JPG" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Na semana passada cheguei a casa da feira, com quase 2 kg de beringelas. Não precisava de tantas beringelas, nem sequer faziam parte da minha lista - mental - &amp;nbsp;de compras. Fui escolhendo umas porque eram pequenas e perfeitas, outras porque eram grandes e com uma cor púrpura escura linda e só quando entreguei o saco para pesar, é que me apercebi que eram mais do que muitas &amp;nbsp;e eu &amp;nbsp;já não tinha como lhes escapar, o que eu precisava agora era de um plano de acção!&lt;br /&gt;Nos dias seguintes voltei a cozinhá-las &lt;a href="http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/2010/03/3-beringelas.html"&gt;como da primeira vez&lt;/a&gt;. Depois disso, foi pegar nas restantes e com elas fazer uma sopa. Uma sopa que se foi cozinhando enquanto eu plantava uns pés de manjericão roxo na horta e que se revelou super saborosa e aveludada, sem precisar da ajuda da tradicional batata, para a tornar macia tal como os meus filhos preferem. Gostei tanto que achei que valia a pena publicar a receita que aliás é muito simples, como costumam ser as melhores coisas da vida.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;In english&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Last week, i got home from the market with nearly 2 kg of eggplants. I did not need so many eggplants, neither were they part of my - mental - shopping list. I chose some because they were small and perfect, and i chose others because they were big and beautiful in their dark purple color, and it was only when i gave the bag to weigh, that i realized how many they were and that there was no turning back. I needed a plan of action!&lt;br /&gt;In the following days i cooked them &lt;a href="http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/2010/03/3-beringelas.html"&gt;just like the first time&lt;/a&gt;. Then i just turned the rest of them into soup. A velvety, filled with flavour soup that almost cooked itself, while i was planting some purple basil in the kitchen garden and that didn´t need the help of the traditional potato to make it smoother just like my boys prefer. I liked it so much that i thought it was worthwhile publishing the recipe, which by the way couldn´t be more simple and straightforward, just like the best things in life seem to be.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/-h0MuNZgxZe2YhpAoVQlU2yOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-ymyzk2CxyDE/TmSnHifaulI/AAAAAAAAKk8/n63CRNPYpLU/s800/beringela.JPG" width="533" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/JajRAXJEDFwPtEthF-EeomyOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-71STeObond8/TmSnd3wmm8I/AAAAAAAAKks/K7EzXwnFtJw/s800/sopa.JPG" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/uCByYrDblYaOUKUr05S_kmyOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-yEZ9IBcb69E/TmSpMCHCw4I/AAAAAAAAKkw/cuHOJaksY90/s800/tomates%252520vasos.JPG" width="544" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Sopa de beringela e tomate&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ingredientes: 4 pessoas&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;500 g de beringela&lt;br /&gt;200 g de tomate&lt;br /&gt;1 cebola grande&lt;br /&gt;2 dentes de alho ralados&lt;br /&gt;2 colheres de sopa de azeite&lt;br /&gt;500 ml de água&lt;br /&gt;sal a gosto&lt;br /&gt;Folhinhas de manjericão roxo ou verde&lt;br /&gt;Crème fraiche&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Preparação:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Lave e corte a beringela em pedaços - sem lhe tirar a casca - &amp;nbsp;e mergulhe-a numa taça com água e sumo de limão, para que não escureça. .&lt;br /&gt;*Pele o tomate, limpe-o de sementes e corte-o em pedaços.&lt;br /&gt;*Pique a cebola grosseiramente e refogue-a no azeite quente. Quando ficar transparente, junte o alho ralado e mexa.&lt;br /&gt;*De imediato junte os pedaços de beringela e o tomate. Cubra com a água e deixe levantar fervura.&lt;br /&gt;*Tempere com sal a gosto e deixe ferver lentamente por 20 minutos com o tacho tapado.&lt;br /&gt;*Tire do lume e passe com uma varinha mágica até ficar um creme espesso e aveludado. Se achar que precisa de água, junte mais um pouco.&lt;br /&gt;*Sirva cada porção com folhinhas de manjericão, um fio de azeite e um pouco de crème fraiche.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Eggplant, tomato soup&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ingredients:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;500 g eggplant&lt;br /&gt;200 g tomatoes&lt;br /&gt;1 big onion&lt;br /&gt;2 garlic cloves, minced&lt;br /&gt;2 tbs olive oil&lt;br /&gt;500 ml water&lt;br /&gt;Basil leaves - purple or green&lt;br /&gt;Crème fraiche&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Preparation:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Cut the eggplant into cubes - without peeling - &amp;nbsp;and put them in a bowl filled with water and some lemon juice. This prevent them from browning.&lt;br /&gt;*Peel and seed the tomatoes. Cut them into pieces.&lt;br /&gt;*Fry the onion in the hot olive oil until translucent, add the minced garlic and stir.&lt;br /&gt;*Immediately add the drained eggplant and tomatoes. Cover with water and bring to the boil.&lt;br /&gt;*Season with salt to taste and simmer for 20 minutes with the lid on.&lt;br /&gt;*Purée the soup to delicious smoothness. If you think it´s to thick, add a little more hot water.&lt;br /&gt;*Taste to see if you want a little bit more salt.&lt;br /&gt;*Serve in bowls with small basil leaves, a drizzle of olive oil and a swirl of créme fraiche.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/VcwdCm7VdnGhsdgbqZizQmyOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-lHkYf7JYB6Q/TmSfoycU7HI/AAAAAAAAKkI/jL5rhr9UMuM/s800/3%252520sopas.JPG" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8870383917803210992-3286981646911307836?l=pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/feeds/3286981646911307836/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8870383917803210992&amp;postID=3286981646911307836&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8870383917803210992/posts/default/3286981646911307836'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8870383917803210992/posts/default/3286981646911307836'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/2011/09/sopa-de-beringela-e-tomate-eggplant-and.html' title='Sopa de beringela e tomate # Eggplant and tomato soup'/><author><name>monica Pinto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17807463873711620776</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-oys5NMZH9bQ/TmSe--QDy2I/AAAAAAAAKkY/2ijZA5Xz880/s72-c/sopas.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8870383917803210992.post-5103076900593547596</id><published>2011-08-29T12:48:00.005+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-27T09:59:20.465Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Chocolate'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bolos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sobremesas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Frutos vermelhos'/><title type='text'>Bolo de merengue de chocolate com amoras # Chocolate meringue cake with blackberries</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/bQVY6SzhjdWmkfdQUM6XQ2yOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/--9uoBjerRAY/TyJ0WnF1YqI/AAAAAAAALJA/chVsc6GqmWk/s800/merengue%2520e%2520amoras.JPG" width="536" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No dia anterior ao começo da caminhada para Santiago, decidi fazer vários bolos de merengue de chocolate. Eu sabia que durante uma semana e pouco ia estar afastada da cozinha, o que não era mau de todo já que estava a precisar de férias, mas ainda assim queria ter uma sobremesa semi-pronta para quando chegasse. Uma &lt;b&gt;sobremesa especial&lt;/b&gt; para celebrar com os miúdos o nosso regresso a casa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aqui há tempos, &amp;nbsp;pedi-vos que me deixassem no Facebook sugestões para usar as amoras que apanhei a meio do Verão. Lembro-me que a &lt;b&gt;Margarida Reis&lt;/b&gt; sugeriu uma pavlova de chocolate, o que me fez imaginar um bolo triplo de merengue crocante e macio, &amp;nbsp;com sabor a chocolate, recheado com natas e coberto com amoras. Foi a sugestão da Margarida que me levou até este bolo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tenho que admitir que criar um reboliço na cozinha na véspera de uma aventura como a que eu tinha pela frente, pode à primeira impressão parecer um pouco insano. Lembro-me que entre o preparar das roupas e tudo o mais que foi preciso para os rapazes e as mochilas para nós, quando chegou a altura de tirar os bolos do forno, só me faltou começar a atirá-los ao ar e fazer malabarismo! A Eluna como sempre estava aos meus pés. O mundo bem pode acabar que ela não arreda "pata" . E nós num vai e vem constante. Quando por acaso nos juntávamos os 4 na cozinha era o fim da picada. Eu de volta da banca e do forno. O J.P. a passar &lt;b&gt;o dedo guloso &lt;/b&gt;na taça do merengue. O D. a mandar smss. O João a tentar por ordem no caos. E no meio daquilo tudo, a Eluna a dormir tranquilamente aos meus pés. Ora, tendo em conta que a minha cozinha não é propriamente do tamanho de uma sala de conferências, muito pelo contrário, podem imaginar porque é que eu usei em cima a palavra "insano"...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Agora e passado todo este tempo, continuo a achar que valeu bem a pena a confusão. Dois dias depois de regressarmos de Santiago, tirei os bolos da arca, bati natas frescas com um pouco de açúcar, não muito porque o merengue já é bem doce, e em minutos, o bolo do regresso a casa estava na mesa coberto de &amp;nbsp;amoras. E é tão bom! Não se deixem enganar pelo tom pálido do exterior. Por dentro é chocolate puro, desde a cor ao sabor intenso. Cada pedaço revela uma camada crocante &amp;nbsp;que cobre um recheio delicioso do tipo que se derrete na boca e pode parecer estranho mas houve um momento em que me fez lembrar um brownie, não tão denso mas ainda assim um brownie. E isso nunca é uma coisa má!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;In english&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The day before we started the walk to Santiago, i decided to make several chocolate meringue cakes. I knew that i was going to be away from the kitchen for a week or so, what was not bad at all, since i was in need of a vacation, but still &amp;nbsp;i wanted to have a semi-ready dessert for when we arrived home. A &lt;b&gt;special dessert&lt;/b&gt; to celebrate our return with the boys.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Some time ago i asked you all to leave me some suggestions on facebook for using the blackberries i picked up. I remember &lt;b&gt;Margarida Reis &lt;/b&gt;suggested a chocolate pavlova which made me imagine a crunchy and soft triple meringue cake, flavoured with chocolate, filled with cream and topped with blackberries. It was Margarida suggestion that led me to this cake.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have to admit that creating a commotion in the kitchen the day before starting our adventure, may seem a bit insane. I remember that between the clothing preparation and everything else that was needed for the boys and also our backpacks, when the time came to take the cakes out of the oven, i almost end up throwing them into the air and juggle! Eluna as always was at my feet. The world may well end up that she doesn´t move from her corner. And we were constantly coming and going. When by chance the four of us gathered in the kitchen it was the end. I was in between the sink and the oven. J.P. was passing is &lt;b&gt;greedy finger &lt;/b&gt;through the chocolate meringue scraps in the bowl. D. was sending smss. John was trying to put some order in the chaos. And in the middle of all that, Eluna was peacefully sleeping at my feet. Now, given that my kitchen isn´t exactly the size of a conference room, on the contrary, you can easily imagine why i´ve used the word "insane" above.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now and after all this time i still think the mess was well worthwhile. Two days after returning from Santiago, i took the cakes out of the freezer, whipped some cream with a bit of sugar, not to much because the meringue is already too sweet, and in a matter of minutes our return home cake was at the table, covered with blackberries, in all it´s chocolaty glory. And it´s so good! Don´t be fooled by it´s pale colour. Inside is pure chocolate, dark brown and with an intense flavour. Each bite reveals a crispy outside and a luscious, melting in the mouth inside, and i know this may seem strange, but for a moment, it reminded me of a brownie, not as dense, but still a brownie. And that can never be a bad thing!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/z709yHKLiuFVpDcib6ywNmyOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-HeSIgGaxrPE/TyJ1EzIRiFI/AAAAAAAALJQ/dOQboN82xQc/s800/merengue.JPG" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;Bolo de merengue de chocolate com amoras&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ingredientes: &lt;/b&gt;para 3 discos de merengue grandes ou 8 ou 9 do tamanho de pratos de sobremesa&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;8 claras de ovo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;500 g de açúcar&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;60 g de cacau em pó&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;400 ml de natas frescas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;1 colher de sopa de açúcar&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Amoras&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Preparação:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;*Bata as claras e assim que começarem a ficar firmes, junte aos poucos o açúcar.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;*Continue a bater até as claras ficarem como uma mousse branca e firme.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;*Junte o cacau em pó peneirado e bata mais um pouco para ligar tudo.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;*Pré-aqueça o forno a 150º, marca 1 do fogão a gás.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;*Com um prato de sobremesa a servir como base, desenhe círculos numa (ou mais) folha de papel vegetal.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;*Encha cada círculo desenhado com uma camada de merengue e leve ao forno por 1 hora.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;*Tire do forno, deixe arrefecer e entretanto bata as natas com uma colher de sopa de açúcar, até ficarem firmes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;*Num prato ponha um pouco de natas no meio e coloque o 1º disco de merengue. As natas vão fazer com que o merengue "cole" ao prato e não deslize.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;*Depois cubra com natas batidas e em cima ponha mais um disco de merengue, nova camada de natas e novo disco e por fim cubra com mais natas e com as amoras.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;*Leve ao frio por 1 hora.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;*Se fizer os discos pequenos, vai ficar com dois bolos &amp;nbsp;de merengue triplos e ainda sobram 2 ou 3 discos que podem ser congelados e usados noutra altura.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/vncPeT6wb8CJez1s9eVBTmyOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-fGGrlyMHmlg/TyJ00uYLlVI/AAAAAAAALJI/5DgJQmKkE18/s800/merengue%2520com%2520colher.JPG" width="555" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;Chocolate meringue cake with blackberries&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ingredients: &lt;/b&gt;makes 3 large meringue discs or 8 to 9 the size of a dessert plate&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;8 egg whites&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;500 g caster sugar&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;60 g cocoa powder&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;400 ml cream&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;1 tbs caster sugar&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Blackberries&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Preparation:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;*Whisk the egg whites until firm and beginning to hold peacks, then gradually add the sugar.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;*Whisk until you have a shiny &amp;nbsp;meringue just like a white firm mousse. Add the sifted cocoa and whisk a bit more to combine.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;*Preheat the oven to 150º, gas mark 2.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;*Line two or three baking sheets with baking parchment and draw circles the size of a dessert plate.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;*Fill the circles with the meringue, flatten the tops and smooth the sides.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;*Put the sheets in the oven and bake for 1 hour.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;*It will rise and crack a bit but that´s just the way it is.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;*Once out of the oven let them cool.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;*Whip the cream and when it starts to become firm add the sugar. Keep whipping until &amp;nbsp;thickened.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;*Put a small dollop of cream in the center of the serving plate and place one meringue cake on top. This prevents the meringue from slide.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;*Top the cake with cream then another cake, cream once more and finally the last cake. Cover with cream and blackberries.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;*Take to the fridge for an hour or so.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;*If you make dessert plate size cakes, you will end up with two triple meringue cakes and a couple more meringue discs that you can freeze to use in any other time. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Oth-EexKQuLU3-QwYLxMXWyOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-TGPrwAYkB2w/Tr0UbMSSagI/AAAAAAAAK1Q/njItpOiky0g/s800/amoras%252520e%252520natas.JPG" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8870383917803210992-5103076900593547596?l=pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/feeds/5103076900593547596/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8870383917803210992&amp;postID=5103076900593547596&amp;isPopup=true' title='11 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8870383917803210992/posts/default/5103076900593547596'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8870383917803210992/posts/default/5103076900593547596'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/2011/08/bolo-de-merengue-de-chocolate-com.html' title='Bolo de merengue de chocolate com amoras # Chocolate meringue cake with blackberries'/><author><name>monica Pinto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17807463873711620776</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/--9uoBjerRAY/TyJ0WnF1YqI/AAAAAAAALJA/chVsc6GqmWk/s72-c/merengue%2520e%2520amoras.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>11</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8870383917803210992.post-5409796288407120447</id><published>2011-08-24T10:56:00.006+01:00</published><updated>2011-08-24T17:37:07.397+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Gelado de baunilha com creme de arandos #  Vanilla ice cream with cranberry swirls</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/dyadF0F6I3NTOf5f4wMRdGyOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Xd75suHHfWs/TlO5mCGjZlI/AAAAAAAAKiU/EmUj5_bc69w/s800/IMG_8351.JPG" width="555" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;O Verão está a passar tão rápido! E eu tenho a sensação de que estou a deixar passar muitas das "novidades" próprias da estação.&lt;br /&gt;No Sábado passado não tive oportunidade de ir à feira. O pós-férias tem sido um processo lento e marcado por uma indisposição que me tem mantido um pouco afastada de tudo, incluindo da cozinha, das compras e&amp;nbsp;da fotografia. Há tantas coisas que quero e preciso fazer!&lt;br /&gt;Os primeiros dias de regresso à realidade foram quase mecânicos. Fiz o essencial e deixei simplesmente as coisas fluirem... O tempo pode esperar....&lt;br /&gt;Lá fora os dias nublados tornaram-se solarengos e eu vi-os a passarem por mim com a promessa de figos, melões e tomates maduros. E quando a chuva caiu e o sopro forte do vento fez lembrar o Inverno, tive vontade de fazer gelado, assim como quem quer desesperadamente guardar um pedaço do Verão...&lt;br /&gt;Este é um gelado que nos conquista pela boca e pelo coração. O creme delicioso e doce, de gemas, leite, açúcar e baunilha &amp;nbsp;é realçado pela leve acidez &amp;nbsp;frutada do creme de arandos. Há algo no casamento entre a baunilha e as bagas que me enche realmente as medidas.&lt;br /&gt;No dia seguinte, ao início da tarde, peguei num cone e coroei-o com uma bola de gelado. Levei-o comigo para &amp;nbsp;o sofá e pouco a pouco aquela bola de veludo doce foi desaparecendo, enquanto eu via mais uma vez &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGIp_NZX00c"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Vatel &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;na sua aventura artística e culinária. Lá fora o sol brilhava de novo e naquele momento senti que eu e o Verão ainda tínhamos algum tempo para por a "conversa" em dia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;In english&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Summer is passing by so fast! And i have the feeling that i´m loosing so many of it´s treats.&lt;br /&gt;Last Saturday i didn´t had the opportunity to go to the farmers market. The post-holiday has been a slow process, marked by an indisposition that as been keeping me away from everything, including &amp;nbsp;the kitchen, &amp;nbsp;shopping and &amp;nbsp;photography. There are so many things i want and need to do!&lt;br /&gt;The first day back to reality was almost mechanical. I made the essential and simply let things flow...Time could wait...&lt;br /&gt;Outside, the cloudy days became sunny and i saw them pass by me with the promise of ripe figs, melons and tomatoes. And when the rain fell and the strong blow of the wind reminded me of Winter, i wanted to make ice cream, as if i desperately needed to save a piece of Summer...&lt;br /&gt;This ice cream seduces your mouth and your heart. The sweet and delicious, yolk, milk, sugar and vanilla custard is enhanced by the light, fruity acidity of the cranberry creme. There´s something about the marriage between vanilla and berries that really makes my day.&lt;br /&gt;The next day, in the early afternoon i picked up a cone and crowned it with a scoop of ice cream. I took it with me to the couch and little by little that sweet velvet ball disappeared in my mouth as i watched once more &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGIp_NZX00c"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Vatel&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in his artistic and cooking &amp;nbsp;adventure. Outside the sun was shinning again and at that moment i felt that Summer and i still had some time to catch up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/HNLcCbU-sFncj6qD23xZFGyOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ukQABlD40lk/TlO23YgS2nI/AAAAAAAAKiM/HeW52AIsDVg/s800/m%2525C3%2525A3o%252520gelado.JPG" width="545" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Gelado de baunilha com creme de arandos&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Adaptado de uma receita de Anna Del Conte&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ingredientes: 4 a 6 pessoas&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;900 ml de leite, de preferência gordo&lt;br /&gt;1 vagem de baunilha&lt;br /&gt;8 gemas de ovo,de preferência caseiros&lt;br /&gt;220 g. de açúcar&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Creme de arandos:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;100 g. de arandos (congelados)&lt;br /&gt;6 colheres de sopa de água&lt;br /&gt;50 g. de açúcar&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Preparação:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Aqueça o leite com a vagem de baunilha até quase começar a ferver.&lt;br /&gt;*Bata as gemas com o açúcar até obter um creme tipo mousse, pálido e fofo.&lt;br /&gt;*Verta o leite quente por cima do creme de ovos e mexa.&lt;br /&gt;*Leve novamente ao lume mexendo sempre até o creme ficar muito quente e engrossar mas sem chegar a ferver (não queremos ovos mexidos!)).&lt;br /&gt;*Tire do lume e ponha o tacho numa taça grande com água fria e bata por 3 a 4 minutos.&lt;br /&gt;*Deixe arrefecer e retire a vagem de baunilha.&lt;br /&gt;*Guarde a vagem de baunilha para outros usos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Creme de arandos:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Ponha os arandos, a água e o açúcar numa caçarola e leve ao lume.&lt;br /&gt;*Deixe ferver lentamente até os arandos ficarem macios, cerca de 10 minutos.&lt;br /&gt;*Deixe arrefecer e triture num liquidificador ou com a varinha mágica.&lt;br /&gt;*Ao arrefecer o creme vai solidificar e ficar gelatinoso.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Gelado:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Ponha o gelado numa caixa de plástico e por cima espalhe colheradas (colher de chá) de creme de arandos.&lt;br /&gt;*Com a ajuda da colher faça pequenos rabiscos com o creme de arandos sem o misturar totalmente no creme de baunilha.&lt;br /&gt;*Tape com uma tampa e leve ao congelador.&lt;br /&gt;*Este gelado não precisa de ser mexido a meio da congelação. É fácil de fazer e ainda mais de comer!&lt;br /&gt;*Tire-o do congelador e guarde-o no frigorífico 20 a 30 minutos antes de o servir para que amoleça um pouco.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;In english&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Vanilla ice cream with cranberry swirls&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ingredients:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;900 ml full fat mil&lt;br /&gt;1 vanilla pod&lt;br /&gt;8 free range egg yolk&lt;br /&gt;220 g. caster sugar&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Cranberry creme:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;100 g. cranberries (frozen)&lt;br /&gt;6 tbs. water&lt;br /&gt;50 g. caster sugar&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Preparation:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Heat the milk with the vanilla in a heavy-bottomed saucepan until just simmering.&lt;br /&gt;*Beat the egg yolks with the sugar until pale and fluffy.&lt;br /&gt;*Pour the milk over gradually, beating the whole time.&lt;br /&gt;*Put the pan on the heat and stir until the custard is very hot and thickened, but not boiling, you don´t want your yolks to scramble.&lt;br /&gt;*Draw it from the heat and straight away put the saucepan into a big bowl of cold water and continue stirring for about 3 to 4 minutes.&lt;br /&gt;*When the custard is cold, remove the vanilla pod. Keep the vanilla pod for other uses.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Cranberry creme:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Put the cranberries, water and sugar in a heavy bottomed saucepan and take to the heat.&lt;br /&gt;*Let it boil for 10 minutes until the cranberries are soft.&lt;br /&gt;*Take from the heat and allow to cool, then blitz the syrup into a creme.&lt;br /&gt;*The creme will thicken as it cools.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ice cream:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Put the vanilla custard into a plastic box, then spoon small pieces of cranberry creme on top of the custard, making little swirls with the spoon. Use a teaspoon to do this.&lt;br /&gt;*Cover the plastic box and freeze.&lt;br /&gt;*This ice cream doesn´t need to be mixed during freezing. It´s easy to make and even easier to eat.&lt;br /&gt;*Put the ice cream in the fridge 20 to 30 minutes before you serve it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table style="width: auto;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/UOW9Udcgvo9pNrHo7f5zKGyOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-GHkNlaGZbCA/TlO5OZX-qhI/AAAAAAAAKiQ/_uZe7SkQNPs/s800/cones.JPG" width="548" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8870383917803210992-5409796288407120447?l=pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/feeds/5409796288407120447/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8870383917803210992&amp;postID=5409796288407120447&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8870383917803210992/posts/default/5409796288407120447'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8870383917803210992/posts/default/5409796288407120447'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/2011/08/gelado-de-baunilha-com-creme-de-arandos.html' title='Gelado de baunilha com creme de arandos #  Vanilla ice cream with cranberry swirls'/><author><name>monica Pinto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17807463873711620776</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Xd75suHHfWs/TlO5mCGjZlI/AAAAAAAAKiU/EmUj5_bc69w/s72-c/IMG_8351.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8870383917803210992.post-5805173240168153842</id><published>2011-08-22T12:01:00.005+01:00</published><updated>2011-08-22T14:53:58.710+01:00</updated><title type='text'>O caminho de Santiago # The way to Santiago</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/2b6VZ6w3z0KtwduDSyBxxGyOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="427" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-zdnnXb1g8xo/Tk1HRXUGZBI/AAAAAAAAKU4/7Ny_Ngmk5ec/s640/IMG_8446.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;7:30 da manhã do dia 5 de Agosto de 2011, partida da Sé do Porto, como manda a tradição.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;7:30 am, August 5th 2011, starting point Sé do Porto as tradition demands.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;O que é que leva alguém a percorrer quase 500 km a pé no espaço de 3 meses?...&lt;br /&gt;Quando em Maio chegámos ao albergue de Rates, o voluntário que lá estava na altura (Nuno) disse-nos que no próximo ano estaríamos de volta ao caminho. Na altura não percebi o que ele queria dizer e os meus pés doridos muito menos, por isso perguntei a razão daquela certeza. A resposta foi, " O caminho vicia!"...&lt;br /&gt;Em Agosto estávamos de volta.&lt;br /&gt;Houve no entanto uma razão, um motivo, algo que sem dar-mos por isso de imediato, nos levou a querer voltar a viver tudo aquilo de novo...&lt;br /&gt;Há um mês e pouco atrás, durante um passeio, acabámos por visitar Braga. Estacionamos perto da entrada para a zona histórica da cidade e assim que começamos a caminhar, descobrimos uma passagem aberta para o terraço de uma igreja, onde estavam vários vestígios arqueológicos. A igreja, descobri que era a &lt;a href="http://www.infopedia.pt/$se-catedral-de-braga"&gt;Sé de Braga&lt;/a&gt; (onde tanto quanto me lembro, nunca tinha estado) e assim que entramos foi como descobrir aos poucos e em cada canto, pedaços do caminho. As duas imagens de S. Tiago o Maior (Santiago). O túmulo de &lt;a href="http://paroquias.no.sapo.pt/Rates.htm"&gt;S. Pedro Rates&lt;/a&gt; (a nossa primeira etapa do caminho), discípulo de S. Tiago e 1º Bispo de Braga. E assim, algumas semanas depois da nossa visita a Braga, decidimos sacudir o pó das mochilas e pô-las a uso mais uma vez...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;In english&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What makes someone walk almost 500 km in the space of three months?&lt;br /&gt;When in May we arrived at the hostel in Rates, the volunteer who was there at the time (Nuno), told us that next year we would be back on the way. At the time, i didn´t realize what he meant and my sore feet neither, so i asked him the reason for that certainty. The answer was, "The way is addictive!"...&lt;br /&gt;In August we were back.&lt;br /&gt;There was however a reason, something that without us realising it immediatly, made us want to re-live all that again.&lt;br /&gt;A month or so ago, during a car ride we ended up visiting &lt;a href="http://www.justportugal.org/portugal/braga/braga-city.asp"&gt;Braga&lt;/a&gt;. We parked near the entrance to the city´s historical area, and as soon as we started walking, we found an open passage to the patio of a church, where were several archaeological remains. The church i discovered to be the Braga Cathedral (where as long as i could remenber i never had visited before) and as soon as we entered, we started discovering little by little and in every corner pieces of the way. The two images of &amp;nbsp;St. James the Greater (Santiago). The tomb of &lt;a href="http://st./"&gt;St.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_of_Rates"&gt;Peter of Rates&lt;/a&gt; (our first step of the way), disciple of St. James and 1st bishop of Braga. And so , a few weeks latter we decided to shake the dust of our backpacks and put them to use once more.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/fCNvsrvRQCy-2-ctcMA5-57-rqxw0w1nVSv4psvYNhE?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="427" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-zRRwCkkLU7k/Tk1ISggLsaI/AAAAAAAAKdY/SQIv301kN_I/s640/IMG_8448.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;A torre dos Clérigos ao fundo&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Clérigos tower at the end&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ojf5EOKJmQKd36CrmRDCV2yOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="512" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-WLwLadpIIL4/Tk1HhJDjb_I/AAAAAAAAKU8/-tAq66ihUpY/s640/casas%252520s%2525C3%2525A9.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Casas abaixo da Sé&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Houses on the way down from the Sé&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"O caminho vicia!"...&lt;br /&gt;Agora e depois de ter feito o caminho duas vezes, não sei se para mim esta é a melhor explicação. A mais simples? Sim, talvez... Para mim &amp;nbsp;fazê-lo foi como mergulhar num universo paralelo. Vivi uma nova vida de cada vez que o fiz, com todas as peripécias que essa vida poderia abarcar. Noite e dia. Risos e lágrimas. Prazer e dor. Amizade e solidão e tantas outras coisas.&lt;br /&gt;Independentemente da crença (ou descrença) de cada um, não se pode negar que o caminho é uma jornada mística que cada um vive à sua maneira de acordo com o que é e o que precisa naquele momento da sua existência...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;In english&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"The way is addictive!"...&lt;br /&gt;Now that i have walked the way twice, i do not know if for me this is the best explanation. The simplest? Yes, maybe... For me it was more like diving into a parallel universe. I lived a new life each time i´ve walked it, with all the adventures that a lifetime can embrace. Night and day. Laughs and tears. Pleasure and pain. Friendship and loneliness and so many other things.&lt;br /&gt;Regardless the belief (or disbelief) of anyone of us, no one can deny that the way is a mystical journey that each one lives according to who they are and what they need in that precise moment of their existence...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ZOvRlsj56ZVLbVGtKrXKD9L0es4v_xPDLgLv7ERGGuM?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="427" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Pc_8mt5KXXQ/Tk1JZ1DcBxI/AAAAAAAAKVg/gaNqa0JWIi8/s640/IMG_8458.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Oku8_rC18LhRbTj5ssoxgmyOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="512" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-U59DzdMCfU4/Tk1JwS6Xq2I/AAAAAAAAKV4/rcRjaE_qQdE/s640/borboleta.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;A caminho de S. Pedro de Rates&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;On the way to St. Peter of Rates&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E as histórias! As histórias são tantas que não cabem numa postagem por muito extensa que ela se vá tornando...&lt;br /&gt;A história do peregrino Jorge (a mais engraçada de todas) que parecia um veterano do caminho mas que se veio a revelar apenas um miúdo com uma ideia romantizada do caminho e de quem perdemos o rasto em Ponte de Lima.&lt;br /&gt;A história da placa de fogão da cozinha do Albergue de Valença que ninguém conseguia pôr a funcionar até que chamaram uma portuguesa (eu) habituada a esta coisa dos tachos e assim que ela a ligou, todos os que estavam na cozinha de volta da bendita placa começaram a bater palmas e foi uma festa.&lt;br /&gt;E a história de uma rapariga belga que se foi misturando com a minha ao longo do caminho. Acabou por fazer connosco a última etapa do caminho até Santiago e &amp;nbsp;acompanhou-nos no regresso ao Porto.&lt;br /&gt;Desta vez guardei também as macieiras carregadas de maças e o cheiro dos pêssegos maduros nos pessegueiros junto aos muros das casas. Os campos de milho que pareciam um mar de verde ondulado de cada vez que o vento soprava mais forte. E as amoras e bagas de sabugueiro que comemos quase todos os dias.&lt;br /&gt;Falei com muitas pessoas de muitas nacionalidades incluindo portugueses. Almocei com uns. Tomei café com outros. Uns provavelmente vou esquecer e uma em especial vou recordar para sempre (um beijinho para ti Katrien!).&lt;br /&gt;Se Maio foi o mês dos alemães (um actor/apresentador alemão, publicou um livro sobre a experiência dele no caminho que foi um enorme sucesso, o que pôs muitos alemães a fazerem os vários caminhos para Santiago), Agosto foi o mês dos italianos, dos portugueses e dos espanhóis. Mas é muito diferente fazer o caminho em Agosto. O ambiente é mais turístico e festivaleiro e até os locais olham para os peregrinos de outra forma, não tão acolhedora.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;In english&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And the stories! The stories are so many that they can´t possible fit in one post, even if it gets bigger and bigger.&lt;br /&gt;The story of pilgrim Jorge (the funniest of all) that looked like a veteran of the way but that has proved to be just a kid with a romanticized idea of the way and of whom we lost track in Ponte de Lima.&lt;br /&gt;The story of the cooktop in the kitchen of the hostel in Valença that nobody knew how to work with, until someone called a portuguese girl (myself) used to deal with kitchen machinery and as soon as she turned the cooktop on, everyone who was in the kitchen around the blessed cooktop started clapping.&lt;br /&gt;And the story of a Belgian girl (Katrine) who´s way mingled with mine. We ended up making the last stage of the way and the trip back to Porto together.&lt;br /&gt;This time i kept the apple trees laden with apples and the smell of &amp;nbsp;ripe peaches in peach trees along the walls of the houses. The corn fields that looked like a wavy green sea every time the wind blew stronger. &amp;nbsp;And the blackberries and elderberries that we ate almost every day.&lt;br /&gt;I spoke with many people of many nationalities, including Portuguese. I had lunch with some and had coffee with others. Some i´ll probably forget and one i´ll remember forever (cheers Katrine!).&lt;br /&gt;If May was the month of the Germans (a German actor/tv presenter published a book about his experience on the way, that become a huge success, which brought many Germans to make the various ways to Santiago), August was the month of the Italians, Portuguese and Spanish. But it´s very different to walk the way in August. The ambiance is much more touristic and festival goers and even the locals look at pilgrims in a different way, not so welcoming.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ybTDaCNf1n9dTXA_BAJbG2yOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="512" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-hrCzrCsb5zQ/Tk1YjNw_FoI/AAAAAAAAKcw/GeOsmj3xnqw/s640/vinha.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Imagem de S. Tiago peregrino na igreja de S. Pedro de Rates&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Image of St. James pilgrim at St. Peter de Rates church&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/PncPnoZjzisWWpBl-wTc8tL0es4v_xPDLgLv7ERGGuM?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="427" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7YvL7ZdECqo/Tk1KSe-U5oI/AAAAAAAAKV8/HaLfjFguDxU/s640/IMG_8471.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/NiomNJjdBTdRRaD-zNR642yOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="427" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-A_iph6VY__g/Tk1KtnzruHI/AAAAAAAAKWQ/Xd1gkksIGk0/s640/rates.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;O albergue de Rates&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Rates hostel&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/nysatr8knTGIVzG7UK1zYWyOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="512" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-qkjMhhUqVys/Tk1LAZ_Lf-I/AAAAAAAAKWg/2TUt5Sz74h0/s640/igreja%252520de%252520rates.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Igreja de Rates&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Rates church&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/gR2ldqEa_1HRhx8fg0vqXZyQO1NjmmfyT0BOa0U0FJs?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="427" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-xtxNi4EaUTM/Tk1Lqa4ltQI/AAAAAAAAKW0/n8kF5PL5YEo/s640/IMG_8509.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/JjY3KA8utVUZvVlFdvN2OJyQO1NjmmfyT0BOa0U0FJs?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="427" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-qvKYTPhzZrU/Tk1MboSYMLI/AAAAAAAAKXE/zBMIXZ5tpIk/s640/IMG_8496.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Ponte das Tábuas&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Tábuas bridge&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/RObDbDr5XZ1vBlnHgHhG12yOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="427" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-h51tY1KfmEs/Tk497b5n47I/AAAAAAAAKfQ/JSOn0MyXjbU/s640/IMG_8511.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/6uzHUnjC90gMWoH7d4Di7WyOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="512" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-fneyewm6bkw/Tk1XrgH6P2I/AAAAAAAAKcg/CIpuNRPNwxM/s640/ma%2525C3%2525A7as.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/iDdiFTEiBkYqOjTHG4oeWWyOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="512" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-iL55eWOR9gU/Tk_LS0CWbxI/AAAAAAAAKg8/2EqMZfg-fJo/s640/2011_08_07.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/DXOsaEfJRYUzkXJAeGvDPmyOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="427" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-6O9BAPlRZso/Tk_LDetYNuI/AAAAAAAAKgk/537StjGFBwI/s640/rio.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Depois de Tamel a caminho de ponte de Lima&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;After Tamel on the way to Ponte de Lima&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/3W5nkG5W_yZ0wwNZ2AmRxmyOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="512" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-a9rSYbTGudM/Tk1NPjNG1-I/AAAAAAAAKXk/micPUB0-tFY/s640/seta.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Mercearia em Ponte de Lima e seta indicando o caminho&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Grocery store in Ponte de Lima and yellow arrow showing the way&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/YR2R4iG5gFit-sM5HoiR7ZyQO1NjmmfyT0BOa0U0FJs?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="427" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-qVLTTvs87zk/Tk1OAYmKoSI/AAAAAAAAKX8/SVZGrsuZtbI/s640/IMG_8531.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/szhdhbcj5sasBNfFVE8NnZyQO1NjmmfyT0BOa0U0FJs?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="427" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-j_Kj46JYDeU/Tk1OL-Y6v_I/AAAAAAAAKYM/tkV-B5zEzfs/s640/IMG_8533.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Anoitecer em Ponte de Lima&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Night falling in Ponte de Lima&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/DKPLfXPUtaGYwN20hSkPLNX4kkZEeF9N-PKcqY43feY?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="427" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-xhA0fCO_YYA/Tk1PHAS6T8I/AAAAAAAAKYU/Yk4VdSqTyT0/s640/IMG_8540.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/5JLT_o1C9Y4SCbIhV1SBMNX4kkZEeF9N-PKcqY43feY?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="427" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-FCk6WeJVu4E/Tk1PbN9MGJI/AAAAAAAAKYk/yEBcGahabws/s640/IMG_8554.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/7kLCqNogq2F_yAskNJEtfNX4kkZEeF9N-PKcqY43feY?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="427" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-RIhfxPhrL6s/Tk1PyKL4ixI/AAAAAAAAKY0/dDtarLcWDcQ/s640/IMG_8558.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Luz da manhã à saída de Ponte de Lima&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Morning light on the way out of Ponte de Lima&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/HTDMkIGSkEvHHkD_2tCu57RmFx-_65qk6fCh39rktnU?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="427" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-vZdy1AoI5Gw/Tk1QIQcvtvI/AAAAAAAAKfA/JM4aLD--QDc/s640/IMG_8564.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Valença&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/GkuCbLVu0J1zzL3oTNnJn7RmFx-_65qk6fCh39rktnU?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="427" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-IKZBIL2WNaA/Tk1QblxchAI/AAAAAAAAKZY/DyNKpKcR3uU/s640/IMG_8562.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;A ponte&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;The bridge&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ONoSV2fRzYrLVljWgG2tvrRmFx-_65qk6fCh39rktnU?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="427" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-PUa2t4qYEmQ/Tk1QsKNcMhI/AAAAAAAAKeo/USG9kks40-8/s640/IMG_8561.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Tui&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/MAOVbFCt3_Hh6tHaAUdh4LRmFx-_65qk6fCh39rktnU?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="427" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-mMJxcFb8Wjs/Tk1RYQukGLI/AAAAAAAAKZ4/k8wrRAbdtzg/s640/IMG_8567.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Catedral de Santa Maria de Tui&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;St. Mary of Tui Cathedral&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Q-oyCZBhS6hd7uhZFBUfYmyOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="512" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-jXhlaHRnO3o/Tk1Rt3OvhdI/AAAAAAAAKaM/CNaLimr3cBQ/s640/santiago%252520matamouros.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Porta centenária e imagem de S.Tiago Matamouros na catedral de Tui.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Centenary door and St. James Matamouros image in Tui Cathedral.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/zt3tLeDRFpWbSy6iH_M09eGkgyvQxhf9e7w7KSMQnk8?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="427" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-djlxFxYdtRI/Tk1Si-dLwqI/AAAAAAAAKaw/3G3f1gvp7HQ/s640/IMG_8577.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/2htAcgKSpop4TdwzJqhi3-GkgyvQxhf9e7w7KSMQnk8?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="427" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ZkWZttrvTs4/Tk46csj6I0I/AAAAAAAAKeY/VdM6aNgQtH0/s640/IMG_8575.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/-avSHKAMvoKX3FgTEZy6AGyOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="427" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-qNMKV0zEfGA/Tk1SLI6g8tI/AAAAAAAAKeI/pvZvHO9kFiA/s640/rias%252520baixas.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Zona das Rias Baixas&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/S8zOQWJiUjWyKun26xCisSHCsm-dZgaLZy92VmRITXE?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="427" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-jgce4RvrzQo/Tk1UH0mUV9I/AAAAAAAAKbE/Q5pUIg8RwJ8/s640/IMG_8589.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Caldas de Rei&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/MRANwhHvWpw8G8HzUYyiICHCsm-dZgaLZy92VmRITXE?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="427" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-_zYUmtkRLLQ/Tk1UbvBF_pI/AAAAAAAAKbU/ywInSy7aFRk/s640/IMG_8583.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;A caminho de Valga&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;On the way to Valga&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ErLjGTObk6nZFOVDG6wkiw?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="512" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-B-6X2WG4K1I/Tk5CGuQ8RYI/AAAAAAAAKf8/UwBzERna12U/s640/2011_08_121.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/e38I9QH8HRSBfWpbT_Up5GyOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="512" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-65wymGcxSvE/Tk1UuIKCHkI/AAAAAAAAKbk/TG7C8nzbnGw/s640/peregrino.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;A pedra (pedrón)onde supostamente a barca que carregava o corpo de S.Tiago foi amarrada. Está na igreja de &lt;a href="http://camino.xacobeo.es/pt-pt/pontos-de-interesse/igreja-de-santiago-de-padron-o-pedron"&gt;Santiago de Padrón&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;em Padrón. Estátua do peregrino no Albergue de Valga.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;The stone (pedrón) where according to the tradition, the boat that carried St. James remains was tied up. It is in the &lt;a href="http://camino.xacobeo.es/en/interesting-spots/church-santiago-de-padron-o-pedron"&gt;church of Santiago de Padrón&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/PC_q06hr-tjc3n6Ttmmgig?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="512" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-4Kp-JSFieb0/Tk5BdKNVZcI/AAAAAAAAKfk/MV4kooOzsdk/s640/2011_08_12.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/fgOplAXJNovyKMTU5EnXx-5KvkbWBeLW_G4yU_yTICI?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="427" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-8j8M-bHJFcE/Tk1VhDLsS3I/AAAAAAAAKcA/IYICpLhgwag/s640/IMG_8597.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;A caminho de Teo&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;On the way to Teo&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E mais uma vez celebramos a nossa chegada com mais uma missa do peregrino na Catedral de Santiago. Desta vez o patrocinador do incenso para o Botafumeiro foi um grupo de Brasileiros que íam a caminho das jornadas da juventude de Madrid. Este é o momento alto da missa que leva muitas pessoas às lágrimas e que acaba sempre com uma grande salva de palmas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;In english&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And once more we celebrated our arrival with the Pilgrims Mass in the Cathedral of Santiago. This time the sponsor of the incense for the Botafumeiro was a group of Brazilians who were on their way to the World Youth Day Journey. This is the highlight of the Mass that brings many people to tears and it always ends up with a big round of applause.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;object class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="http://2.gvt0.com/vi/2QFd_55El1I/0.jpg" height="266" width="320"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2QFd_55El1I&amp;fs=1&amp;source=uds" /&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /&gt;&lt;embed width="320" height="266"  src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2QFd_55El1I&amp;fs=1&amp;source=uds" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/_iKz54tpreZAmfS8OnUSu2yOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-FXPY1tQRd_Q/Tk4143imo-I/AAAAAAAAKd4/sja54aTbPC8/s800/santiago.JPG" width="536" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.catedraldesantiago.es/gal/webcatedral.html"&gt;Catedral de Santiago de Compostela&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.catedraldesantiago.es/ing/webcatedral.html"&gt;Santiago de compostela Cathedral&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8870383917803210992-5805173240168153842?l=pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/feeds/5805173240168153842/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8870383917803210992&amp;postID=5805173240168153842&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8870383917803210992/posts/default/5805173240168153842'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8870383917803210992/posts/default/5805173240168153842'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/2011/08/o-caminho-de-santiago-way-to-santiago.html' title='O caminho de Santiago # The way to Santiago'/><author><name>monica Pinto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17807463873711620776</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-zdnnXb1g8xo/Tk1HRXUGZBI/AAAAAAAAKU4/7Ny_Ngmk5ec/s72-c/IMG_8446.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8870383917803210992.post-8612733482397836357</id><published>2011-08-08T10:00:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2011-12-30T18:28:17.617Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ovos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vegetais'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vegetariano'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Petiscos'/><title type='text'>Ovos no forno com folhas de beterraba, alho francês e requeijão #  Baked eggs with beetroot leaves, leeks and cottage cheese</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/FkSdYR_nIuMK0ezHGZjNFGyOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Kvpk8MM2OTk/Tjmg6I1MOJI/AAAAAAAAKRY/bXpGC0EnmZ0/s800/IMG_8220.JPG" width="540" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Agora que estão a ler esta postagem, já eu estou há três dias a caminho de Santiago, algures entre Ponte de Lima e Rubiães.&lt;br /&gt;As minhas férias começam assim, a reencontrar caminhos ancestrais, campos, igrejas, catedrais e florestas. Trilhos que agora já conheço, que têm a minha pegada gravada para sempre. A terra é a mesma mas o meu pisar é outro. Novo e antigo. Familiar e desconhecido.&lt;br /&gt;Sinceramente não pensei que iria regressar tão cedo a Santiago mas aqui estou eu, de mochila às costas &amp;nbsp;mais uma vez com o meu fiel escudeiro e feliz por aqui estar.&lt;br /&gt;Há algumas semanas recebi um email de uma das peregrinas que conheci em Maio. Annegret, uma alemã (dos vários que conhecemos) e desde então temos trocado memórias sobre o caminho francês, que muitos deles fizeram, &amp;nbsp;e sobre o caminho português. Mais tarde recebemos um convite para ir ter com eles à Alemanha em finais de Agosto para fazer o "German rheinsteig", um caminho ao longo do Reno. Trocamos fotos e combinamos voltar a encontrar-nos brevemente no Porto, ou quem sabe mais tarde na Alemanha.&lt;br /&gt;Agora estou aqui mas sempre em movimento. Em breve estarei em terras de Espanha. Esperam-me os pinchillos, os bocadillos, as paragens para um café solo sempre acompanhado de um pequeno agrado. "Bon camino!" ...&lt;br /&gt;Todos os caminhos vão dar a Roma mas por agora fico-me por Santiago...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;In english&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now that you all are reading this post, i´m already walking for three days on the way to Santiago de Compostela, somewhere between Ponte de Lima and Rubiães.&lt;br /&gt;My holidays start here, redescovering ancient paths, fields, churches, cathedrals and forests. Trails that i already know, where my footprint is imprinted forever. The ground is the same &amp;nbsp;but my step is a different one. New and ancient. Familiar and unknown.&lt;br /&gt;Honestly, i didn´think i would be back to Santiago so soon, but here i am back on the road again, with my faithful squire and backpack on my sholders.&lt;br /&gt;A few weeks ago i received an email from one of the german pilgrims i met in May, Annegret, and since then we´ve been exchanging memories about the french camino, donne by many of them, and the portuguese camino. Later we received an invitation to go to Germany in late August to walk the "German Rheinsteig", a path along the Rhine. We exchanged photos and agreed to meet in Porto or perhaps later in Germany.&lt;br /&gt;Now i´m here once more and always moving. Soon i will be in the lands of Spain. Pinchillos, bocadillos and cafés solos always accompanied by a little treat, are waiting for me there. "Bon camino!"...&lt;br /&gt;All the roads lead to Rome, but for now i only want to get to Santiago...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ovos no forno com folhas de beterraba, alho francês e requeijão&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ingredientes: 2 pessoas&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10 folhas de beterraba&lt;br /&gt;1 alho francês pequeno cortado em rodelas&lt;br /&gt;1 cebola pequena picada&lt;br /&gt;2 colheres de sopa de azeite&lt;br /&gt;2 ovos&lt;br /&gt;100 g. de requeijão&lt;br /&gt;1 colher de chá de cominhos&lt;br /&gt;Sal a gosto&lt;br /&gt;Pimenta preta a gosto&lt;br /&gt;Estragão&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Preparação:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pré-aquecer o forno a 180º, marca 4 do fogão a gás.&lt;br /&gt;Untam-se duas formas pequenas (como se podem ver nas fotos) com manteiga.&lt;br /&gt;Numa sertã aquece-se o azeite e refoga-se a cebola e o alho francês até ficarem translúcidos.&lt;br /&gt;Juntam-se as folhas de beterraba, lavadas e escorridas e vão-se mexendo até amolecerem com o calor e reduzirem de volume, o que demora alguns minutos.&lt;br /&gt;Juntam-se os cominhos, sal e pimenta preta a gosto.&lt;br /&gt;Mexe-se para que os sabores sejam absorvidos mas sem deixar as folhas cozinharem demais, para que fiquem estaladiças.&lt;br /&gt;Deixa-se arrefecer um pouco.&lt;br /&gt;Separam-se as gemas das claras e batem-se as últimas em castelo com uma pitada de sal.&lt;br /&gt;Junta-se o requeijão à mistura de vegetais e envolve-se tudo nas claras batidas.&lt;br /&gt;Enchem-se as formas até três terços com o preparado e faz-se um pequeno buraco onde se depositam as gemas.&lt;br /&gt;Vai ao forno 10 minutos se gostarem dos ovos líquidos e 15 minutos se gostarem deles bem cozinhados e firmes.&lt;br /&gt;Serve-se polvilhado com estragão picado&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;In english&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Baked eggs with beetroot leaves, leeks and cottage cheese&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ingredients: 2 persons&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10 beetroot leaves&lt;br /&gt;1 small leek cut into rounds&lt;br /&gt;1 small onion chopped&lt;br /&gt;2 tbs. olive oil&lt;br /&gt;2 eggs&lt;br /&gt;100 g. cottage cheese&lt;br /&gt;1 tsp cumin&lt;br /&gt;Salt to taste&lt;br /&gt;Black pepper to taste&lt;br /&gt;Tarragon&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Preparation:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Preheat the oven to 180º, gas mark 4.&lt;br /&gt;Butter two small ovenproof casserole tins.&lt;br /&gt;Heat the olive oil in a frying pan and sautee the onion and leek until translucent.&lt;br /&gt;Add beetroot leaves (washed and drained) and stir until they become soft and half the volume, which will take a few minutes.&lt;br /&gt;Add cummin, salt and black pepper to taste.&lt;br /&gt;Stir to combine the favors, but don´t over cook the leaves. They should be deliciously crunchy.&lt;br /&gt;Allow to cool.&lt;br /&gt;Separate the yolks from the whites and beat the whites with a pinch of salt until soft picks are formed.&lt;br /&gt;Mix the cheese into the vegetable mixture and fold in the egg whites.&lt;br /&gt;Fill the casserole dishes with the cheese and vegetables mixture and make a small hole in the mixture. Fill the holes with the yolks.&lt;br /&gt;Bake for 10 minutes if you like your eggs runny or 15 minutes if you prefer your eggs well cooked.&lt;br /&gt;Serve with chopped tarragon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/iQx20nz2xPT_ELbrrfHJeGyOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Kz36rbxx5WY/TjmkYSh6ikI/AAAAAAAAKSU/Y9oYZe826JY/s800/IMG_8237.JPG" width="540" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8870383917803210992-8612733482397836357?l=pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/feeds/8612733482397836357/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8870383917803210992&amp;postID=8612733482397836357&amp;isPopup=true' title='12 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8870383917803210992/posts/default/8612733482397836357'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8870383917803210992/posts/default/8612733482397836357'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/2011/08/ovos-no-forno-com-folhas-de-beterraba.html' title='Ovos no forno com folhas de beterraba, alho francês e requeijão #  Baked eggs with beetroot leaves, leeks and cottage cheese'/><author><name>monica Pinto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17807463873711620776</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Kvpk8MM2OTk/Tjmg6I1MOJI/AAAAAAAAKRY/bXpGC0EnmZ0/s72-c/IMG_8220.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>12</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8870383917803210992.post-8434258091568796089</id><published>2011-08-01T10:00:00.006+01:00</published><updated>2011-08-01T19:28:50.601+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Chocolate'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vegetais'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Queijos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sem glúten'/><title type='text'>Queques de chocolate e beterraba sem glúten # Gluten free chocolate beetroot cakes</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/MnGstcG8MGCUIe2N7mUXnGyOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-N37jZumB-5A/TjZusSPdY6I/AAAAAAAAKMs/KaWJqep8OFE/s800/IMG_8243.JPG" width="588" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Q1ep7Ts9dD8tKw54gyp9UGyOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="475" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-KbbeM8219XU/TjZ6oDIeshI/AAAAAAAAKNM/FyDSfQlQ1B8/s800/queque.jpg" width="594" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Apesar do delicioso tom castanho/chocolate destes queques, a cor que se vive por aqui é o vermelho beterraba...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tudo começou durante a última ida à feira. Entrei pela passagem de sempre e segui os reflexos de cor das bancas de vegetais que nesta altura do ano são ricos em tons de vermelho, laranja e verde. E de repente lá estava eu, imersa num mar de tomates maduros, vermelhos, verdes, grandes e pequenos. Uns redondos, outros ovais e outros assim assim, mas todos aromáticos e sumarentos, a pedirem "compra-me, compra-me!". E eu como rapariga bem mandada que sou, comprei! Cheguei a casa com &amp;nbsp;3,5 kg de tomates, o que seria muito normal e nada de estranhar, caso eu &amp;nbsp;não tivesse tomates dos bons e de graça a entrarem-me pela porta dentro e sem pedir licença. Mas nada se perde, tudo se transforma. &lt;a href="http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/2011/07/pizzas-vegetarianas-vegetarian-pizzas.html"&gt;E transformados eles foram!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Com as beterrabas, a história foi outra. Comprei-as num impulso, coisa que me acontece com frequência sempre que me vejo rodeada de ingredientes bonitos e viçosos. Não posso dizer que as adoro mas também ainda não desisti de lhes descobrir, um dia que seja, parte dos seus encantos. Das folhas já eu gosto, salteadas em azeite com mais uma pitada disto e daquilo&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;e&amp;nbsp;nos arrozes também, mas o tubérculo e eu ainda estamos a limar arestas, pelo menos no departamento dos salgados. Já os doces! Bom, digamos que estes queques abriram as portas do meu coração à beterraba. É claro que o chocolate ajudou e muito.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Esta é uma receita adaptada da versão original da Jill Dupleix do &lt;a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006v5y2"&gt;Saturday kitchen&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;e foi alterada a pensar nas pessoas com doença celíaca. E o que me surpreendeu foi que apesar do uso de farinha de milho branca, estes queques ficam super macios, sem aquela granulosidade que caracteriza este tipo de farinha. O óleo aqui, foi a chave do sucesso.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;Não vos vou mentir e dizer que não sabem nada a beterraba. Sabem um pouco mas o chocolate dá-lhe uma "nuance" diferente. São dois sabores fortes e intensos que se juntam e complementam, criando algo de novo e muito saboroso. E quando ouvi o Daniel (que tal como a mãe, não gosta muito de beterraba) dizer que os queques eram muito bons, foi quanto bastou para eu ter a certeza de que a beterraba estava de volta à nossa cozinha.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;In english&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Despite the delicious shade of chocolate/brown these cupcakes have, the colour we mostly feel around here, is beetroot red.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It all started during my last visit to the farmers market. I went through the same old way, following the color higlights of the vegetable stalls which by this time of year are rich in shades of red, orange and green. And suddenly, there i was, immerse in a sea of tomatoes, red, green, big and small. Some round, some oval, some so and so, but all aromatic and juicy, begging me "buy me, buy me!" and i, an obedient kind of girl as i am, bought them in a blink of an eye. I went back home with 3.5 kg. of tomatoes, which would be quite normal and nothing strange, if i didn´t have loads of tomatoes comming through my door, without even asking for permission! But nothing goes to waste, everything is transformed! &lt;a href="http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/2011/07/pizzas-vegetarianas-vegetarian-pizzas.html"&gt;And transformed they were!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The beets were a different story. I bought them on an impulse, something that often happens to me, whenever i find myself surrounded by lush and beautiful ingredients. Can´t say i love them, but i haven´t given up discovering even a small part of its charm. The leaves on the other hand i find delicious, sautéed in olive oil with a few pinches of this and that, or with rice. But the tuber and i are still polishing some rough edges, in the savoury department, there is. As for the sweets!... Well, let´s just say these cupcakes have oppened the door of my heart to the beetroot. Chocolate helped a lot, of course!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This recipe was adapted from the original version of Jill Dupleix from &lt;a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006v5y2"&gt;Saturday Kitche&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006v5y2"&gt;n&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and i changed it thinking of people with celiac desiase, and &amp;nbsp;what a wonderful surprise it was to discover that despite the use of white corn flour, these have a delicious soft texture, without that granularity that caracterizes this type of meal. The use of corn oil made all the difference here.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I will not lie to you and say these don´t have the slightest hint of beet. The taste is there, but chocolate gives it a different "nuance". Two strong and intense flavors that come together and complement each other, creating something new and delicious.&lt;br /&gt;And when i heard Daniel (that like his mother, is not very fond of beets) saying the cakes were delicious, i instantly knew the beetroots were back to our kitchen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/lA6HcQs42qjnLuKzCZNek2yOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ur0alqEK33k/TjZ2bZB3L9I/AAAAAAAAKM8/4QcBsDdVjgA/s800/IMG_8245.JPG" width="575" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;Queques de chocolate e beterraba sem glúten&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ingredientes:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;180 g. de farinha de milho (branca)&lt;br /&gt;75 g. de cacau em pó&lt;br /&gt;2 colheres de chá de fermento em pó&lt;br /&gt;1/2 colher de chá de bicarbonato de sódio&lt;br /&gt;250 g. de açúcar&lt;br /&gt;220 g. de beterraba cozida e reduzida a puré&lt;br /&gt;3 ovos grandes&lt;br /&gt;200 ml. de óleo de milho ou soja&lt;br /&gt;1 colher de sopa de extrato de baunilha (ou 3 gotas de arôma)&lt;br /&gt;Natas frescas batidas e cacau em pó para cobrir&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Preparação:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Pré-aquecer o forno a 180º, marca 4 do fogão a gás.&lt;br /&gt;*Preparar um forma de 12 queques &amp;nbsp;com formas de papel plissado.&lt;br /&gt;*Peneire a farinha, cacau, bicarbonato e o &amp;nbsp;fermento para uma taça e junte-lhes o açúcar. Reserve.&lt;br /&gt;*Noutra taça ponha o puré de beterraba e junte um ovo de cada vez, batendo entre cada adição. Por fim junte o óleo e a baunilha e mexa para ligar.&lt;br /&gt;*Faça uma cova no meio dos ingredientes secos e verta a mistura de beterraba. &amp;nbsp;Mexa (sem bater) ligeiramente só para combinar.&lt;br /&gt;*Ponha a massa nas formas e leve ao forno por 25 a 30 minutos. Espete um palito, se este sair seco, estão prontos.&lt;br /&gt;*Tire do forno e deixe arrefecer em cima de uma rede.&lt;br /&gt;*Depois de frios, cubra com natas frescas batidas e um pouco de cacau em pó.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;In english&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"&gt;Gluten free chocolate beetroot cakes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Ingredients:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;180 g. white corn flour&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;75 g. cocoa powder&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;2 tsp. baking powder&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;1/2 tsp. bicarbonate of soda&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;250 g. caster sugar&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;220 g. beetroot puréed&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;3 large eggs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;200 ml. corn or soy oil&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;1 tbs. vanilla extract&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Whipped cream to serve&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Cocoa powder to dust&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Preparation:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;*Preheat the oven to 180º, gas mark 4.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;*Line a 12 mould muffin tin with paper muffin cases.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;*Sift flour, bicarbonate and baking powder into a bowl. Add sugar and reserve.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;*Mix the beetroot puré with the eggs, one at a time. Add the oil and vanilla and mix until smooth.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;*Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and pour the beetroot mixture and lightly mixture.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;*Pour into the muffin cases.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;*Bake for 25-30 minutes. Insert a fine skewer, if it comes out clean, the cakes are baked to perfection.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;*Let them cool on a wire rack and then cover with some snow white, delicious whipped cream and dust with cocoa powder.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;*Eat and marvel!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/F7t5q2-HBywsGcsMb94EzWyOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-7owqF2eVzEs/TjZ9nGgBbhI/AAAAAAAAKOI/SLcNO9SF02A/s800/IMG_8252.JPG" width="577" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8870383917803210992-8434258091568796089?l=pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/feeds/8434258091568796089/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8870383917803210992&amp;postID=8434258091568796089&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8870383917803210992/posts/default/8434258091568796089'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8870383917803210992/posts/default/8434258091568796089'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/2011/08/queques-de-chocolate-e-beterraba-sem.html' title='Queques de chocolate e beterraba sem glúten # Gluten free chocolate beetroot cakes'/><author><name>monica Pinto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17807463873711620776</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-N37jZumB-5A/TjZusSPdY6I/AAAAAAAAKMs/KaWJqep8OFE/s72-c/IMG_8243.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8870383917803210992.post-7673519756275977579</id><published>2011-07-28T10:34:00.005+01:00</published><updated>2011-07-28T12:04:04.215+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vegetais'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Queijos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vegetariano'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pizza'/><title type='text'>Pizzas vegetarianas # Vegetarian pizzas</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/5_8QjRpUgh_IZ9GoMi9lf2yOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-_jBheIkf8lY/Ti_j2vuGT6I/AAAAAAAAKGY/VUSuV9N9DXY/s800/IMG_8020.JPG" width="703" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Como é que se pode adorar um país, cidade, aldeia, onde nunca se esteve fisicamente?&lt;br /&gt;Eu não sei, mas ainda assim é isso que sinto pela Itália.&lt;br /&gt;Este caso já dura há anos! É um amor platónico, alimentado pelo mistério que só a distância consegue criar.&lt;br /&gt;Na memória tenho apenas as vivências contadas, de uma viagem feita há muitos anos pelo meu pai. Ele e dois amigos percorreram de carro a Espanha, a França e a Itália, onde visitaram várias cidades e localidades. As histórias e as fotos dessa viagem, guardei-as como se fossem minhas e fizemos planos para visitar Florença todos juntos.&lt;br /&gt;Acho que é por isso que tenho um jardim com cedros e um limoeiro rodeado de ervas aromáticas na horta. É o meu pedaço privado da Itália em território luso que me entra pela cozinha dentro pela grande janela que separa o verde lá de fora do interior da minha casa. Mas enquanto essa e outras viagens planeadas não se fazem , vou apaziguando a vontade com o aroma quente de uma pizza acabada de cozer.&lt;br /&gt;Cá em casa somos todos fiéis devotos de uma boa pizza caseira. Molho de tomate feito a preceito e recheios variados que ultimamente tendem a ser vegetarianos. O nosso frigorífico mais parece uma horta vertical e a variedade torna tudo mais interessante!&lt;br /&gt;Já o molho de tomate é diferente do que costumo fazer habitualmente. Juntei-lhe pimento vermelho e colorau o que lhe deu um sabor mais doce e ligeiramente fumado. Este merece destaque, é uma DELÍCIA! em pizzas, massas ou até como substituto do ketchup. Os rapazes cá da casa não mentiriam quando o assunto é tão sério!...&lt;br /&gt;Ficam então aqui as imagens das pizzas que fizemos em família, numa manhã atarefada entre a cozinha e o estúdio fotográfico. O pimento XXL é da horta da minha sogra que a seguir à feira, é a nossa maior fornecedora de vegetais, frutos, ovos e galinhas biológicas. Digam lá se eu sou ou não sou uma privilegiada? Eu gosto de lhe chamar "A quinta". É apropriado não acham?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;In english&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How can you love a country, city or town where you´ve never been?&lt;br /&gt;I don´t really know, but that´s how i feel about Italy.&lt;br /&gt;This love affair is going on for years. It´s a platonic love, nurtured by the mistery that only distance can create.&lt;br /&gt;In my memory i have only my father´s experiences of a trip made several years ago. He and two friends drove through Spain, France and Italy, where they visited a few cities and towns. The stories and photos of that trip were kept by me as my own, and we´ve made plans to visit Florence together.&lt;br /&gt;I guess that´s why i have a garden with cedars and a lemon tree surrounded by fresh herbs in my kitchen garden. It´s my private piece of Italy in portuguese territory, that enters in my kitchen through the big window that separates the green outside from the cozy interior of my home.&lt;br /&gt;While this and other planned trips don´t take place, i ease my willing with the warm fragrance of a freshly baked pizza.&lt;br /&gt;Here at home we are all faithful devotees of a good home made pizza ( Jamie oliver´s dough recipe). Tomato sauce made to perfection and various fillings that lately tend to be vegetarian. Our refrigerator looks like a vertical kitchen garden and the variety makes it all much more interesting!&lt;br /&gt;This tomato sauce is different from the one i usually make. I add it red pepper and paprika which gave it a sweeter and slightly smoky taste, this one deserves mention, it´s DELICIOUS! in pizzas, pasta or even as a substitute for ketchup. My boys woudn´t lie about this things!&lt;br /&gt;So here you have the pizzas we made&lt;i&gt; em família &lt;/i&gt;during a busy morning, between the kitchen and the studio. The XXL red pepper is from my mother in law´s garden, that next to the market is our biggest supplier for organic vegetables, fruits, eggs and chickens. I´m such a lucky girl! I like to call it "the farm" It´s appropriate don´t you think?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/FKR62_jMWmFBYEa9fyn_J2yOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9FAEvkW6Pik/Ti_kNTQe-mI/AAAAAAAAKGo/7kZJG6_t4I8/s800/IMG_8010.JPG" width="702" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pizzas vegetarianas&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ingredientes: Massa&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 kg. de farinha&lt;br /&gt;500 a 600 ml. de água tépida&lt;br /&gt;1 pacote de fermento de padeiro desidratado&lt;br /&gt;1 colher de chá de açúcar&lt;br /&gt;1 colher de chá de sal fino&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Recheio:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Molho de tomate.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 kg. de tomates maduros sem pele e sem sementes, cortado em pedaços&lt;br /&gt;1 pimento vermelho grande, cortado em cubos pequenos&lt;br /&gt;1 cebola média picada&lt;br /&gt;3 dentes de alho ralados&lt;br /&gt;1 folha de louro&lt;br /&gt;2 colheres de sopa de azeite&lt;br /&gt;1 colher de sopa de colorau (pimentão doce)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Recheio:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Azeitonas&lt;br /&gt;Cogumelos&lt;br /&gt;Bróculos&lt;br /&gt;Tomates cerejas&lt;br /&gt;Cebola&lt;br /&gt;Pimento verde e vermelho&lt;br /&gt;Courgette&lt;br /&gt;Azeite&lt;br /&gt;Oregãos secos&lt;br /&gt;Sal a gosto&lt;br /&gt;Pimenta preta a gosto&lt;br /&gt;Queijo feta&lt;br /&gt;Queijo mozzarella&lt;br /&gt;Rúcula&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Preparação: Massa&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Numa taça grande ponha a farinha e faça uma cova no meio.&lt;br /&gt;*Junte o açúcar, o sal e o fermento e vá juntando a água aos poucos mexendo com um garfo.&lt;br /&gt;*Assim que a massa ligar e ficar maleável, páre de juntar água.&lt;br /&gt;*Amasse puxando a massa para a frente e novamente para trás até ficar elástica (3 a 5 minutos).&lt;br /&gt;*Pode deixar a levedar coberta com um pano, até dobrar de volume. Depois é só sovar para lhe retirar o ar e estender. Mas eu costumo usá-la logo e o resultado é bom na mesma.&lt;br /&gt;*Corte porções de massa de acordo com o tamanho que quer dar às pizzas e estenda com um rolo. Não é obrigatório que a massa fique com uma forma redonda perfeita, eu prefiro-as com um ar rústico.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Preparação: Molho de tomate&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;*Numa panela ponha o azeite e refogue a cebola e o pimento, até a cebola ficar transparente.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;*Junte os tomates, os alhos, a folha de louro e o colorau.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;*Deixe levantar fervura e tempere com sal e pimenta a gosto.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;*Cozinhe em lume brando por 30 minutos, mexendo de vez em quando e quando estiver pronto, retire a folha de louro e triture tudo.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;*Pode congelar em caixas de plástico.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Recheio:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*As últimas pizzas que tenho feito têm sido só de vegetais, azeitonas e oregãos secos e no fundo vale tudo.&lt;br /&gt;*O que eu faço é pegar nos vegetais, azeitonas, queijo, enfim tudo o que vou usar no recheio e misturar numa taça com azeite (só para untar ligeiramente os vegetais), oregãos, um pouco de sal e pimenta preta. As cebolas por exemplo ficam bem com um pouco de vinagre balsâmico, mas não em demasia.&lt;br /&gt;*Os bróculos devem ser branqueados (mergulhados em água a ferver por 2 a 3 minutos) e depois envoltos na marinada.&lt;br /&gt;*Deixo assim a marinar por uma hora ou duas ou até de um dia para o outro e depois uso na massa, em cima de uma boa camada de molho de tomate caseiro. Salpico com mais queijo &amp;nbsp;e levo ao forno pré-aquecido a 220º, por 10 minutos até a massa ganhar uma côr suave.&lt;br /&gt;*Os bróculos tendem a queimar com facilidade por isso é conveniente vigiar e cobrir com aluminio se necessário.&lt;br /&gt;*O queijo feta é salpicado por cima da pizza depois dela sair do forno.&lt;br /&gt;*O queijo que misturo na marinada é o mozzarella.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Vegetarian pizzas&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ingredientes: Dough&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 kg, flour&lt;br /&gt;1 sachet instant &amp;nbsp;yeast&lt;br /&gt;500 ml. to 600 ml. tepid water&lt;br /&gt;1 ts. sugar&lt;br /&gt;1 ts. salt&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;For the tomato sauce:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 kg. ripe tomatoes, peeled and desseded, cut into pieces&lt;br /&gt;1 large red pepper cut into cubes&lt;br /&gt;1 medium onion chopped&lt;br /&gt;1 bay leaf&lt;br /&gt;1 tbs. paprika&lt;br /&gt;2 tbs. olive oil&lt;br /&gt;salt to taste&lt;br /&gt;Back pepper to taste&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;For the filling:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Green and black olives&lt;br /&gt;Mushrooms&lt;br /&gt;Broccoli&lt;br /&gt;cherry tomatoes&lt;br /&gt;Onion&lt;br /&gt;Green a nd red pepper&lt;br /&gt;Courgette/zuchinni&lt;br /&gt;Olive oil&lt;br /&gt;Dried oregano&lt;br /&gt;salt&lt;br /&gt;black pepper&lt;br /&gt;Feta cheese&lt;br /&gt;Mozzarella cheese&lt;br /&gt;Arugula&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Preparation: Dough&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Put the flour in a large bowl and make a hole in the middle.&lt;br /&gt;*Add the sugar, salt and yeast, add the water slowly, mixing with a fork.&lt;br /&gt;*As soon as the dough becames pliable, stop adding water.&lt;br /&gt;*Knead the dough in a floured surface, by pulling forward and back again until it becomes elastic and soft, about 3 to 5 minutes.&lt;br /&gt;*You can leave the dough to rise, covered with a kitchen towel, until doubled the size. Then , just knead it to remove the air and you´re ready to roll! But i use it right away and the final result is also very good.&lt;br /&gt;*Cut the dough into pieces according to the size you want your pizzas. Roll out on a floured surface. Put into a pizza baking dish.&lt;br /&gt;*Pizzas don´t have to be perfect round shaped. I prefer rustic pizzas, i find them so much more appealing, and thank god for that, because my boys &lt;i&gt;pizzaiolo&lt;/i&gt; skills are not so good. &amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tomato sauce:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Put the olive oil in a heavy bottomed pan and sauté the onion and pepper until the onion becomes transparent.&lt;br /&gt;*Add the tomatoes, garlic, bay and paprika.&lt;br /&gt;*Bring to a boil and season with salt and black pepper to taste.&lt;br /&gt;*Cook in low heat for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally and when ready, remove the bay leaf and blitz into a smooth purée.&lt;br /&gt;*You can freeze the sauce in several small plastic boxes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;The filling:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*The latest pizzas made in our house were all about dried oregano (more aromatic than the fresh), vegetables, olives and cheese and we throw every veg we have around in it, including broccoli.&lt;br /&gt;*What i do is simply mixing all the vegs, cheese, olives; etc. with a bit of olive oil, just to add a little greese, dried oregano, salt and pepper. Onions for instance, go well with a small splash of balsamic vinegar but please, don´t over do it! And broccoli need to be blanched (dipped in boiling water for 2 to 3 minutes).&lt;br /&gt;Then i let it stand for a couple of hours or over night and then i just pile them on top of a good tomato sauce layer and sprinkle with more cheese. I also make temathic pizzas with just courgettes and onion, or mushrooms and olives. There are no rules. Just go with the flow.&lt;br /&gt;*The feta cheese is sprinkled on top of the pizza after it´s cooked. I find out that a hot oven doesn´t work right for feta.&lt;br /&gt;*The cheese i use in the marinade is mozzarella.&lt;br /&gt;*Finally to the oven. Preheated to 220º, gas mark 8, for about 10 minutes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table style="width: auto;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/RDOry0wxWQirIZE3fTQUdWyOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-dxVH4i1glrc/TjBN680iTeI/AAAAAAAAKHk/y729-CWkpz8/s800/IMG_8215.JPG" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/wS6xwKB-zfldUzrrISrwomyOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-qWENvNifAQ8/TjEysp1E95I/AAAAAAAAKIc/MN637Zc647Y/s800/IMG_8260.jpg" width="536" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8870383917803210992-7673519756275977579?l=pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/feeds/7673519756275977579/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8870383917803210992&amp;postID=7673519756275977579&amp;isPopup=true' title='9 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8870383917803210992/posts/default/7673519756275977579'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8870383917803210992/posts/default/7673519756275977579'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/2011/07/pizzas-vegetarianas-vegetarian-pizzas.html' title='Pizzas vegetarianas # Vegetarian pizzas'/><author><name>monica Pinto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17807463873711620776</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-_jBheIkf8lY/Ti_j2vuGT6I/AAAAAAAAKGY/VUSuV9N9DXY/s72-c/IMG_8020.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8870383917803210992.post-8691204570460211977</id><published>2011-07-25T15:22:00.009+01:00</published><updated>2011-07-30T10:58:04.072+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ervas aromáticas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vegetariano'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Refeições rápidas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fruta'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Frutos vermelhos'/><title type='text'>Smoothie de meloa, amoras, mel e manjerona # Cantaloupe melon, blackberries, honey and marjoram smoothie</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/j1i_YmY7YqLL4AsaErIZVJ7-rqxw0w1nVSv4psvYNhE?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/--4kBfFuDTfc/Ti1HGfEc2SI/AAAAAAAAJ_Y/EKlTx7M6npw/s800/IMG_7962.JPG" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/YMoc45WGEloV8ZbQqxu9fWyOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="357" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-8jnPsrBe-Tg/Ti1zaPFu0NI/AAAAAAAAKCs/HjCT8r9vrJ0/s800/IMG_8161.JPG" width="536" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sábado chegou e eu que na última semana estive &lt;i&gt;quase&lt;/i&gt; em reclusão, tratei de "desenterrar" a minha bicicleta da garagem e soltar os cabelos ao vento.&lt;br /&gt;Saímos de casa logo a seguir ao almoço e seguimos pelos mesmos atalhos de sempre até ao &lt;a href="http://www.360portugal.com/Distritos.QTVR/Porto.VR/vilas.cidades/Porto/a13_CaisGaiaNocturna.html"&gt;Cais de Gaia&lt;/a&gt;. Pelo caminho amoras e mais amoras. Andei anos a pensar que só no meio do monte as conseguia encontrar e agora &amp;nbsp;a cada curva que faço pelas redondezas, lá estão elas, em toda a sua &amp;nbsp;sumarenta, doce e ácida glória. Mas por este ano basta. A arca já está bem abastecida de caixas de amoras congeladas e os meus filhos já estão no limite de tolerância às bagas ( eu, por acaso, não!). Mania que as mães têm de alimentar as crianças...(ups!) adolescentes com coisas saudáveis. Vai-se lá saber porquê! Mas adiante.&lt;br /&gt;No cais o ambiente é sempre alegre e descontraído e divertimo-nos imenso com o entusiasmo dos turistas ao ouvirem os tambores dos &lt;a href="http://www.jf-santamarinha.pt/mareantes.htm"&gt;Mareantes do Rio Douro&lt;/a&gt;. A batida contagiante e poderosa foi juntando as pessoas que passavam e sem me dar conta voltei atrás no tempo, até à altura em que ainda miúda via com medo e ao mesmo tempo fascínio&lt;a href="http://falcaosossegado.blogs.sapo.pt/16581.html"&gt; o cortejo de S. &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://falcaosossegado.blogs.sapo.pt/16581.html"&gt;Gonçalo&lt;/a&gt;, da janela da casa dos meus pais...&lt;br /&gt;Sentámo-nos em silêncio a olhar para o rio e deixámo-nos ficar assim, só a ver os barcos a passarem e a apreciar os miúdos raçudos da ribeira a atirarem-se ao rio do tabuleiro da ponte! Há coisas que nunca mudam...&lt;br /&gt;Mas de tudo o que se pode ver numa tarde solarenga de Sábado no Cais de Gaia, o mais engraçado foi uma festa de despedida de solteira. Quatro amigas animadas, um véu e uma pequena merenda. Quem disse que era preciso mais para fazer uma festa? Não preciso de vos dizer que o véu é opcional! Certo?&lt;br /&gt;Regressámos a casa e como de uma maneira ou de outra, acabo sempre na cozinha, fui buscar amoras congeladas e uma meloa pequena para fazer um smoothie refrescante e nutritivo para o clan. Juntei-lhe leite, gelo, mel e umas folhinhas de manjerona, para espevitar. Triturei tudo até ao estado de veludo líquido e aquela maciez fresca e frutada transformou-se no final feliz de uma tarde de Sábado bem passada.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;In english&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Saturday arrived and as for the past week i´ve been almost in reclusion, i decided to "dig up" my bike from the garage and loosen my hair in the wind.&lt;br /&gt;We (me and João) left home soon after lunch and ride through the same old shortcuts to the &lt;a href="http://www.360portugal.com/Distritos.QTVR/Porto.VR/vilas.cidades/Porto/a13_CaisGaiaNocturna.html"&gt;Gaia docks&lt;/a&gt;. Along the way blackberries and more blackberries. I spent years thinking that the only place i could find them was in the middle of the hills and now, every turn i make in the neighborhood, there they are, in all they´re juicy, tarty/sweetness glory. I guess i must have been really distracted. But it´s enough for this year. My freezer is already well stocked with boxes of frozen berries and my children are in they´re tolerance limit for blackberries. You now mother´s! they have this strange habit of feeding they´re children...(ups!) teenagers, with healthy stuff. Go figure!...&lt;br /&gt;At the docks the atmosphere is always cheerful and relaxed and we had a blast watching the tourists enthusiasm when they heard the drums of the &lt;a href="http://www.jf-santamarinha.pt/mareantes.htm"&gt;Mareantes do Rio Douro&lt;/a&gt;. The powerful and contagious beat gathered the people passing by and without even noticing it, i was drawn far back in time, to when i was a little girl and watched the &lt;a href="http://falcaosossegado.blogs.sapo.pt/16581.html"&gt;S. Gonçalo &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://falcaosossegado.blogs.sapo.pt/16581.html"&gt;procession&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;from my parents house window...&lt;br /&gt;We sat quietly looking at the river, seeing the boats passing by and observing the kids from Ribeira throwing themselves from the bridge deck into the river! Some things never change!&lt;br /&gt;But from all that you can see, during a sunny afternoon spent at the Gaia docks, the thing i loved the most was a bachelorette party. Four girl friends having fun with a veil and a few snacks. Who said more was needed to have a party? There´s no point in me telling you, that he veil is optional, right?&lt;br /&gt;We returned home and as a way or another i seem to always end up in the kitchen, i picked some frozen blackberries and a small, sweet and juicy cantaloupe melon to make a refreshing and nutritious smoothie for the clan. I added the fruit some milk, crushed ice, honey and marjoram leaves for an extra kick Blitzed it all to a liquid velvet state and that fresh and fruity smoothness, became a Saturday afternoon perfect happy ending.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ALitqblAHLW9e9qcsORkGmyOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-vcct7ocCYlw/Ti1LHPB-4KI/AAAAAAAAKAk/A1BL6XEO_4I/s800/IMG_7922.JPG" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Ln3FMiCtp_nLNFITy-eYBWyOqtw9wJ5R46SUz6tz2gc?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="429" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-2uOo-9a0hEE/Ti1PAHinTqI/AAAAAAAAKCY/fMVtxHDacyE/s800/photos%252520%2525282%252529.jpg" width="536" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/B-JtFrDvsfaRo51C1xgBmfp4P5P6KlX3o98Nh6bpVvw?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ThvfC5I2aEw/Ti1J8dJs_zI/AAAAAAAAKAI/Ydm3Sh3AZuE/s800/IMG_6628.JPG" width="534" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Smoothie the meloa, amoras, mel e manjerona&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ingredientes:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;100 g. de amoras congeladas&lt;br /&gt;200 g. de meloa cortada em cubos&lt;br /&gt;100 ml. de leite&lt;br /&gt;200 ml. de gelo partido&lt;br /&gt;3 colheres de sopa de mel&lt;br /&gt;1 colher de sopa de folhas de manjerona&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Preparação:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Junte todos os ingredientes num liquidificador e triture até ficar com uma consistência macia e aveludada.&lt;br /&gt;*Para beber num dia quente de Verão.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;In english&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Cantaloupe melon, blackberries, honey and marjoram smoothie&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ingredients:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*100 g. frozen blackberries&lt;br /&gt;*200 g. cantaloupe melon cut into cubes&lt;br /&gt;*100 ml. milk&lt;br /&gt;*200 ml. crushed ice&lt;br /&gt;*3 tbs. honey&lt;br /&gt;*1 tbs. marjoram leaves&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Preparation:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Put all the ingredients in a blender and blitz until smooth and velvety.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8870383917803210992-8691204570460211977?l=pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/feeds/8691204570460211977/comments/default' title='Enviar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8870383917803210992&amp;postID=8691204570460211977&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8870383917803210992/posts/default/8691204570460211977'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8870383917803210992/posts/default/8691204570460211977'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/2011/07/smoothie-de-meloa-amoras-mel-e.html' title='Smoothie de meloa, amoras, mel e manjerona # Cantaloupe melon, blackberries, honey and marjoram smoothie'/><author><name>monica Pinto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17807463873711620776</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/--4kBfFuDTfc/Ti1HGfEc2SI/AAAAAAAAJ_Y/EKlTx7M6npw/s72-c/IMG_7962.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8870383917803210992.post-2452230539339486690</id><published>2011-07-21T11:50:00.011+01:00</published><updated>2011-07-30T10:59:04.871+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vegetais'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ervas aromáticas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vegetariano'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Refeições rápidas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Caldos e sopas'/><title type='text'>Gaspacho, o chamamento do Verão! # Gaspacho, Summer calling!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Z3MoL7H7Yo9ege1ILlP_CJ7-rqxw0w1nVSv4psvYNhE?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="800" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5neuhKKPJaI/Tif_NlP9goI/AAAAAAAAJ9I/v-oMdp158iA/s800/IMG_7815.JPG" width="574" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/lorTkI0f5l-mbzLNKdefJp7-rqxw0w1nVSv4psvYNhE?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img height="460" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-97y2gHo0XIo/Tif_rVgivdI/AAAAAAAAJ9U/ANUthp2z5AA/s800/photos%252520%2525282%252529.jpg" width="575" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Desde a passada Sexta feira já fiz gaspacho 3 vezes! Tendo em conta que estamos em finais de Julho e o Verão está aí para ficar, isto só pode querer dizer que estou a precisar de regressar ao sul.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Sinto falta do cheiro das Estevas, dos dias passados na praia e das noites com cheiro a caracóis com &amp;nbsp;oregãos e peixe grelhado. Mas mais do que isso, sinto a falta da frescura do gaspacho a meio de um dia de calor tórrido. A comida é uma forma rápida e eficaz de viajar. Eu podia rever vezes sem conta as fotos de outras férias em &lt;a href="http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/2008/09/friasmemrias-fotogrficas.html"&gt;Odeceixe&lt;/a&gt;, coisa que aliás faço frequentemente mas desta vez são os sabores que me têm levado até lá.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Os tomates continuam a chegar cá a casa e cada vez são mais e maiores. A última remessa trazia 3 pepinos e 2 pimentos verdes, perdidos no meio de tanto vermelho e daí saíram 3 gaspachos, em dias diferentes claro. E são uma delícia de fazer! Cortar os vegetais frescos, sentir os cheiros de cada um nas pontas dos dedos. Não há melhor aperitivo do que os aromas. São a antecipação do que de bom está para vir. A receita é do livro "Cozinha tradicional portuguesa" que eu adaptei um pouco e é &amp;nbsp;uma das muitas que existem pelo Alentejo e Algarve fora. A única coisa que não lhe juntei foi o pão. Eu quero sobretudo a textura crua dos vegetais frescos e por isso prefiro o pão à parte mas isto é apenas um detalhe... E enquanto faço compasso de espera até às férias que estão para acontecer, sempre vou fazendo gaspachos para acalmar a sede de Verão.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;In english&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="almost_half_cell" id="gt-res-content" style="display: block; padding-right: 16px; padding-top: 9px;"&gt;&lt;div dir="ltr" style="zoom: 1;"&gt;&lt;div style="color: #888888;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="long_text" id="result_box" style="color: #333333; display: block;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="long_text" id="result_box" style="color: #333333; display: block;"&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Since last Friday, I've already made gaspacho three times!&amp;nbsp;Given that we are in late July, and summer is here to stay, this can only mean that I need to return to the south...I miss the smell of &lt;a href="http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esteva"&gt;estevas&lt;/a&gt; and to spend l&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;eisurely days at the beach,&amp;nbsp;and snails cooked with oregano and grilled fish scented nights. Bu&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333;"&gt;t more than that, I miss the freshness of gaspacho in the middle of a scorching hot day. F&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333;"&gt;ood is a fast and efficient way to travel.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"&gt;I could go over and over the photos of other vacations at&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://pratos-e-travessas.blogspot.com/2008/09/friasmemrias-fotogrficas.html"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;Odeceixe&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333;"&gt;, in fact that is something I often do, but this time, it was the southern flavours what took me back there.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="long_text" id="result_box" style="color: #333333; display: block;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333;"&gt;Tomatoes continue to come into this house and they are becoming more and bigger. The last "shipment" had three cucumbers and two green peppers, lost in the middle of all that redness and from all that bounty, 3 gaspachos were made, on different days of course.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333;"&gt;They are a delight to make!&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"&gt;Cutting the vegetables, felling the smell of each one on my &amp;nbsp;fingertips.&amp;nbsp;There is no better apéritif than the aromas.&amp;nbsp;They are a good anticipation of the deliciouness about &amp;nbsp;to come...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="long_text" id="result_box" style="color: #333333; display: block;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"&gt;This recipe is the version of &amp;nbsp;the book&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Traditional-Portuguese-Cooking-Lourdes-Modesto/dp/9722211730/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1311243049&amp;amp;sr=1-1"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;"Cozinha tradicional portuguesa"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333;"&gt;, that i slightly adapted and one of the many that exists across Alentejo and Algarve.&amp;nbsp;The only thing that i didn´t add it was the bread.&amp;nbsp;I love bread, don´t get me wrong! In fact i can´t live without bread at my table, but in a gaspacho i want especially the texture of raw vegetables,so I rather eat bread separately, but this is just a detail ...&amp;nbsp;And while I'm waiting for the upcoming holidays, I will hapilly conti
