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A Portuguese-style almond tart: a thin shortcrust shell filled with flaked almonds boiled briefly in butter, sugar and milk until they taste of butterscotch. Crisp pastry, amber top.
Main ingredient: egg
Pairs well with: toast, hash browns, fruit salad, bacon, avocado
HB-18378 · Hand-built original
Main ingredient: haddock
Pairs well with: lemon wedges, tartar sauce, rice pilaf, coleslaw
HB-0905 · Hand-built original
A Portuguese francesinha built from toasted bread layered with roasted ham, sliced sirloin steak and linguiça sausages, blanketed with cheese, grilled until bubbling and flooded with a spicy lager, passata and piri-piri sauce.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-7019 · Hand-built original
Spiced marinated chicken thighs in brioche buns with pickled red onion, seasoned mayonnaise and garlic butter.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-5067 · Hand-built original
Main ingredient: sardines
Pairs well with: lemon wedges, tartar sauce, rice pilaf, coleslaw
HB-1047 · Hand-built original
Peri-naise is the famous creamy pink sauce from Nando's, the Portuguese chicken restaurant chain. They use it for burgers, in wraps, dipping fries and drizzling on rice and salad bowls.
Main ingredient: sauce
HB-1108 · Hand-built original
A Portuguese-style baked rice with browned linguiça coins, red bell pepper, onion, smoked paprika and tomato paste, cooked in chicken stock in the oven. Chopped parsley tops the pot at serving.
Main ingredient: rice
HB-7641 · Hand-built original
Chicken marinated in a homemade peri peri sauce of red chillies, capsicum, smoked paprika, and malt vinegar, grilled and stacked in rolls with perinaise, lettuce, and tomato.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-14595 · Hand-built original
Portuguese custard tarts with a fragile, flaky laminated crust and a not-too-sweet custard caramelised in spots on top. Best eaten the day they are baked, dusted with cinnamon and icing sugar.
Main ingredient: egg
Pairs well with: toast, hash browns, fruit salad, bacon, avocado
HB-18107 · Hand-built original
Peri Peri Chicken Burgers is a Portuguese bbq, dinner. Ready in 210 min.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-1550 · Hand-built original
A whole chicken coated in toasted peri peri spices and olive oil, roasted hot and rested before carving.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-14796 · Hand-built original
King prawns cooked in fiercely hot olive oil with sliced garlic, crushed dried chilli and smoked paprika, finished with parsley and lemon juice and served with crusty bread.
Main ingredient: ½oz raw king prawns
HB-7907 · Hand-built original
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-1752 · Hand-built original
Chicken wings and potato wedges roast in a piri-piri flour coating on one tray, with corn cobs tucked in for the final stretch and lime wedges to serve.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-17932 · Hand-built original
Marinated chicken pieces roasted over potatoes, peppers and cherry tomatoes and finished with citrus zest.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-14821 · Hand-built original
Brined poussin charred and sauced with piri piri, with confit-then-fried potatoes and a charred lettuce salad.
Main ingredient: beef
Pairs well with: mashed potatoes, roasted carrots, red wine sauce, yorkshire pudding, green beans
HB-14822 · Hand-built original
Main ingredient: pork
Pairs well with: applesauce, roasted sweet potatoes, coleslaw, cornbread, braised cabbage
HB-1795 · Hand-built original
This hearty dish was inspired by _frango na púcara_, a Portuguese chicken dish that's cooked in a terra-cotta jug. The chicken is even better the next day, when the flavors have had a chance to meld. Serve with crusty bread.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-1796 · Hand-built original
Main ingredient: egg
Pairs well with: toast, hash browns, fruit salad, bacon, avocado
HB-1797 · Hand-built original
Main ingredient: cod
Pairs well with: lemon wedges, tartar sauce, rice pilaf, coleslaw
HB-1798 · Hand-built original
Main ingredient: beef
Pairs well with: mashed potatoes, roasted carrots, red wine sauce, yorkshire pudding, green beans
HB-1799 · Hand-built original
A brothy Portuguese seafood rice with prawns, mussels and clams, tomato and coriander, the shellfish stock enriched with the prawn shells. A separate pan of garlicky clams and mussels in white wine goes alongside.
Main ingredient: rice
HB-14867 · Hand-built original
A hearty caldo verde-style soup of chorizo, potato and finely shredded greens, finished with a smoked paprika oil swirl.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-17562 · Hand-built original
Main ingredient: prawn
Pairs well with: lemon wedges, tartar sauce, rice pilaf, coleslaw
HB-2193 · Hand-built original
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