This was more of a mix-in-the-pot thing than a proper recipe. My grandma used to make something similar, I just tried figuring the ingredients by memory.
Also, I made use of the tripod we bought for the camera. No more asking love to take pictures while I cook so I don't get the camera dirty.
Here's the recipe (serves about 6):
- 3 table spoons Olive oil;
- 2 onions, diced;
- 3/4 sliced chorizo, peeled;
- 2 bay leaves;
- 600g of diced meat;
- a splash of white wine;
- 3 chopped tomatoes;
- 3/4 kg of peas;
- 1 farinheira (Optional, I only used it for the defrosting purpose);
- Enough boiling water;
- Salt and pepper to taste.
This is a VERY caloric meal, used to be made for farmers who work all day long and need them, so if you're trying to lose weight, I'll advise you not to eat it :)
Grab a big pan, and heat up the olive oil. When it's hot enough, drop the diced onion in the pan.
Add some salt and stir until the onion is translucent. Add the sliced chorizo.
Add the bay leaves and let the chorizo cook until lightly fried, then remove it. It should look somewhat like this.
At this point, add the meat.
Add the wine and let it cook for a few minutes.
Add the diced tomato and be patient.
This next part will take about 15 minutes. I hate waiting while stirring but it pays off, really.
It should look like this:
Add enough boiling water to the mix and put the chorizo back. Add the peas:
Put the lid on and let it cook. At this time I prepared some rice and 5 minutes before the rice was done I set this aside and added the farinheira pieces.
Instead of the rice, you can put some small sized pasta in the pan along with the peas. Grandma also used to put some beans but love doesn't like them.
Only a few things to go from the freezer. Stay tuned I'll be posting soon.
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22 July 2010
Pea Stew - Defrosting pt. 2
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11 November 2009
Meatballs
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I was dieing to try out basmati rice so I made something with a delicious sauce to go with it:
We hadn't eaten meatballs in a long time, mostly because they're a bit more expensive and I can't do much with it except for tomato sauce with them. Maybe next month I'll try to make my own, since I will probably get a little "gift" supply of meat soon.
What I really like about the basmati rice, is it's lightness. It has no stickiness and it feels so soft and light in your mouth and stomach. Despite eating a lot, I don't feel bursting like with japanese rice. I love them both, for different purposes, but 'm not sure wich one goes best with curry.
I ran out of "to-sauté" vegetables and the bf (I still have to find him a nickname because he doesn't like reading "the bf") is getting tired of carrots and green peas. It's a little hard to find vegetables to go with the food because he doesn't like beans nor peas. I can live without beans but peas... I love their sweetness.
Is there any way I could maybe mask these vegetables on something? I already did on soup, but after eating soup for a meal, he'll complain he doesn't want soup everyday.
When I was loading the pictures to my pc, I found some that I had no idea were they were and I just have to post one of those:
That's err... me sleeping with the cat on top. There probably was one underneath my legs like usual. I sometimes get these on my camera because the bf loves to take random pictures whenever his mind says so. It was probably 5 or 6 am I'm can't be sure (I was sleeping)
I might post something on Friday, tho not really sure. Thursday is hard to make something look good on any plate.
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