Mediterranean and Portuguese Recipes

By Helena. Gourmet dishes you can make at home in under 1 hour – fully illustrated with step-by-step videos and photos.

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Shrimp Omelette on a plate with green onion and a fork full of omelette.

The Best Shrimp Omelette

Octopus Salad

Portuguese Octopus Salad

Helena is holding one chorizo bread and a plate of freshly baked chorizo bread

Chorizo Bread (Pão com Chouriço)

Helena is holding one cracker with sardine pate on top and a spoon full of sardine pate

Portuguese Sardine Pate

Portuguese Recipes

Bold flavors from Portugal’s table.

Creamy Cucumber Radish Salad in a blue bowl.

Cucumber Radish Salad

Double Chocolate Brownies with one fudge brownie elevated over other

Double Chocolate Brownies

Helena is holding one piece of tart in the right hand

Tomato Tart with Ricotta

Rum Pineapple Strawberry Cocktail Recipe

Rum Pineapple Strawberry Cocktail

Mediterranean Baked Fish Fillets on a blue plate with a piece of flaky fish

Mediterranean Baked Fish Fillets

A dutch oven whole roast chicken with plums

Dutch Oven Whole Roast Chicken with Plums

Mediterranean Recipes

Sun-kissed fresh Mediterranean dishes.

Apple Cinnamon Cake sliced on a plate.

Apple Cinnamon Cake

Helena is holding one chorizo bread and a plate of freshly baked chorizo bread

Chorizo Bread (Pão com Chouriço)

Shrimp Salad in a bowl.

Super Awesome Shrimp Salad

Chorizo Asparagus Quiche on a plate.

Chorizo Asparagus Quiche

Apricot Shrimp Carpaccio with two glasses of port wine

Apricot Shrimp Carpaccio with Avocado Cream Sauce

Helena is cutting croissant with truffles and hollandaise sauce

Truffle Mushroom Eggs Benedict

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Bowl of creamy potato kale soup with chorizo and spoonful lifted.

Caldo Verde (Portuguese Potato Kale Soup)

Spicy tomato sauce with cilantro in a ceramic bowl.

Spicy Tomato Sauce with Cilantro

Helena is holding a black fork with crispy duck breast with soft boiled egg and fennel orange salad.

Crispy Duck Breast Salad with Fennel and Orange

Crispy golden fried octopus pieces on a plate.

Portuguese Fried Octopus

Seafood Recipes

The finest treasures of the mar you need to try.

Shrimp Omelette on a plate with green onion and a fork full of omelette.

The Best Shrimp Omelette

Helena is holding octopus burger in two hands

Octopus Burger

Octopus Salad

Portuguese Octopus Salad

Helena is standing behind and holding a spoon with seafood rice

Portuguese Seafood Rice

Grilled Octopus Skewers on a plate with fresh lemon slices.

Grilled Octopus Skewers

Delicious Portuguese Garlic Shrimp in a white bowl

Portuguese Garlic Shrimp

Meat Recipes

Cooking gourmet meals with your favorite protein.

Portuguese Bitoque Steak with fried egg on a green plate

Steak with Fried Egg (Bife com Ovo a Cavalo)

Helena is holding a fork with sausage and cabbage

Portuguese Sausages with Cabbage

Meat roulette made quick and easy

Meat Roulette

Helena is holding a wooden spoon with meatball over the skillet with meatballs

Meatballs with Black Truffle

Mediterranean Peas with Bacon in a white bowl.

Peas with Bacon

Helena is trying a creamy steak on a fork

Creamy Steak – Bife à Marrare

Fish Recipes

Dive deep into a gourmet flavor wave.

Juicy Salmon Carpaccio with Avocado in a beautiful plat in two hands.

Avocado Salmon Carpaccio

Whole baked tuna quiche on a white plate

Gourmet Tuna Quiche

Delicious baked Trout on a tray.

Mediterranean Baked Trout

Helena is holding a white plate with mouthwatering Trout in Lemon Garlic Sauce

Trout in Lemon Butter Sauce

A closeup of delicious Chickpea Cod Salad on a plate

Chickpea Cod Salad

Mediterranean Salmon Ceviche in a blue bowl.

Mediterranean Salmon Ceviche

Dessert Recipes

Tender and pleasing gourmet desserts to make your loved ones happy.

A big portion of blueberry tiramisu in Helena's right hand

Blueberry Tiramisu

Chocolate Raspberry Tart with fresh raspberries.

Chocolate Raspberry Tart

Helena is trying cheesecake with one teaspoon full of berries

Blackberry Cherry Cheesecake

Raspberry pavlova on a black table with cocoa powder on a side.

Stunning Raspberry Pavlova

Helena is holding a spoon of fig jam in the right hand

Mediterranean Fig Jam

Strawberry Blackberry Pavlova served

Strawberry Blackberry Pavlova

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Shrimp Omelette on a plate with green onion and a fork full of omelette.

The Best Shrimp Omelette

Double Chocolate Brownies with one fudge brownie elevated over other

Double Chocolate Brownies

Helena is holding octopus burger in two hands

Octopus Burger

Helena is holding a big spoon with black eyed peas over the bowl with juicy salad.

Portuguese Black-Eyed Pea Salad

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The look out of the Douro Scala Hotel

Douro Scala Hotel & Spa and Restaurante do Paço

Portuguese Encruzado Wine

Encruzado (White Wine)

The view on Nazaré waves, a short ride from Hotel Miramar Sul

Hotel Miramar Sul in Nazaré, Restaurante Atlântico View and Pangeia by the Sea

Small citrus tree with green leaves and some fruit in a sunny orchard.

Solar de Vila Meã and Barro Restaurante

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