Portugal vs North Korea

The Portuguese Cup
Quinta Das Setencostas Alenquer

The Portuguese Plate
Portuguese Chicken baked with potatoes and garlic

Score

Big M

A simple healthy recipe. Legs of chicken cooked with potato, onion, rosemary and garlic. Another one you might not need a recipe for.

little m

The chicken didn’t absorb much flavour, but then again I didn’t eat the skin. However it was so good and flavoursome because it was organic.  I’d like to try it with sweet potato and some other roasting vegetables.

Comments

A glass shattered and we blamed it on tiredness. A number of teams have had unexpected results. I stayed up and watched two disappointing games on the weekend, and now I’m having doubts that Australia will get through. How is your team going?

Portugal vs France

The Portuguese Cup
Chateu Silex 2003 (French wine Costieres de Nimes)
The Portuguese Plate
Caldeirada De Peixe (Portuguese Fish Stew)

Score
* Big M – 6.5
The fish bought was not the best quality and did not really remind me of a stew as it did not take long to cook and so the flavours did not infuse.

* Little m – 6
I’m a fussy fish eater – I like to be able to see no bones, and it can’t smell fishy! The recipe calls for slices of crust-less bread, which made yummy jumbo croutons.

Portugal vs Mexico

The Portuguese Cup
Lancers Rose

The Portuguese Plate
Chicken rice, Portuguese Style

Score
* Big M – 5.5
The chicken fell off the bone and was tasty however the dish did lack something and the churico (Portuguese sausage) tasted out of place.

* Little m – 5
This meal had no eye appeal, and I felt it needed something else.

Comments
The recipe was from The Taste of Portugal by Edite Viera. Many of the recipes have a combination of different meats in the ingredients.

The Lancers Rose is a sparkling wine and think that it is possibly considered cheap plonk in Portugal as it tasted as if it had red cordial (squash) in it.