Description
Caldeirada is a popular dish in Portuguese cuisine. Despite the simplicity of the ingredients, always delicious. Braised special rules fish or seafood combined with potatoes and other vegetables serve as both the first and second dish. If anyone ever tried this caldeirada pretty sure the first thing that comes from the memories is her magnificent, incomparable flavor. Traditionally, caldeirada a dish cooked by men. I was admitted into the kitchen just as the photo-operator and assistant for cleaning of the vegetables.
Ingredients
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Squid
1 kg
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Potatoes
10 piece
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Onion
2 piece
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Garlic
2 tooth
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Sweet pepper
1 piece
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Tomato
2 piece
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Olive oil
100 ml
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Bay leaf
1 piece
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Salt
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Black pepper
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Greens
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Chili
1 piece
Cooking
Prepare the vegetables for caldeirada. Peel and cut into very large cubes potatoes. Chop onion half rings, garlic cloves - press the flat side of a knife blade. Sweet pepper cut into very small pieces. Tomatoes peel and cut into small cubes, or better yet, skip the blender to puree. Prepare squid. Wash with cold water. Remove the intestines, chitin plate of the body of the squid. Film from the squid to remove it is not necessary! Cut off the head, cut lengthwise into 2 parts.
Removed chitinous beak and eyes.
Each half of the cut another 2 pieces in such a way as pictured.
The body of the squid cut into rings with a width of about 1-1,5 see
A very important point of preparation is that the WHOLE PROCESS of cooking is in a saucepan WITH a TIGHTLY CLOSED LID, to prevent volatilizing the spirit of the dish! Opening the lid is minimized, this is done only to add the next ingredient at exactly the right moment. Olive oil pripuskaet a little onion, garlic and Bay leaf. The onions should be soft. Then add the peppers and tomatoes. Simmer until the spread in the kitchen delicious garlic smell. For about 5 minutes.
In this moment, opening the lid, add the chopped squid and sea salt. Simmer until the squid slightly from sweat. For about 20 minutes.
Then add the potatoes and if necessary the water so it just covers the potatoes. After boiling, check the salinity, if necessary doselevel. Pepper or add a few drops of special sauce Piri-Piri: http://www.povarenok.ru/recipes/show/31594/ Continue to simmer until cooked potatoes.
Before serving, caldeirada sprinkle with finely chopped parsley or coriander (cilantro). Caldeirada good only freshly prepared. On the second day to leave it is not recommended, lost all her magical scent.
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