Essential Cooking Portuguese Cuisine Skills

Master the basic techniques used in the Mediterranean and Portuguese Cuisine.

What you'll learn
The students will learn the essential skills to cook Portuguese meals.
How to prepare delicious meals in short time.
How to cook healthy food
Safety and hygiene in the kitchen
Peeling and cutting safety
Use kitchen apparels to defrost
Learn to use herbs to season
Practical meals for busy families
Requirements
Over 12 years old
Access to a functional kitchen
Have a cooker
Description
Welcome to essential cooking Traditional Portuguese Cuisine with MariaMaria Will be teaching you a variety of techniques in cooking, that will really bring the best cooker on you. Her main specialty is Portuguese food, but Portuguese food is not (only) Mediterranean cuisine, but Atlantic, African, Asian and Brazilian cuisine. This comes from Portugal’s History of which also a bit of the World’s History. The real success of a dish comes from correct preparation techniques just as much as it comes from high-quality ingredients, flavor combinations, or creative plating. Starting with a Mediterranean base that has its roots in the trio bread, wine, and olive oil, complemented by soups, fruit, pork meat, and fish, the Portuguese cuisine also includes ingredients that came from the Maritime Discoveries like beans and potatoes, Indian spices or “malagueta” also known as chili or “peri-peri” from Africa.Then get ready to have a great session, with plenty of fun, learning in a very relaxed way. Always remember you are in your kitchen and the special ingredient is love.Cooking is relaxing, and I believe that you also can transfer emotions, as love to our food. Enjoy the process of cooking, make it fun, use your imagination, trying new flavors, and all your senses bringing presence, in the way you touch, smell, and taste the food. In some of my cooking videos, you will see me cooking with my 6 years old son, this is always a pleasant time for us as a family, cooking and eating at the table together.30 Minutes Meals lessonsLearn how to do quick meals, for those busy days.​Meals that can be prepared in less time, with all the freshness, and super healthy.​With simple easy-to-do tricks that will spend less time in the kitchen, and more time enjoying a nice meal.​

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 Learn how to slice and peel, onions and garlic.

Section 2: Prepare Starters and Salad

Lecture 3 Easy to do Tapas for Starters

Lecture 4 Mixed Salad Preparation

Lecture 5 Mussels with all the flavour

Lecture 6 How to do a Omelette

Section 3: Cooking Meals in a practical and quick way. Do a perfect rice.

Lecture 7 Cooking a perfect Rice

Lecture 8 Meatball and Spaghetti with a gorgeous sauce.

Lecture 9 Fry Steaks that Melts in the mouth.

Lecture 10 Salmon with tenderstem broccoli in the oven, with boiled potatoes.

Section 4: Chicken in quality and diversity of recipes to learn

Lecture 11 Defrost your chicken, practical lesson.

Lecture 12 Chicken Breast with Herbs Marvellous

Lecture 13 Chicken casserole. (Franco estufado).

Lecture 14 Chicken Soup ( Canja de Galinha)

Section 5: 2 Portuguese speciality for special occasions.

Lecture 15 Kale soup, that is Caldo Verde in Portuguese

Lecture 16 Seafood Rice ( Arroz de Marrisco)

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