EMBEDDED GAMMON

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If spicy, the pork is hugely tasty. Is there something greater than come together all the family in the weekend and remove from oven a gammon full of flavors, moist, surrounded by potatoes and onions? If you don't want to use gammon, choose a good beef cut to roast, following the entire recipe.

1 unsmoked boneless gammon weighing 4-5 kg

Spice

1 large onion cut into 4 pieces

4 large garlic cloves

1 seedless ají pepper

1/2 bunch of parsley

1/2 bunch of chive

4 tbsp salt

Juice of 3 lemons

2 tbsp finely chopped rosemary

To embed

15 garlic cloves

16 seedless green olives

100g bacon cut into cubes

15 onions pickle

Directions

With a knife's tip, perforate the whole gammon.

Spice

In a blender, liquefy the onion, garlic, pepper, parsley, chive, salt and lemon. Then, add chopped rosemary and mix, do not liquefy again.

Spread it over the meat, including the holes.

To embed

In each hole, add one ingredient: garlic, olive, bacon or onion. Place the gammon in a plastic bag with the spice, let marinate for 12 hours in fridge.

To finish

Preheat the oven to 350˚F.

Place gammon in a large roasting pan, cover with foil and roast for 3h to 3h30. Remove foil and sprinkle with the spice in the pan. Serve with potatoes, onions and bell peppers.

Serve: portions to 10-12 persons.

Recipe from here.

CHOCORANGO RECOMMENDS

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Cozinha é poesia is another blog that deserves to be exposed here in Chocorango. Very good written for Cherry Blossom, presents delectable breads, savory dishes, sweets and many Brazil typical recipes.

Pão caseirinho - photo by Cherry Blossom

With huge flashy pics, we want to visit it everyday. And for the foreign readers, the writer available the old and good translator.

Blog: Portuguese.

Costela no "bafo" da panela de pressão - sabor Brasil - photo by Cherry Blossom

VANILLA COOKIES

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Delicate cookies aromatized with vanilla. Embellish, crunchy and yummilicious!

300g flour

100g sugar

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp baking powder

60g chilled butter, cut into small cubes

1 egg

2 tbsp vanilla extract

1 tbsp cream

Drops of food coloring

Directions

Mix together flour, sugar, salt and baking powder in a bowl. Rub the butter with your fingertips. Add egg and mix. Mix in vanilla extract and cream. If necessary, add 1 tbsp cold water to make a soft dough. Divide the dough and color them with food coloring. Do not overmix. Chill the dough for 20 minutes.

Preheat the oven to 350˚F.

Roll out each dough, overlap, roll and slice. Bake for 10-15 minutes until the base is golden brown. Let cool in a rack. Store in an airtight container.

Serve: 60 cookies.

Recipe from here.

TO FRY

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To have a tastier food, always begin to fry onion or garlic with a cool pan to accentuate the flavor and decrease the risk of a burnt onion.

CHOCOLATE ORANGE CAKE

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Chocolate goes with everything or almost, we can't deny. Chocolate and orange is a combination very appreciated. So, what about to try this cake? The dough is just like everyone loves: light, soft, melting in your mouth. The filling is a chocolate and orange mousse and the topping very attractive! It's very simple to prepare, but is easier to garnish.

150g butter

150g sugar

4 eggs

1 tsp vanilla extract

260g flour

2 tbsp cocoa powder

1 tbsp baking powder

To sprinkle

80ml orange juice

Filling

70g semisweet chocolate

50g milk chocolate

3 tbsp orange juice

1 tbsp orange zest

2 eggs separated

Topping

2 oranges skinless and sliced

Whipped cream

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350˚F. Sift together the flour, cocoa and baking powder.

Cream butter and sugar. Gradually add the eggs, beating well after each addition. Stir in vanilla extract. Fold in the sifted ingredients. Bake for 40 minutes until a toothpick is inserted in the center and comes out clean. Let it cool in a rack.

Filling

Melt the chocolates and stir in juice and zest of orange. Add the egg yolks one at a time, beating well after addition. Whip the egg whites and fold gently in the mixture.

To Finish

Slice the cake. Sprinkle with orange juice, fill, cover with sliced orange and embellish with whipped cream. Leave in fridge (covered) until to serve.

Serve: 10 slices.

ONE GIFT TO THE COOK

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We never stop to think about the simple things those we see everyday as the ladle. For who likes a soup, broth or bean, always use ladle. One gift to the cook.

CHICKEN IN COCONUT SAUCE WITH TOMATO AND BASIL

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Chocorango is full of ideas for the summer. Today, we brought a very light and flavorful dish made with chicken, coconut milk, tomato and basil. Try it and then tell us what you think.

1 chicken breast

Salt

Juice of 1/2 lemon

Ají pepper diced

Coconut Sauce

Olive oil

1 garlic clove, diced

50ml coconut milk

200g table cream

100g diced tomato

Fresh basil

Directions

Cut the chicken into strips and marinate in salt, lemon juice and pepper. Reserve for 30 minutes.

Coconut Sauce

Fry the chicken and garlic in a little olive oil. Add coconut milk, cream and simmer in low heat until thick. Add tomato and salt if necessary. Add basil and stir gently. Serve immediately.

Cook's tip: Use sweet grape tomato to have a yummier dish.

Serve: 4 portions.

Recipe from Ana Maria Magazine 306.

CAN I FREEZE CARROT?

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Yes, ma'am! Enjoy the harvest of carrots to buy them with a low price, fresh and good-looking. Choose how they'll be frozen, if into slices, whole, into smalls cubes or shredded. Into slices and whole is recommend to blanch before, boiling the carrots slices for 2 minutes or whole carrots for 5 minutes. Freeze in smalls portions. It doesn't necessary wait to unfreeze, you can put them immediately in the pan.

Durability: 10 months.

STRAWBERRY FROZEN YOGURT

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Yummy!! Cold ice cream to chill this summer! With a combination of yogurt and strawberries you can't go wrong! Cool and full of flavor!

150ml water

175g sugar

Zest of 1 lemon

500g strawberry

300ml natural plain yogurt

Directions

Let to boil the water, sugar and lemon zest for 3 minutes. Let to cool.

Make a purée with the strawberries and yogurt, add the boiled water and beat again.

Place in the ice cream maker for 20-30 minutes.

To make it without an ice cream maker, let to freezer and whisk between 30-60 minutes, to have a creamy ice cream, until is froze.

Cook's tip: The frozen yogurt of the pics was made without the ice cream maker.

Serve: 1 liter.

Recipe from here.

CHOCORANGO RECOMMENDS

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The Chocorango recommends the Perfect Recipe. A site that is girly, delicate and with great recipes.

Strawberry cake - Photo by Pamela Brandão

Savories delights, sweets, decorated cakes... All this stuff you can find in Perfect Recipe.

Blogs: English and Portuguese.

Carrot cake with chocolate frosting - Photo by Pamela Brandão

BROWNIE

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Who tries a good brownie once, never forget it. The worst thing is to find a fantastic recipe that we don't have any desire to try another that we can read out there. And that's exactly what happens with this one. From a very reliable source, wouldn't be necessary any pic for the whole world know that this brownie is delicious!

250g butter

300g semisweet chocolate

2 cups granulated sugar

5 eggs

1 cup flour

2 tbsp cocoa powder

1 tsp vanilla extract

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 cup chopped nuts

Directions

Preheat the oven to 390˚F. Lightly grease a 20x30 square pan. Sift flour and cocoa together.

Melt butter and chocolate together. Lightly beat the eggs, add sugar and mix well. Whisk the chocolate and butter into the eggs, add vanilla and stir. Gently, fold flour and cocoa into the mixture, don't overmix. Fold into chopped nuts.

Spoon the batter into the square pan and bake for 25 minutes, until the top is lightly crisp and a toothpick inserted comes out moist.

Serve: 20 squares.

Recipe from here.

TOMATO

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Almost everyone knows this tip, but it's really useful. To remove the tomato skin, make with a knife an "X" at the base of fruit and pierce the top with a fork holding it. Boil some water and dip the tomato for few seconds until the cut skin is scratched. Then, remove tomato from water and gently pull the skin that will be easy to detach.

CHICKEN WITH HERBS AND COLD SAUCE

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The summer is approaching and with it the desire to have a lighter meal. The tip is this chicken easy as pie to prepare, which fuse the flavor of herbs to a fresh sauce. Tasty and quick.

4 boneless skinless chicken breasts

Salt

Herbs

Paprika

1 large onion sliced

4 tbsp olive oil

Cold sauce

8 tbsp table cream

4 tbsp mayonnaise made of milk

6 tbsp lemon juice

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350˚F.

Place the chicken breasts between two plastics and pound with a mallet. Put each chicken breast onto a square of foil. Spice with salt, herbs and paprika. Cover with slices of onion and one tbsp of olive oil. Close the foil as a package.

Bake for 40 minutes. Serve hot over the cold sauce.

Cold sauce

Whisk together all ingredients. Refrigerate until serve.

Serve: 4 portions.

ONE GIFT TO THE COOK

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Item of a basic kitchen, the frying pan is fundamental to fry a steak, make pancake, crepe, just using a little oil. And when it spoil is a huge lack. It's good 'cause is cheap and last a long time! Who has will agree: the frying pan is a gift to the cook.

CACHAÇA DOUGHNUT

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With a countryside taste, the cachaça doughnuts bring to many guys sweet memories, sometimes made by granny or mom. It's a very simple recipe, easy to roll the dough and makes a lot. Don't worry about the alcohol of recipe, even kids can eat.

2 eggs

200ml milk

200ml cachaça

130ml oil

2 tbsp butter in room temperature

1 tbsp baking powder

Flour (about 900g)

To Roll

Powdered sugar

Cachaça

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350˚F. Lightly grease a cookie sheet.

In a large bowl, place the eggs, milk, cachaça, oil and butter. Gradually, add flour with the baking powder, mixing very well with hands. Do not add so much flour 'cause the doughnuts will be stale.

Shape dough into rings and place into the pan. Bake for 15-20 minutes, until the base is lightly golden brown, don't let the top become golden brown.

To Roll

In a bowl, place sugar in another bowl, place cachaça. Roll the hot doughnuts in cachaça, then sugar. Let to cool in a rack. Store in a airtight container for 24 hours to disappear the cachaça flavor.

Cook's tip: You can use orange juice instead of cachaça. It's great to side a coffee cup.

Serve: 100 doughnuts.

CAN I FREEZE BREAD ROLL?

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Yes. Freeze the baked roll in plastic bags without air or foil. When you want a hot roll just as in the bakery, just leave the bread in room temperature or defrost in microwave, brush a little water and heat in preheated oven until is crisp.

Durability: 6 months.

KEY LIME PIE ICE CREAM

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This isn't a dedicated post for the readers who lives in tropical countries 'cause ice cream is a delight even in winter! And if you're longing to eat that frozen cream and don't have heavy cream, even an ice cream machine, you can do this recipe that works great!

50ml boiling water

45g pineapple gelatin

100ml cold milk

400g table cream

395g sweetened condensed milk

100ml lime juice

Zest of 3 limes

50g plain cookies coarsely chopped

Directions

Dissolve the gelatin in the boiling water, stir in cold milk. In the blender, liquify the dissolved gelatin, table cream, condensed milk, juice and zest of lime. Refrigerate until is set as a mousse. Freeze in ice cream machine according to directions. After ready, add the chopped cookies and freeze again.

Cook's tip: The ice cream of the pics was made without an ice cream machine. Proceed exactly asks the recipe, when the ice cream is set in fridge as mousse, beat in an electric beater and freeze for 2h30, beat again and let to freeze for 1 hour just until is set. Add the cookies and freeze.

Serve: 1 1/2 liter.

Recipe from here.

CHOCORANGO RECOMMENDS

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After seeing these pics, there's no doubt why we recommended it. The blog Tartas Provocativas just has delights in the form of torte, cake, charlotte, swiss roll. All those things presented with a light and exquisite look.

Tarta de galletas, nocilla y almendras - photo by María Lunarillos

Congrats to María Lunarillos for her work and care and our appreciation for sharing not only the photos but also the recipes.

Blog: Spanish.

Tarta Mozart a mi manera - Photo by María Lunarillos

TAPIOCA STARCH - BASIL ROLLS

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Poor cousin of the famous Brazilian Cheese Rolls, these rolls are great for a snack. They're light, tasty, with a basil flavor. Can be served with little pieces of butter, requeijão or the perfect combination: melted goiabada with a little water.

300g sour starch

200g sweet starch

1 tsp salt

80ml cold milk

250ml boiling milk

160ml oil

1 large egg

Basil

Directions

In a bowl, mix together both starch and salt. Add cold milk and stir in slow speed. Let to heat the milk and oil. When is boiling, gradually, add in the starches, always beating. Turn to high speed and beat for more many minutes. Let cool slightly before add the egg. Add egg and basil, beating for more 4 minutes.

Refrigerate for 1 hour.

Preheat the oven to 390˚F. Grease two large pans.

With the help of two tablespoon, make balls and place into the pan. Bake for 20-25 minutes, until the base is slightly golden brown. Serve warm.

Serve: 35 rolls.

PIZZA

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Pinch with a fork the pizza dough before baking, it won't to be with air bubbles in the superficie.