This time we had a predetermined theme for this first official Mary and Rose session: Santos Populares in Lisbon.
During the summer, in the month of June, festivities dedicated to three saints known as Santos Populares take place all over Portugal. Saint Anthony (Santo António) is celebrated on the night of 12th-13 June, especially in Lisbon (where that saint was born and lived most of his life), with Marchas Populares (a street carnival) and other festivities. (from wikipedia)
As in all portuguese popular celebrations, food plays a very important role, Santo António's night in Lisbon just would be the same without sardines. Lots of them, being grilled in the street everywhere. It's a very loud, fun and smelly night. In contrast with this, the other main symbol is the sweet basil (mangerico) usually decorated with a paper flower, and a compulsory quatrain.
All this put together, adding the fact that summer is here, we got inspired to design a session and a menu:
Cocktail
Champareão
Starters
Smoked chicken patty pie with catupiry cheese
Filo squares with goat cheese and fig and laurel jam
Portuguese sardine on corn bread
Palate cleanser
Raspchamp
Main course
Pork ribs with port wine and thyme reduction. baked potatoes with rosemary, watercress with beetroot sprouts, roasted cherry tomatoes
Dessert
sweet bacon fritter with cardamom foam and dried rose petal
To finish the meal we served a home made mandarin liqueur.
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