Best Bread Soup Alentejo Style Portuguese Recipes
ACORDA ALENTEJANA (PORTUGUESE BREAD SOUP)
Acordas are a type of Portuguese traditional soup which are designed to make use of leftovers of the country's much cherished staple food, stale bread. The Moors, the medieval Arabs who occupied the Iberian Peninsula for nearly 800 years, made copious and imaginative use of stale bread, employing it to thicken, enrich and bulk out everything they could think of. The best kind of bread is a thick crusty bread, like a country bread or peasant bread. Try and not use crustless or thinly crusted types of bread as they don't hold up well in the soup and typically turn to mush.
Provided by Member 610488
Categories Grains
Time 25m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- If the bread isn't already stale, spread the chunks on a baking sheet and dry out in a 250 degree F oven for about an hour.
- Process the garlic, cilantro and 1/2 teaspoon salt to a paste in a food processor (or use a mortar and pestle if you feel like a workout). Spoon into the bottom of a large, heatproof serving bowl or soup tureen.
- Bring the water to a boil in a medium saucepan. Poach the eggs in it, one at a time, removing to a plate when the whites have set but the yolks are still runny.
- Pour the still-boiling water (don't worry about any egg bits in it) over the garlic-cilantro paste in the bowl, stir to combine, and add the oil and more salt to taste.
- Add the bread and let soak for 5 minutes. Taste and add more salt if necessary, or more water if it seems too thick; there should be broth to slurp.
- Top the soup with the poached eggs and serve immediately.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 498.7, Fat 22, SaturatedFat 4.2, Cholesterol 186, Sodium 956, Carbohydrate 59, Fiber 3, Sugar 5.2, Protein 15.3
BREAD SOUP ALENTEJO-STYLE (PORTUGUESE)
Stale bread is added to an aromatic broth.The bread absorbs the broth and softens. Adapted from Portugese Homestyle Cooking.
Provided by kellychris
Categories Low Protein
Time 30m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Mash the garlic with the salt,forming a paste.
- In a large bowl,mix the paste with the olive oil and cilantro.
- Gradually stir in 1/2 the water.
- Tear the bread into medium sized pieces,(2 to 3 inches) Toss in as little or as much as you wish.
- Allow it to soak up some water for about 5 minutes.Add more water if necessary,so that mixture is not dry.
- Mix gently. Ther should be a decent amount of broth,although the ratio of liquid to bread is a matter of preference.
- Break eggs into a small bowl,one at a time, then slide them in the large bowl a making space between the pieces of bread, and allow them to poach in the hot broth.(about 5 minutes.) *Be sure the broth is piping hot so the eggs will cook*.
- Ladle the soup into serving bowls, including an egg in each one.
- Serve immediately.
- NOTE: The eggs can be boiled or poached seperately and then added to each soup bowl.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 290.9, Fat 19.6, SaturatedFat 3.7, Cholesterol 211.5, Sodium 2058.9, Carbohydrate 19.2, Fiber 1, Sugar 1.9, Protein 9.2
ASORDO - PORTUGUESE BREAD SOUP
The Portuguese love bread soup. It was a peasant dish in the old country, and when they came to this country, it continued to be a favourite way of using up stale bread.
Provided by luvcookn
Categories Portuguese
Time 30m
Yield 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Soak bread in water until soft. Squeeze out the water and set the bread aside.
- In a soup pot, toast the garlic in the olive oil, just until it begins to barely brown.
- Add the chicken stock to the pot and bring to a simmer.
- Add the bread to the pot and simmer, making a thick soup.
- Add the shrimp, salt, and Piri Piri.
- Cook for a moment.
- Place the soup in a tureen and garnish with the parsley.
- Break the eggs on top of the soup.
- Bring to the table and stir the eggs into the soup before serving.
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