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Molhos de Santa Maria (Bundles of Santa Maria)

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This recipe comes from the island of Santa Maria, but it definitely has roots from Northern Portugal.

The original dish is made by stuffing the marinated meat into a sewn up stomach lining… Every family has their own take with seasonings and methods but I love how we improvised this special dish using foil packets and a pressure cooker. Also the key to the dish is marinating overnight, so make sure to do this the night before you plan on making it for your family. 

Ingredients

Scale

This recipe will feed 4-6 people and can be easily doubled.

2 1/2 pounds of pork loin

1 cup of rice (rinsed)

1 onion minced

3 cloves of garlic finely chopped

1 bunch of scallions, chopped

Splash of vinegar, or lemon juice

1 1/2 cups of white wine

1 tablespoon of paprika

2 tablespoons of red hot pepper paste *can adjust to taste

One small bunch of chopped parsley

Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

  1.  Cut and cube the pork loin
  2. In a large bowl add & mix all the ingredients together. Cover everything and place in the refrigerator overnight.
  3. The next day, set up the pressure cooker filled with hot water.
  4. Set your sheets of foil and fill each with a  couple of serving spoons of the marinated meat. Wrap each into a bundle and tie each bundle with cooking string. Continue until all of the marinated meat has been placed into bundles and then place these bundles into the pressure cooker that was halfway filled with hot water. Cover and set your pressure cooker to cook for 45 minutes.  

Once done, unwrap each bundle and serve alongside cooked sweet potatoes. Enjoy! 

 

Notes

Adding portions to the foil

tying off the packets

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