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Helena’s Recipes

Gourmet recipes with Mediterranean and Portuguese flavors that you can make at home in under 1 hour.

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Shrimp Omelette on a plate with green onion and a fork full of omelette.

The Best Shrimp Omelette

Octopus Salad

Portuguese Octopus Salad

Helena is holding one chorizo bread and a plate of freshly baked chorizo bread

Chorizo Bread (Pão com Chouriço)

Helena is holding one cracker with sardine pate on top and a spoon full of sardine pate

Portuguese Sardine Pate

Portuguese Recipes

Bold flavors from Portugal’s table.

Mediterranean Recipes

Sun-kissed fresh Mediterranean dishes.

Roast Duck with Apples

Roast Duck with Apples

Helena is standing next to a plate with Melon Prosciutto Burrata Salad with balsamic vinegar and blackberries

Melon Prosciutto Burrata Salad

Portuguese Bitoque Steak with fried egg on a green plate

Steak with Fried Egg (Bife com Ovo a Cavalo)

A piece of shrimp quiche on a plate with arugula.

The Best Ever Shrimp Quiche

Garlic Tomato Salad on a plate

Garlic Tomato Salad

Helena is holding one piece of tart in the right hand

Tomato Tart with Ricotta

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Crispy golden fried octopus pieces on a plate.

Portuguese Fried Octopus

Helena is holding a big spoon with black eyed peas over the bowl with juicy salad.

Portuguese Black-Eyed Pea Salad

Helena is holding a fork with Portuguese Mixed Salad Salada Mista over the big white plate.

Portuguese Mixed Salad (Salada Mista)

Helena is holding a tray of ready baked Mediterranean Scorpionfish with onions and lemon.

Mediterranean Baked Scorpionfish

Seafood Recipes

Dredge up the finest treasures of the mar with these unapologetically gourmet Portuguese and Mediterranean seafood recipes.

Mussels in tomato sauce with parsley

Portuguese Mussels in Tomato Sauce

Helena is holding octopus burger in two hands

Octopus Burger

Shrimp Omelette on a plate with green onion and a fork full of omelette.

The Best Shrimp Omelette

Grape Shrimp Tartare on a plate

Grape Shrimp Tartare

Shrimp in Lemon Garlic Sauce in a skillet

Shrimp in Lemon Garlic Sauce

Ready baked octopus served with potatoes

Portuguese Octopus in Port Wine

Meat Recipes

Cooking gourmet meals with beef, pork and duck with Mediterranean flavors. All of meat recipes are here.

Mediterranean Peas with Bacon in a white bowl.

Peas with Bacon

Beef Wellington with juicy meat inside the puff pastry.

Best Beef Wellington

Meat roulette made quick and easy

Meat Roulette

A close-up photo of six asparagus spears wrapped in bacon on a blue plate. The asparagus spears are trimmed and evenly spaced on the plate.

Bacon Wrapped Asparagus

Helena is holding a fork with sausage and cabbage

Portuguese Sausages with Cabbage

A spoonful of the delicious Mediterranean Beef Carrot Potato Stew

Beef Carrot Potato Stew

Fish Recipes

Dive deep into a gourmet flavor wave and hook the ultimate Mediterranean and Portuguese fish recipes.

Flavorful Tuna Ceviche with Mango in a bowl

Tuna Ceviche with Mango

Juicy Salmon Carpaccio with Avocado in a beautiful plat in two hands.

Avocado Salmon Carpaccio

Mouthwatering salmon kabobs on blue plate

Grilled Salmon Kabobs

Mediterranean Baked Fish Fillets on a blue plate with a piece of flaky fish

Mediterranean Baked Fish Fillets

Mediterranean Baked Rosefish Served

Baked Rosefish

Mediterranean Salmon Ceviche in a blue bowl.

Mediterranean Salmon Ceviche

Dessert Recipes

Tender and pleasing gourmet desserts that are perfect to make your loved ones happy. Try my desserts and have fun!

Port Wine Poached Pears with syrup on a yellow plate.

Port Wine Poached Pears

A piece of Strawberry pie

My Grandma’s Strawberry Pie

Helena is standing behind strawberry napoleons

Strawberry Napoleons

Demonstrating the holes from a fork inside the Easy Puff Pastry Dough

Easy Puff Pastry Dough

The most delicious Cherry Pavlova

Super Cute Cherry Pavlova

Helena is holding a cherry dumpling over the plate with delicious cherry dumplings

Steamed Cherry Dumplings

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Shrimp Omelette on a plate with green onion and a fork full of omelette.

The Best Shrimp Omelette

Double Chocolate Brownies with one fudge brownie elevated over other

Double Chocolate Brownies

Helena is holding octopus burger in two hands

Octopus Burger

Helena is cutting croissant with truffles and hollandaise sauce

Truffle Mushroom Eggs Benedict

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