Cataplana

[Quiesco Viduata]

Has anyone used a cataplana? Do you have a good recipe you'd be willing to share?

I received one as a gift from a friend in Portugal years ago -- he was my best man. Yesterday I finally got around to taking the lacquer off, so now it's ready to go. I'm excited about trying it out for the first time. I had a couple of meals from a cataplana while in Portugal and they were wonderful, so I hope to bring some of that to our dining room table.

[57plymouth]

Never heard of one, but I'm headed to google...

[Quiesco Viduata]

Never heard of one, but I'm headed to google...

It's a type of copper pot. I guess the easiest way to explain it would be if you put to woks together and hinged them so it opens like a clam. As my friend's girlfriend said, it's the Portuguese pressure cooker. :icon_lol:

There are recipes online, but thought if anyone has a "tried and true" recipe, I'd start of with that one.

[57plymouth]

Looked it up. I'm going to try the recipes that came in the first google hit. They look good, even without the copper pot.

[Quiesco Viduata]

Let me know how they turn out. I did a spicy chicken in it tonight. It was a recipe that was in the book that came with it, and my friend translated it into English. I'm wondering if he missed something or made an error in the translation; as it didn't taste all that great. My wife liked it, so that was good, but I felt it was missing something; perhaps the "spicy" part of the recipe. :icon_lol:The recipe called for Port wine and White wine. Now I get to finish the bottles. :chugchug:I'll savor the Port a little longer though - although it's only a 5 year, rather than the 25 year tawny that I had before.