Lulinhas Estufadas à Narcisa

Tiny squid cooked in Narcisa’s way

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

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By Alan Davidson

Published 1980

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Method

Narcisa, the lady chef of the Restaurant Casa Mateus at Sezimbra, has perfected this admirable way of cooking very small squid; perfected it perhaps while gazing eponymously at her reflection in the clear waters of the harbour, whose polychrome fishing boats must be the brightest in Portugal. My lyrical appraisal of the dish must mak