Box Chef Mother's Day + Recipes Book (2024)

Suggested Use

Negrinha do Douro Olive Paste with Spices - 180g: Ideal for cereal bread, fresh cereal bread and other types of bread, corn and rye bread, vegan crackers, wasabi or goat cheese and Swiss chard toast. Use in game dishes, to season salads such as couscous salad and Greek salad, vegetarian salads, and pasta, or to spread with cream cheese. Use as an aperitif.

Red Pepper Chutney - 200g: Ideal as a sauce for red meats, salads, cured cheeses, appetizers, fresh shredded or roasted cod appetizers, sushi; to accompany with poultry, pork and beef.

Blueberry Extra Jam with Melissa - 200g: Ideal for spreading oatmeal cookies, coconut cookies, cashew cookies, chocolate cookies, cereal bread, wholegrain toast, vegan cookies, and for creating cake recipes with chocolate cream. Goes well with fresh cheeses and cottage cheese. Perfect as a filling for macarons of various flavors such as chocolate macarons, chocolate cakes, mascarpone cheese desserts, quark cheese and tiramisu recipes. It can also be used as a topping and filling for healthy American pancakes, oatmeal pancakes, banana pancakes, chocolate cakes, red fruit cakes.

Raspberry and Blackberry Extra Jam - 200g: Ideal accompaniment to cheeses, Cheese from the Island of S. Jorge, Azores (PDO), “Roncari” Cheese – Blue (PDO), “Roquefort“ Cheese (PDO), Cheese (Blue) - “Le Bleu d'Auvergne“ (PDO) ), “Pecorino” cheese (PDO), “Gournay” cheese, “Mozzarella” cheese and salads. Excellent as a topping for ice cream, yogurt and lime mousse and cupcakes

Strawberry Extra Jam with Mint - 200g: Ideal for spreading oatmeal cookies, coconut cookies, cashew cookies, chocolate cookies, cereal bread, wholegrain toasts, vegan cookies, and for creating cake recipes with chocolate cream, as a filling for macarons of various flavors, such as chocolate, chocolate cakes, desserts with mascarpone cheese, quark cheese, tiramisu recipes. Perfect as a topping and filling for healthy American pancakes, oatmeal pancakes, banana pancakes, chocolate muffins, berry muffins and waffles.

‘Bravo de Esmolfe’ Apple Extra Jam with Cinnamon: Easy to spread, ideal with oatmeal cookies, coconut cookies, cashew cookies, chocolate chip cookies, grain bread, wholegrain toast, vegan cookies, pancakes, crepes, waffles, desserts. It goes well with cured cheeses, Queijo de Serpa (PDO), “Tetilla” cheese (PDO), “Comté” cheese (PDO) and “Grana Padano” cheese (PDO).

Recipes | Chef

1. Chocolate cupcake with blackberry and lavender jam
2. Salmon tataky with mango chutney and strawberry jam with mint meia.dúzia® - Chef Álvaro Costa
3. "la plancha" salmon with micro-vegetables, meia.dúzia® pepper chutney, meia.dúzia® mango chutney and meia.dúzia® strawberry jam with mint® - Chef Álvaro Costa
4. Turkey with strawberry jam and mint meia.dúzia® and reineta apple puree - Chef Gil Pinto
5. Fresh cheese with extra blueberry jam with melissa meia.dúzia®
6. Pancake with blueberry jam with melissa meia.dúzia® - Chef Álvaro Costa
7. Natural yogurt with red fruits and blueberry jam with melissa meia.dúzia® - Chef Álvaro Costa
8. Pinxo standard pepper with blueberry jam with melissa meia.dúzia® - Chef Álvaro Costa
9. "Sonhos" with "bravo de esmolfe" apple jam with cinnamon meia.dúzia® and blueberry jam with melissa meia.dúzia® - Chef Gil Pinto
10. Blueberry Cupcake with Blueberry Jam with Melissa
11. Chocolate and almond cupcake with blueberry Jam with melissa
12. Greek Salad with Negrinha do Douro Olive Paste meia.dúzia® - Chef Álvaro Costa
13. Fresh goat cheese salad with Negrinha do Douro Olive Paste and bread and beetroot
14. Nicoise Style Tuna Salad with Negrinha do Douro Olive Paste
15. Goat Cheese Toast with "Bravo de Esmolfe" Apple Jam with Cinnamon meia.dúzia® and Negrinha do Douro Olive Paste meia.dúzia® - Chef Álvaro Costa

Ingredients

Negrinha do Douro Olive Paste with Spices - 180g: “Negrinha do Douro” olive (81%), virgin olive oil, honey, spices, acidity regulator (citric acid) and salt. It may contain traces of olive pits.

Red Pepper Chutney - 200g: Red Pepper (76%), sugar, vinegar, ginger, lemon zest and acidity regulator (citric acid).

Blueberry Extra Jam with Melissa - 200g: Blueberry (55%), sugar, gelling agent (pectin), melissa (1%) and acidity regulator (citric acid). Prepared with 55g of fruit per 100g. Total sugar content 60g per 100g.

Raspberry and Blackberry Extra Jam - 200g: Raspeberry (40%), sugar, blackberry (20%), gelling agent (pectin) and acidity regulator (citric acid). Prepared with 60g of fruits per 100g. Total sugar content 60g per 100g. Prepared with 61g of fruits per 100g. Total sugar content 60g per 100g.

Strawberry Extra Jam with Mint - 200g: Strawberry (55%), sugar, gelling agent (pectin), mint (Mentha spicata) (0.8%) and acidity regulator (citric acid). Prepared with 55g of fruit per 100g. Total sugar content 60g per 100g.

‘Bravo de Esmolfe’ Apple Extra Jam with Cinnamon: ‘Bravo de Esmolfe’ apple (55%), sugar, cinnamon (3.5%), gelling agent (pectin) and lemon juice. Prepared with 55 g of fruits per 100 g. Net weight: 75 g.

Nutritional information

Negrinha do Douro Olive Paste with Spices - 180g: Average nutritional information per 100 g / 3.53 oz: Energy 1206 kJ / 286 kcal; Fats 8,2 g / 0.3oz, of which saturated fat acids 5,0 g / 0.2oz; Carbohydrates 49,7 g / 2oz, of which sugars 48,7 g / 2oz; Proteins 2,0 g / 0.07oz; Salt 0,0 g / 0.0 oz.

Red Pepper Chutney - 200g: Average nutritional information per 100 g / 3.53 oz: Energy 1363 kJ /324 kcal; Fats 8,7 g / 0.3oz, of which saturated fat acids 5,1 g / 0.2oz; Carbohydrates 54,4 g / 2oz, of which sugars 44,8 g / 2oz; Proteins 5,7 g / 0.2oz; Salt 0.0 g / 0.0 oz.

Blueberry Extra Jam with Melissa - 200g: Average nutritional information per 100 g / 3.53 oz: Energy 837 kJ / 203 kcal; Fats 0.2 g / 0.0071oz, of which saturated fat acids 0.0 g / 0.0oz ; Carbohydrates 51.2 g / 1.8oz, of which sugars 47.8 g / 1.7oz; Proteins 0.6 g / 0.021oz; Salt 0.0 g / 0.0oz.

Raspberry and Blackberry Extra Jam - 200g: Average nutritional information per 100 g / 3.53 oz: : Energy 792 kJ / 187 kcal; Fats 0.3 g / 0.011oz, of which saturated fat acids 0.0 g / 0.0oz; Carbohydrates 43.4 g / 1.5oz, of which sugars 40.4 g / 1.4oz; Proteins 0.6 g / 0.021oz; Salt 0.0 g / 0.0oz.

Strawberry Extra Jam with Mint - 200g: Energy 794kJ / 187kcal; Fats 0.2 g / 0.0071oz, of which saturated fat acids 0.0 g/ 0.0oz; Carbohydrates 45.0 g / 1.6oz, of which sugars 42.7 g / 1.5oz; Proteins 0.4 g / 0.014oz; Salt 0.0 g / 0.0oz.

‘Bravo de Esmolfe’ Apple Extra Jam with Cinnamon: Average nutritional information per 100 g / 3.53 oz: Energy 673 kJ / 161 kcal ; Fats 0.4 g / 0.0 oz , of which saturated fat acids 0.1 g / 0.0 oz ; Carbohydrates 40.0 g / 1.4 oz , of which sugars 39.3 g / 1.4 oz ; Proteins 0.3 g / 0.0 oz ; Salt 0.0 g / 0.0 oz.

Origin of raw materials

The “Negrinha do Douro” olive, of Protected Domination of Origin (PDO), is grown in olive groves on the steep slopes of the Douro Valley region, northern Portugal, in a hot, dry climate and on schist soils. This olive, round and smooth, with a firm consistency, weighing an average of 3 to 5 grams each, has a yellowish-green to violet-black color, depending on the state of maturation. It is harvested manually on the slopes of the Douro Valley.

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