18 February 2011

'Coxinha' - Portuguese Little Drumsticks


Very popular snack in Portugal and Brazil. Take some time for making, but very economical. Makes around 50.

Ingredients:
3 boneless skinless chicken breasts
1 onion, chopped
2 garlic cloves, minced
85 g butter
2 beef cubes
salt & freshly ground black pepper
2 green onions, finely chopped
2 tbs chopped fresh parsley
700 g flour
200 g cream cheese
1 egg + 1 egg white, beaten lightly
breadcrumbs
oil for deep frying
Method:
Cut chicken breasts into 2 inch cubes, and place in a saucepan with onion, garlic, margarine, stock cubes, salt and pepper and 3 cups of water. Cook over medium heat for 30 minutes or until done. Strain solids from broth, retaining broth and solids.
Finely chop the chicken to make the filling. Add the parsley and chopped green onion to the chicken.
Measure the remaining broth into a saucepan-you will need 3 cups, so make it up with extra water, if needed. Add all the flour, and stir vigorously with a wooden spoon for 1 minute until it becomes stiff. Turn out on a working surface. Allow to cool a little, but while it is still warm, knead dough until it is smooth and no lumps of flour remain. Roll out dough to about 5mm thick and cut medium sized circles.
Place the dough in the palm of your hand, place a small cube of cream cheese and a teaspoon of the prepared filling; Fold and close the dough in the shape of a drumstick (the word Coxinha means "little drumstick" in Portuguese).
Knead scraps and re-roll, and continue cutting until all the dough is used.
Dip pastries in beaten eggs and roll in breadcrumbs.
Deep-fry for 8 minutes, or until golden and crispy. Serve hot.




Coxinha (Košinja) ili Batkići

Potrebno:
3 pilece grudi
1 crveni luk, sjeckan
2 cena bijelog luka
85 gr putera
2 govedje kocke za supu
so i svjeze mljeven biber
2 mlada luka
2 K sjeckanog lisca persuna
700 gr brasna
200 gr krem sira
1 jaje + 1 bjelance, umuceno
suhe mrvice kruha / hljeba (prezla)
ulje za duboko przenje
Nacin:
Isjecite pilece grudi na kocke, stavite kuhati sa 3 solje vode, oba luka, puterom, i kockama za supu. Zacinite sa solju i biberom.
Kada je kuhano ocijedite. Sacuvajte tecnost, a ostale sastojke sitno isjeckajte, pa im dodajte mladi luk i persun. Promijesajte.
U brasno umijesajte 3 solje tecnosti (ako nemate dovoljno dodajte vode)i snazno izmijesajte. Ostavite malo prohladiti, ali dok je jos toplo, istresite na radnu povrsinu pa umijesite glatko tijesto. Razvaljajte na 5 mm, sjecite krugove (8cm), zatim u svaki stavite 1 kasicicu pilece mjesavine i kockicu sira. Stisnite krajeve i oblikujte 'batak' (Coxinha - košinja- na Portugalskom znaci mali batak). Uvaljajte u jaja, zatim u mrvice pa przite u dubokom ulju, dok ne dobije zlatno-zutu boju. Servirajte vruce.

17 comments:

  1. Ovo je savrseno!!! Belezim i probam prvom prilikom :)

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  2. jasnas, I am going to make this for sure! What a new and exciting dish this is! This is my first time to see this and I am absolutely impressed! Beautiful and delicious without question!!!

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  3. Pa ovo ti lepo izgleda, volim recept, treba probati...

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  4. kada mi se nade vise vremena ,ponovo cu navratiti na blog,sada sam jaaako zauzeta ,ali vidim da pises li pises !!! <3

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  5. Jako lijepo izgleda, mislim da je ovo perfektan snack na svakom party-ju. Biljezim :)

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  6. Jako mi se sviđa recept, a kako obožavam istraživati i druge svijetske kuhinje, pa tako i Portugalsku i Brazilsku, ovo me baš jako privlači. Pamtim!

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  7. Jeste pipavo ali vredi. Divan je efekat!

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  8. Wow.... your coxinhas looks so tasty.....I love this....makes me hungry:))))
    Have a nice weekend;)

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  9. Odličan recept i blog, oduševljena sam!
    Bit će mi veliko zadovoljstvo iznova se vračati i uživati u vašim delicijama.
    Lijep pozdrav i ugodan vikend.

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  10. Z amene nesto novo ali odlično,inače sjajne recepte imas i nadam se da ću uskoro mnoge isprobati!

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  11. Obozavam ovakve receptice. Ovo je predivno, cuvam ga i probam:)

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  12. Hello

    I see your blog in "cozinha da duxa" and i love him.

    I have a blog too, if you want to see my blog is:
    http://docestentacoesdahannah.blogspot.com

    your coxinhas are good good aspect.

    Have a nice weekend.

    kiss

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  13. Ovo je nešto jako fino ! :). Zbilja se vrijedi potruditi i pripremiti. I super mi izgleda u ovom obliku !

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  14. bila sam u Brazilu dva puta po mjesec dana. ovo je jelo u kojem sam se "gušila", obožavam coxinhas de galinha !! probaj umjesto juhe staviti pola juhe, pola mlijeka (za masu), predobro je. i brazilci ne sijeku meso, već ga trgaju prstima da bude vlaknasto - puno je bolje nego kad grizeš komadiće.pozdrav!

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