Basil Recipes
Basil straight from the garden tastes completely different to anything you buy in a shop. These are the two recipes we make most often at Monchique Homestead — a simple …
Easy Recipes
Simple, seasonal recipes made from what we grow and produce on our homestead in the Serra de Monchique. No complicated techniques or hard-to-find ingredients — just honest, flavourful food that celebrates what’s in the garden and on the land. Perfect for anyone who grows their own food and wants to make the most of every harvest.
Cooking Cheese and Spinach Quiche with Fresh Farm Ingredients.
This blog is written by Anna Tonk. She volunteered at Terra do Milho for two month. What happens in the kitchen during winter on a Homestead? Living on a Homestead …
Fava beans with rice and eggs
In the south of Portugal this is the time of the fava beans. So now we are eating them almost every day. That is okay as long as we have …
Making Mayonnaise in 2 minutes!
Making mayonnaise is much easier than you think. It hardly costs anything and you can make it exactly as you like it. Once you know how to make mayonnaise, you …
Fresh Cheese Recipe
This is my Fresh Cheese Recipe. Before I made this cheese I had never made cheese in my life. So do not worry this cheese making recipe is easy. You …
Simple Savoury Cupcakes
This Savoury cupcakes recipe is simple and quick to make for those who love good food from their own ingredients and who don’t have much time to cook. These cupcakes I …