This tastes really salty. I thought I could spread it on toast, like bruschetta. How do Portuguese people use it? Is it a concentrate for cooking with?

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1. >spread it on toast

   O M F G

2. Thats for seasoning food. Great for grilled meat.

3. >Is it a concentrate for cooking with?

   yes. and to be used in small portions.

4. A small portion in fresh cheese

5. It’s basically wet paprika. (best way to describe)

6. Oh no! It’s to spread on meet before cooking, like seasoning

7. “I thought I could spread it on toast”

   Dude you just made my day xD holy fucking fuck

8. First you need to grow a mustache, then with the assistance of a toothpick on the corner of your mouth, you can eat it like a champ

9. No!

   It is a paste to season meat with, like a Moroccan chermoula but with long shelf life! Which is why it is so salty. You use maybe a tablespoon to season a pork loin either to roast it or in cubes for carne de porco à alentejana. Or any joint of meat you can try to rub it with a table spooon’s worth or two of that paste throw some peeled potatoes in quarters on the tray, throw some bay leaves and garlic on top , a drizzle of olive oil or lard or both and maybe a bit of white wine and just roast it till meat and potatoes are done. Ideally you season the meat some hours in advance before starting to cook it.

10. We use it to season fried/roasted/grilled meat pork/chicken. Ocasionally, also for baked fish.

11. Um gajo come isso e passa o dia a coçar a ameixa.

12. Omfg, you just misused one of the best meat seasonings ever. Do it like others have said, spread it on your meat, let it rest for a bit, and then grill/roast it.

13. Já não basta dar direções agora também temos de os ensinar a comer

14. I mean.. if you insist on not cooking with it, you could always spread it in potatoes? Like cooked potatoes, you cut them in half and spread the pepper paste. Very good with fried sardines but better if it’s spicy pepper paste.

    Definitely not on toast, you made my day though ahahahah

15. It’s basically a paprika paste used to marinate meat with.

    If you wanted to use if for it’s given intention try to rub it in some pork loin or diced pork, together with some garlic and fair amount of white wine. Some people will
    add herbs and lard, but giving you the “plain” option here.

    Then after a few hours it either goes in the oven (loin) or pan fried (diced pork).

    Usually served with some roasties or diced fried potatoes.

16. Season meat or eat with the fresh cheese/goat/sheep cheese it’s very good too

17. You use it to season meat or fish. Funniest post ever!

18. Did you film that ? 😂 – all jokes aside think of it as pre cooking seasoning, add it to meats or sauces and enjoy

19. holy fuck what did you do lol

    you use it to marinade meat and other such applications, spread it on toast lmfao

20. I spread it on the bread called “Bola” and eat like that. But I’m a weird guy that eats lemons like one eats oranges, so I’m not an example.

21. Hehehe it’s a seasoning paste, i don’t recommend you spread in on toasts, but thank you for the good laugh  make sure the next time it says something like “paté” on the package, if so you can spread it on toasts!

22. Spread on toast and season with jindungo. It will make you cry.

23. Use it to put on meat for barbecue.

24. It’s bell pepper puree, it’s used to cook food like chicken in the oven and stuff like that

25. >I thought I could spread it on toast

    ai socorro, tou me a rir bem com este. volta sempre OP, tens piada

26. I think that’s for seasoning meat or so. I recall my grandma and probably my mother in law too, spread that over meat for a day or two to season… something along those lines, I would say.

27. Pimentão Cocktail is BRUTAL!

28. Meter em cima de queijo fresco.

29. This is kind of funny, I know the producer of that exact product you purchased. He’s my friend’s uncle! Have to say I did not expect to see this on reddit.

30. This is seasoning, made with mashed bell pepper, try it on a steak or a hot pot

31. Part of seasoning for a lamb in the oven.

32. Uma amiga mia em casa (EUA) recentemente me perguntou sobre um “ketchup português horrível que não sabia a tomate” que encontrou. Pedi pra ela me mandar uma foto, foi piri piri lmao

33. Grilled meat!!!!! Jezuzz

34. Eu também como cenas random sem sem pesquisar o que sao #cabecinhapensadora

35. **Massa de Pimentão** as it is commonly known in Portugal is used to season some Meats, all Fish prior to cooking, or to add to a braise, a souce or a stew.

    As is it’s made with grounddown red peppers (or/and others) preserved in salt, it seasons and adds flavour at the same time.

    The “Pimentão da Horta” name is:

    * Pimentão = Big / Grown pepper
    * Horta = Kitchen / Backyard garden

    So, it’s not a spread but rather a long-lasting seasoning souce.

    I love seasoning chicken 1 full day prior to cooking. Pork is another excellent meat to season with. Beef not so much! And as I’ve said, all fish opened butterfly to grill or cooking in the oven.

    Sebastes norvegicus, or Red fish cooked in the oven, in particular… is trully amazing.

36. i see you like to live dangerously

37. > spread it on toast

    💀

38. Pessoal dos Açores que come massa de pimentão com queijo se acuse