Peixinho da horta

22:26 Dec 5, 2022 

Thank you all for the invaluable suggestions and also for a very interesting discussion. I was familiar with the "Peixinhos da HOrta" from Portugal. HOwever, the chef confirmed this is a plant that many people have nowadays and believe is purely onrnamental, but that our Nanas ate during the war and famine times . In Brazil many such plants are reentering the menus after years of oblivion. some examples are bertralha, Ora-pro-nóbis, and peixinho da horta...

23:51 Dec 2, 2022 

O que é que você quer dizer ao citar parte do hino nacional de Portugal que, na minha opinião, não é de todo para aqui chamado? E falar nas ex-colónias? O que é que as ex-colónias de Portugal têm a ver com esta pergunta sobre peixinhos da horta, uma iguaria que, pelos vistos, você nunca provou. Nem sabe o que está a perder... Experimente e depois volte aqui para defender o seu ponto que, neste momento, está super-confuso... O que é que você pretende exatamente demonstrar, qual é realmente a sua interpretação sobre o significo e tradução dos deliciosos peixinhos da horta que estão a ser anunciados no Brasil como acompanhamento de tortellini?

18:11 Dec 2, 2022 

I think everyone makes good points and understand that the Portuguese dish is not made with leaves. However, googling the two dishes mentioned in the question, I've found both of them listed under "Pratos com PANC" on a Brazilian restaurant menu. That's why I still believe it could be the plant I suggested (Stachys byzantina).
But only the asker can clear this up.

14:03 Dec 2, 2022 

are one and only one thing. They are a national delicacy.

https://www.google.com/search?q="menu" "peixinhos da horta" ...

13:46 Dec 2, 2022 

As I pointed out earlier, Infopedia describes “peixinho da horta” as a dish made with green greens, and shows the plural form as “peixinhos da horta”: https://www.infopedia.pt/dicionarios/lingua-portuguesa/peixi... No point in arguing about something that’s very obvious, plus the fact that the Priberam corroborates this definition. Anyway, Ana Vozone’s link to “peixinhos da horta” (plural) brings up many search results showing fried green beans. Her explanation leaves no room for confusion, I think. The fact that she’s a native adds more credibility to this whole discussion. Please feel free to change some of your disagrees to agrees or neutrals. :-)

20:25 Dec 1, 2022 

Stachys byzantina
Eco arse wipes, or what!
From a reliable source....
The leaves are a great alternative for toilet papers, female hygiene products, and makeup removal swabs. 

20:18 Dec 1, 2022 

In my experience any old batter will do! Of course it depends on where you eat them. I am sure most "Tasca" cozinheiros/as have never heard of "tempura", however some "chic" restaurants would prefer to "differentiate", or of course they could also pick a few weeds and throw them on as a garnish :-) depends on the context. - Nouvelle cuisine or Tasca do Zé :-)
https://pt.petitchef.com/receitas/aperitivo/peixinhos-da-hor...

18:47 Dec 1, 2022 

If you look at the images you will see images of two types of fritters. Green bean fritters, described as peixinhos da horta, and fritters made of the leaves of stachys byzantina, described as peixinho da horta. These two dishes obviously exist and who are we to doubt that those are their names?

Seja o que for a distinção exata não é. Mas veja isso:

"7 receitas de peixinhos da horta para acrescentar essa PANC à sua dieta
Por Mariana Sanches
Também conhecido como lambarizinho e orelha-de-coelho, o peixinho da horta é uma Planta Alimentícia Não Convencional (PANC) ainda pouco conhecida. Rico em minerais, ele é uma ótima fonte de fibra alimentar e pode ser feito de diferentes maneiras, sendo a mais popular a empanada. Veja, a seguir, receitas de peixinhos da horta, uma delícia surpreende todo mundo!"

https://www.receiteria.com.br/receitas-de-peixinhos-da-horta...

E veja a imagem.

Peixinho ha horta is the name of the plant, while peixinhos da horta is the name of the dish, made with the plant is called feijão verde.

16:56 Dec 1, 2022 

It beats me how a single S would produce different images in Google search. For all practical purposes, it makes more sense to assume that "peixinho da horta" and "peixinhos da horta" are one and the same (only difference being singular vs. plural). It seems like more definitions point to a dish made with green beens rather than something else.

12:10 Dec 1, 2022 

This dish substitutes traditional sage for peixinho da horta. The two herbs share some resemblance, though tastewise I cannot tell.

https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/tortellini-with-brown-butt...

08:36 Dec 1, 2022 

Perhaps as it is a culinary book, there might be a picture. Or more ingredients and a way to prepare it that would tell us which one it is, but my money is on the fried beans.

07:49 Dec 1, 2022 

PeixinhoS da horta is a Portuguese dish, although there is clearly some cross-over with Japanese cuisine. It is like a tempura made with green beans although the batter is not as fine or delicate as tempura batter. The dish is only made with green beans.

https://www.pingodoce.pt/receitas/peixinhos-da-horta/

There appears to be a cross-over between this dish and the fritters made from the plant known as peixinho (no final S) da horta (stachys byzantina).

https://backyardlarder.co.uk/2020/04/fried-garden-goldfish/

The issue is whether this question relates to the Portuguese green bean fritters, or to fritters of stachys byzantina.

A Google image search seems to resolve the issue.

All images of "peixinho da horta" are of stachys byzantina, while all images of "peixinhoS da horta" are of green bean fritters.

04:00 Dec 1, 2022 

Thank you for the comment, Mario.

I know "peixinho-da-horta" as a "planta alimentícia não convencional (PANC)". As the name states, these are plants which are not usually seen as food, but are edible. https://www.wwf.org.br/?74882/Have-you-heard-of-PANC-Non-Con...

On Stachys byzantina (lamb's ear) Wikipedia says, "In Brazil it is used as an edible herb, called peixinho-da-horta, prepared battered and deep-fried sprinkled with lemon juice and said to taste fish-like." (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stachys_byzantina)

This restaurant, for example, serves "Sorrentino com peixinho da horta" e uses #pancs https://www.facebook.com/naiahrestaurante/photos/11028160736...

And here you can find some recipes using this plant https://www.receiteria.com.br/receitas-de-peixinhos-da-horta...

Now, I don't know if it is the case in this particular text, but this plant is not only ornamental.

01:50 Dec 1, 2022 

The images of the dish show fried leaves, not beans. And the leaves are lamb's ears, indeed. Miriam suggested it and Andrew said this is a decorative plant, not edible. However, the scientific name of the plant in the Portuguese sites leads to lamb's ears in English. I never heard of the dish or the plant, but I would agree with Miriam's answer anyway. It IS a leaf!

22:33 Nov 30, 2022 

@Andrew See what you mean, 'bee's knees' and I feel stupid now hahaha, the penny didn't drop. @Oliver tradicionalmente sim, mas pode ser também com tirinhas de pimentão, cenoura, qualquer coisa.

22:27 Nov 30, 2022 

Segundo estas duas referências portuguesas, o peixinho da horta é feito com feijão-verde. Os colegas portugueses poderiam confirmar se está correto?

Peixinho da horta - CULINÁRIA petisco preparado com feijão-verde envolto em polme e frito em óleo a temperatura elevada https://www.infopedia.pt/dicionarios/lingua-portuguesa/peixi...

[Culinária] Prato que consiste em feijão-verde envolto em polme e frito em óleo muito quente.

"peixinhos da horta", in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa [em linha], 2008-2021, https://dicionario.priberam.org/peixinhos da horta [consultado em 30-11-2022].

22:27 Nov 30, 2022 

The insect thing was a joke! but didn't know the history of tempura, just enjoy the taste from time to time!

22:08 Nov 30, 2022 

I haven't tried insects yet. Peixinho da Horta is nice but in my humble opinion, tempura is better. It is lighter and more flavoursome.

22:05 Nov 30, 2022 

It is the batter that inspired tempura, the Japanese took the idea from the Portuguese, but flavour-wise it is not exactly the same.

21:49 Nov 30, 2022 

The word 'tempura' should be included in the English translation in my opinion, as this is a distinguishing characteristic. I once had tempura fried insect legs in a Thai restaurant . They really were the bees knees.

19:34 Nov 30, 2022 

No problem, Simone. :-)

19:33 Nov 30, 2022 

Sorry, Oliver wrote at the same time.