Os Nossos Chefes

Chefs Get to know our chefs recipes

A truly unique rice like ours deserves extremely creative approaches.

To prove that rice can be something unpredictable, we invited some of the best chefs to use our rice to reinterpret some traditional recipes and give them a new twist.

All the chefs have a distinctive style and palate to offer you a wide range of ideas. Come into our rice kitchen and taste the difference!

Dominic Champan

Dominic Chapman is a fourth generation British chef, trained in haute cuisine and in the best Michelin tradition. He takes traditional food to new heights through fierce attention to detail and scrupulously selected ingredients, such as our rice. Admittedly dedicated to pleasing people, his philosophy is deceptively simple: to elevate comfort food into an unforgettable gastronomic experience.

Dominic Champan
Minestrone soup

Minestrone soup

    Dominic Champan

Let’s talk Mediterranean… The best Mediterranean ingredients in a simple and tasty recipe. You can make it more familiar with these rich, traditional flavors!

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Duck rice

Duck rice

    Dominic Champan

A typical Portuguese recipe! Recreate this tasty recipe with the added bonus of using RiceCrafters rice.

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RecipesOur chefs’ recipes

Beet rice with black pudding crumble

Grind the beet with a little stock and set aside. Heat a pan with a little olive oil and sauté the chopped onion, add the rice, fry until translucent, pour in the Port wine, let it evaporate and add the beet cream

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Red Cabbage Rice and Quail Eggs

for 4 Cut the cabbage into julienne. Sauté the chopped garlic cloves in a little olive oil, add the cabbage and cook for about 5 minutes. Pour in the rice and add the stock as it is absorbed by the rice. Meanwhile, heat a non-stick frying pan with a drizzle of olive oil. Crack in […]

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Zucchini Rice and Qj. Sierra

for 4 Sauté the pumpkin and chopped shallots in a little olive oil. Add the rice, fry for a few seconds, pour in the wine and, when it has evaporated, add the stock until the rice is cooked. Turn the oven on to 180º. Divide the rice among the plates, place a slice of cheese […]

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Citrus, Gin and Prawn Rice

Ricecrafters

for 4 Peel the prawns, leaving 4 whole ones, and use the shells to make the stock. Place the 12 peeled prawns in a bowl, sprinkle with the juice of the limes and lemon, salt and pepper and leave to marinate for about 2 hours. Sauté the chopped garlic cloves in a little olive oil, […]

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Mushroom rice with osso buco (pork bone)

Ricecrafters

for 4 Coat the osso buco in flour and sauté them in hot butter. Drizzle over the wine, season with a little salt and pepper, pour over a ladle of stock, cover and simmer for about an hour or until the meat is tender, adding more stock if necessary. Heat a frying pan and sauté […]

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Asparagus and Smoked Salmon Rice

Ricecrafters

for  4 Sauté the onion cut into wedges in the butter, add the asparagus tips and sauté for 2 or 3 minutes. Remove a few tips for decoration, add the rice, let it fry a little, pour in the wine and when it has evaporated, add the boiling stock, stirring from time to time, until […]

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Blueberry Rice with Lamb Cutlets

Ricecrafters

for 4 Put the olive oil, herbs, crushed garlic clove and juniper berries in a small saucepan over a very low heat for about 10 minutes. Chop the shallot and sauté it in 3 tablespoons of the olive oil flavored with the herbs. Pour in the rice, let it cook until translucent, pour in the […]

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Rice pudding Choc. Bra and Raspberry

Ricecrafters

For 4 Put the milk, rice, a pinch of salt, cream, 30g of sugar, ½ vanilla pod on the stove, bring to the boil, lower the heat and continue cooking for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, chop the chocolate and set aside. Put the raspberries in a small saucepan, reserving a few for decoration, along with the […]

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Spicy Rice with Duck Magret

Ricecrafters

for 4 add the spices to the boiling stock and leave to infuse for 30 minutes. Sauté the chopped shallot and the bell pepper cut into small cubes in a little olive oil, add the rice, fry a little, pour in the wine and when it has evaporated, gradually add the stock, stirring from time […]

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Apple Rice, Qj. Brie and Bacon

Ricecrafters

for 4 Peel an apple, cut it into small cubes and sauté them in a little olive oil along with the onion. Pour in the rice, fry for a few seconds, add the wine, let it evaporate and gradually add the stock as it is absorbed by the rice. Meanwhile, turn the oven on to […]

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Black Rice with Cod

Ricecrafters

for 4 turn the oven on to 200º. Place a sheet of aluminum foil on the baking tray, brush with a little olive oil, place the cod fillets on top, sprinkle with a few sprigs of thyme, 2 crushed garlic cloves, drizzle with lemon juice, a drizzle of olive oil, salt and pepper, close with […]

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Savoy cabbage bundle with rice

Ricecrafters

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Rissoto

Chef Francesco Angelo

Variety: Carnaroli 🌾

Risotto is the typical and exclusive cooking method of Italian cuisine, which has become a worldwide favorite. Its consistency varies according to regional tastes, but its preparation never changes: after sautéing briefly, add a hot broth. Another secret is to choose the right varieties: Carnaroli. Thanks to its high amylose content, this variety doesn’t overcook and the grain doesn’t fall apart.

Compact and light, soft but firm in the kitchen, intact but enveloped in the sauce, it really is the protagonist of risotto.

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Lapas rice

Chef Gil Fernandes

Variety: Ronaldo 🌾

As the name suggests, this grain has exceptional characteristics and qualities and is extremely well adapted to the climate of the Sado Valley.
With particular characteristics, such as an average size of 6mm and a broken grain rate of less than 0.5%, it releases the ideal amount of starch while maintaining its texture and consistency. With white, short and fat grains, cooked rice has an independent but creamy and velvety sauce. This type of rice is perfect for creamy rice recipes.

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Duck rice

Dominic Champan

A typical Portuguese recipe! Recreate this tasty recipe with the added bonus of using RiceCrafters rice.

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Minestrone soup

Dominic Champan

Let’s talk Mediterranean… The best Mediterranean ingredients in a simple and tasty recipe. You can make it more familiar with these rich, traditional flavors!

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TestimonialsWhat our chefs say

Diogo Gonzaga

Sublime Beach Club

At Sublime Beach Club we use two varieties, Ronaldo is a variety of rice that is a long carolino and we love using this variety for one of our most premium dishes, lobster rice, as this variety lives up to the elegance of the dish. It releases a lot of starch and is very consistent in its composition, so we get a very creamy rice without adding butter.

And secondly, bomba rice, a variety that I particularly like because, as we know, it doubles in size when cooked, has a great ability to absorb the flavors when we cook it and this helps us cooks to create dishes with a lot of flavor while always respecting the rice.

Diogo Gonzaga

Tiago Maio

Semporta

Working with local products and local producers who are passionate about what they do. High quality Bomba and Ronaldo rice!

Tiago Maio

António Galapito

Prado

The variety we use at Prado is Ronaldo (carolino) Bio (whenever possible). We think it's the right variety for making creamy rice because it has a very high absorption capacity, which means more flavour and in the end results in a very tasty rice that keeps its flavour for a long time.

António Galapito

Carlos Teixeira

Herdade do Esporão

"At the Herdade do Esporão restaurant, we try to work with suppliers as closely as possible. We use bomba rice and carolino rice from Aparroz, both for different dishes, because of their quality. I visited them last year and I think the quality of the rice is really fantastic."

Carlos Teixeira

David Jesus

Seiva

At Seiva, plants rule, so we have to use the best that exists in the plant world in our proposal and the relationship we have with Ricecrafters means that every product we use to make memorable dishes is unbelievable.

It's a pleasure and an honor to work with someone who defends the value of the product as we do.

David Jesus

Francesco

Tua Madre

I already knew Aparroz and Rice Crafters thanks to chef João Rodrigues' "Matéria" project. As soon as we opened Tua Madre in Évora, it was immediately a reference point for me. I've been cooking with Carnaroli for years, and it's always been an important ingredient for my family. Finding quality Carnaroli near me was a perfect find, given the type of cuisine I research in my work. Rice Crafters' Carnaroli has all the requirements to be a rice on a par with the great stocks I used to find in Italy.

Francesco

Gil Fernandes

Fortaleza do Guincho

We began our partnership with ricecrafters because we were looking for a rice of Portuguese origin that would meet our standards, in terms of quality, consistency of the grain in presentation and cooking point. Above all, it had a symbiosis with our philosophy and our quality standards.
Since then, we have confirmed that same consistency in Ronaldo rice. We are really proud to have this product of excellence produced in our country and to be able to use it to make our rice to the satisfaction of our customers. It's a guarantee of quality.

Gil Fernandes

João Sá

Sála

In the sala we work with ronaldo rice, which absorbs the flavors of our octopus rice and the starch it releases makes for creamy rice without the need for binding.

João Sá

Jorge Fernandes

Memmo

With Ronaldo Rice, I can serve dishes with rice that is always just right and cooked evenly, obtaining perfect rice, with the grain presenting the desired color and texture. The quality is extraordinary! What's more, the Carnaroli Variety allows me to prepare a perfect risotto, with an unparalleled creaminess and texture.

Jorge Fernandes

Vasco Coelho

Semea

Working with Ricecrafters has been a guarantee of quality for me as a chef and for my Euskalduna Group projects from day one.

Our dishes have added value due to the excellent quality of the products that are a certainty on our menus. Using Portuguese rice is also clearly an asset for us.

Vasco Coelho