Drinks
Caipirinha
Lime muddled with sugar in the glass, filled with cachaça and crushed ice, and stirred until the outside frosts…
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Beans, smoked pork and a whole table of accompaniments. 13 Brazilian recipes, from the everyday to the ambitious.
The 13 recipes cover 6 of the site’s categories, among them 4 desserts, 4 dinners, 2 bakes, 1 appetiser or small plate, 1 drink and 1 holiday dish. Of these, 3 are ready in 30 minutes or less, start to finish; the quickest are Caipirinha (5 min), Romeu e Julieta (5 min) and Farofa (25 min). For 9, the method times a wait such as rising, chilling or marinating, and the time at the top of the recipe includes it. By difficulty: 8 easy, 4 medium and 1 hard.
As written, 7 are vegetarian, 1 vegan, 8 gluten-free and 3 dairy-free.
Brazilian recipes — all 13 recipes
Bread
Pão de Queijo
Brazilian cheese breads made from tapioca starch scalded with hot milk and oil, giving a crisp shell and a chewy…
Appetizers
Coxinha
Shredded chicken and cream cheese wrapped in a dough made from chicken stock and flour, shaped like a teardrop…
Dinner
Moqueca Baiana
Bahian fish stew of coconut milk, tomato, peppers and coriander, cooked in a clay pot and finished with dendê palm…
Holiday Specials
Feijoada Brasileira
Brazil's national dish: black beans slow-cooked with an armoury of smoked and salted pork, served with rice, collard…
Desserts
Brigadeiro
Condensed milk and cocoa cooked down until a spoon leaves a clean track, rolled in sprinkles. Every Brazilian…
Dinner
Picanha
A rump cap roast with its fat left on, salted and grilled until the fat crackles. The favourite cut of the Brazilian…
Side dish
Farofa
Toasted cassava flour fried in butter with bacon, onion and egg until it is golden and sandy. The Brazilian side…
Baking
Bolo de Cenoura
A bright orange, very moist carrot cake blended in a blender and covered in a hot chocolate glaze that sets to a…
Desserts
Quindim
Little glossy golden custards of egg yolk, sugar and coconut, baked in a water bath and turned out so that the…
Dinner
Vatapa
A thick, creamy Brazilian purée of bread, coconut milk, peanuts, cashews, ginger and palm oil with prawns, from Bahia.
Desserts
Pudim de Leite
A Brazilian condensed milk pudding with a deep caramel top, baked in a water bath until set and silky, with no holes.
Desserts
Romeu e Julieta
A Brazilian pairing of firm white cheese and guava paste, served as slices stacked together, sweet and salty at once.