Biscoitos de Nata are little cream cookies from Brazil. They can be formed into a variety of shapes like twists, circles, fork-pressed rounds, piped wreaths, or into filled thumbprint cookies. In this version, the thumbprint-shaped cookies are filled with Doce de Leite (Dulce de Leche). Goiabada (guava paste) is another popular filling. Doce de Leite (Dulce…
Churrasco Cookbook Review and Arroz Carreteiro (Brazilian Wagoners’ Rice)
Churrasco: Grilling the Brazilian Way, written by Evandro Caregnato, features the grilling and gaucho culture of southern Brazil with over 70 recipes and a full history from the creation of roadside venues to the Churrascarias today that have grown in popularity around the world. A variety of grilled meats are included (Gaucho Kebabs, Pork Ribs with Yucca Flour, Lamb Roasted on…
Waffle Pão de Queijo (Brazilian Cheese Bread Waffles)
It is Carnaval time in Brazil! During the pre-Lenten celebrations, parties, parades, costumes, dancing, and food are everywhere- especially street food. Two years ago, I posted a recipe for Pão de Queijo (Brazilian Cheese Bread). An increasingly popular variation of this in Brazil is Waffle Pão de Queijo. This is an incredibly easy recipe to…
Brigadeiros (Brazilian Fudge Balls)
After a month off in December, Group D of the Secret Recipe Club is back for January! For those who haven’t seen my previous Secret Recipe Club posts, this club includes a group of bloggers who are assigned a different blog each month and secretly make a recipe to post on their specified reveal day….
Cachorro Quente (Brazilian Hot Dog)
Carnaval is a huge time for celebration in Brazil. Thousands of tourists visit to take part in the festivities, especially from the Friday to the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday. The streets are filled with parties, parades, costumes, dancing, and food. A great street food sold around the clock during Carnaval is the Cachorro Quente- Brazilian…
Pão de Queijo (Brazilian Cheese Bread)
I made Pão de Queijo to mark the beginning of the Brazilian pre-Lenten celebration of Carnaval. Pão de queijo is a cheese bread from Brazil and many variations are popular throughout South America. Snack foods are commonplace during Carnaval when the country shuts down from the Friday to the Tuesday before Lent. Thousands of tourists…
Ground Beef Esfirra
The Esfirra (also written as Esfiha- both are pronounced ess-Fee-ha) is a Brazilian savory pie. It is a common snack and fast food that evolved from the Middle Eastern Sfihah, brought to Brazil by Syrian and Lebanese immigrants. The Sfihah is an open mutton, lamb, or beef pie, shaped like a pizza. Some esfirra are…
