And the 3rd round of Brazilian dishes... Are you ready?

BATIDA 3 COWS

 (batida for children)

INGREDIENTS:

3 scoops of Neapolitan ice cream

1 can of coca-cola (blackcow)
or
1 can of orange soda (yellowcow)
or
1 can of grape soda (purplecow)

 

Combine all ingredients in a blender. Mix well and serve.

Children will love this shake!

 

SERVING SIZE: 3 children or one adult.

INGREDIENTS

1 kg (2lb) of pinto or kidney beans

250 g (1 cup) of cassava flour

1 kg (2 lb) variety of sausages

2 cloves of garlic, crushed

3 small sliced onions

250 g (1/2 lb) sliced bacon

2 hard boiled eggs

2 tbs of chopped green onions

 

PREPARE 

First, let 1lb of beans soaked in water overnight. It will make the beans easier to cook and make beans less gassy as well.

Drain beans and place them on the pressure cooker.

Cover beans with tap water. (Water level should be 1 inch above the beans).

Close the pressure cooker and place in medium heat.

Your beans are ready 20 minutes after the regulator starts to blow steam.

Alternatively, cook the beans in a pot for 60 minutes or until tender.

 

Strain the beans and set aside.

Place a large skillet in medium heat and fry chopped pork bacon and pieces of sausage until golden brown. Chop sausage into small pieces. Add the garlic, onions and strained beans to the fried sausages. Add the manioc meal while stirring with a wood spoon.

 

SERVE:

Remove from heat and place the beans in a large serving dish. Decorate the edges with slices of sausage, green onions and hard-boiled eggs. Serve with collard greens and white rice.

 

SERVING SIZE: 8 portions.

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I hope you enjoy!

Quentão de Vinho

Wine Quentão

(quentão means very hot)

Ingredients:

1 bottle of wine, any kind

1 ½ quarts water

12 cloves

6 cinnamon sticks

2 lemons, sliced in thin rounds

2 red apples cut in cubes

½ small ginger

½ cup sugar

 Prepare:

Boil water, cinnamon sticks, lemon, apples and sugar for 30 minutes. Cover and let brew about 1 hour. Strains. Add the wine and serve hot.

 

Pão de Queijo

Cheese Rolls

Ingredients:

1 package dry, granular yeast or 1 cake compressed yeast

1 cup warm milk

2 tablespoons sugar

2 teaspoons salt

¼ pound butter

3 slightly-beaten eggs

2 cups grated Muenster or Swiss cheese

 
Prepare:

Dissolve yeast in warm milk. Add sugar, salt, butter and slightly-beaten eggs. Let stand 10 minutes, and then add beer and 3 cups of sifted flour. Stir with a wooden spoon until bubbles appear. Add the cheese. Cover and set in a warm place to rise. When batter has doubled in shape, cut it down with a knife and knead in another 3 cups sifted flour. Knead well and then add the extra sifted flour (from 1 to 2 ¼ cups) until you have a smooth, elastic dough that does not stick to the hands. Cover and let rise again.  Shape into butter horn rolls by dividing into portions that will roll out into rounds about 10 inches in diameter and 3/8 inch thick. Brush with melted butter and cut into 12 pie-shaped wedges. Roll up each piece beginning with the wide end, stretching dough slightly as you roll. Lay straight or in a crescent shape on a greased cookie sheet with tip underneath to keep from unrolling. Cover, set in a warm place again to rise. Brush with melted butter or an egg yolk slightly diluted with milk. Bake about 20 minutes in a preheated 375° oven. Yields approximately 48 rolls.

 

 

Quindins de Yaya

 Yaya or Iaia was the slaves’ way of addressing the young girls of the Big House, just as “Sinhá” – a contraction of “Senhora” – was used to address the mistress. The slaves also called the young girls “Sinhá Moça” which corresponds to “Missy”. Likewise, the masters were called “Sinhô” and their “Ioiô”.

The Quindim is a very sweet cupcake that was popular in the Big House of the sugar cane plantations in the North of Brazil. They were always available for either intimate meals or elaborate parties. Baked in small individual cupcake tins, such as the one for muffins, they are then inverted and served in the little paper cups frequently used in Brazil for serving many kinds of candies and cakes.

The Quindim is golden brown on top while the bottom is frozen, like gelatin.

 

Ingredients:

1 pound sugar

¼ pound butter

16 egg yolks

 

3 egg whites

1 grated coconut

Cloves

Cinnamon

Orange flower water

½ pound sifted all-purpose flour

 

Prepare:

Mix first eight ingredients very well and beat. Add flour and continue to beat thoroughly. Turn into buttered cupcake tins and bake in Bain Marie in 350° preheated oven. Yields 60.

 

 

 

 

How to recognize a Brazilian in USA?

 

 

They didn't know anything about bills until you came to the US.

 

They like Guarana better than Coke.

 

If someone tells them to be at a certain place at 1:00 p.m., they don't show up until 2:30 or 3:00 p.m.

 

They know who Xuxa and Pele are.

 

Their entire family goes to grandma's house on Sundays for a big family get together....even when those guys see each other everyday.

 

BBQ means steak, picanha, sausage, chicken wings, pork, rice, farofa, vinagrete sauce and samba.

 

They are the loudest people in the room.

 

They got a Brazilian flag hanging from your car's rearview mirror.

 

They travel to Brazil and instead of taking a suitcase with all their stuff, they take presents for the entire family, the dog, the neighbor, not to mention the old/used clothes that they take just in case someone needs it.

 

They live in Florida, New York, New Jersey, or Massachusetts.

 

They leave their house spotless when they have people coming over.

 

An ideal woman is a woman with small breasts and a big butt.

 

They understand & speak Spanish, but when they say a word in Portuguese no one understands them.

 

They can dance.

 

Their jokes are always about Portuguese people.

 

They take soccer too seriously.

 

They go to a birthday party, and they can't leave until they take that piece of cake home.

 

They know a lot about Samba and Pagode (kind of samba).

 

They have studied the history of almost every country.

 

They eat rice and beans at least 7 days a week.

 

Their breakfast consists of milk and coffee, bread with butter, ham, cheese and a piece of cake with a glass of juice.

 

Everyone thinks they're everything but Brazilian.

 

They are so used to corruption that nothing surprises you anymore.

 

They know how to play dominoes and cards.

 

They don't care about race or color. And once they come to the US, they realize what racism means.

 

They have a sense of fashion.

 

They wear slippers…a lot!

 

Their bikinis fit inside of a fist.

 

They have the “Brazilian wax” every 20 days, including legs and arm bids too.

 

They go to the manicure every week and ask to take off the cuticles too.

 

They know how to play volleyball and handball.

 

They always like taking pictures everywhere they go.

 

They invent parking lots.

 

They know what it's like to buy liquor without an ID.

 

They know how to party, and if the party isn't over after 5 a.m....it's not a party!

 

Any holiday...being it official or not, is an excuse to stay home from work and take a week vacation.

 

They dress up to go to the supermarket.

 

They spend an entire day at the beach.

 

They rarely use sunblock.

 

They talk to strangers everywhere.

 

They are too friendly.

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks to Seven Castles for most of the above

INGREDIENTS

 

1 lime quartered

1 tablespoon of sugar

1 shot of cachaça *

1/2 Cup of ice cubes with water

 

PREPARE:

 

Place the lime and sugar in the bottom of a glass.

Using the handle of a wooden spoon, crush and mash

the limes. Pour the liqueur and ice. Stir well.

Add more sugar if you want.

 

SERVE

 

Makes 1 glass.

This is a summer drink to appreciate before eating.

Decorate the glass with a slice of lime.

 

 

 

Bolinhos de Bacalhau 

Codfish Balls

 

 

 

INGREDIENTS

 

1 pound dried codfish

2 tablespoons butter

1/2 cup chopped onions

1/4 cup chopped parsley

Salt and balck pepper

1 cup milk

2 cups mashed potatoes

1/4 cup all-purpose flour

3 eggs

 

PREPARE:

 

1. Be sure to remove all skin and bones from de codfish.

2. Freshening codfish:  soak large pieces in cold water for 3 or 4 hours and change water every hour.Taste to see if most of the salt has been removed. If not, gently parboil.

3. Sauté in butter with onion, parsley, salt (if necessary and pepper, flaking with a fork as it sautées. Add milk, potatoes flour and eggs, lighly beaten. Mix well, check seasoning and let stand 10 minutes. Shape into balls or cakes and drop into hot oil.

 

SERVE:

 

Hot, plain or with sauce.  You can also pour some drops of lemon juice over it.

 

 

Brigadeiro 

Chocolate fudge candy