Recent recipes

A tip for BBQ’ing at a friend’s house

Don’t bring those embarrassing sausages to a friends BBQ. With a bit of care and preparation you can take something cheap, practical and really tasty instead. Here’s our tip…

Oxtail and Watercress

Delicious Oxtail stew with a watercress garnish. A very traditional Brazilian dish for the masses.

Brigadeiro – Brazil’s famous party treat!

A very famous recipe of gooey chocolate truffles which kids (of all ages) will adore.

Big tasty cassava chips

This recipe is by far the easiest thing you can use cassava for. Because of its massive starch content, cassava makes really great chunky and cracking crispy chips. But there are a few tricks to adding more taste to them.

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Katavento Pastelaria e Mercearia

Pasteis are the ultimate morish snack from Brazil – hot pockets of deep fried pastry filled with savoury or sweet treats. Simply impossible to resist.


The ultimate sandwich cake

Looking for ideas for a cool cake. How about this?


Brazilians want for less, not more

Clever and beautiful commercial by Havaianas flip-flops.


GoGo Surprise Muffin

I will probably not make as good a cake as the average mum at my children’s school. But I know what kids like and I’m crazy enough to dare it. And so I came up with ‘GoGo Surprise Muffins’ !

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