Brazilian food explained in simple recipes and step-by-step videos

What would you do for a refreshing Guarana?

We have it really easy. We want a softdrink, we can just walk into the nearest newsagent and buy one. But the Brazilian natives like a nice drink too. But they have to work a little harder for it.

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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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A different Brazilian Cocktail

Everybody knows the ‘Caipirinha’ by now. It’s the the drinks menu of not only Brazilian bars, but most modern bars of any denomination. So now that our national drink has taken over the world, I went in search of a few different options to teach you.

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Caipirinha in just over a minute (video)

Caipirinha is Brazil’s national cocktail. Not only you can find it in any Brazilian restaurant but it also works as our most talented worldwide ambassador.

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Papaya Mousse / Cream

A delicious and ‘digestive’ dessert. Ideal if you’ve been having a lot of red meat lately.

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In praise of Argentinian beef

Despite their normal rivalry in the football fields, there is at least one thing in which Argentinians and Brazilians agree.

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Quindim – or sweet girlish charms

Quindim actually means ‘girlish charms’. This is a wonderful clash of the Portuguese and African sides of Brazil and a very simple recipe to make.

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Barbecue in the Garden

Cuca tries out a takeaway barbecue grill. One of those cheap things you buy from the supermarket and use when you to a picnic. Will it work?

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Brazilian Barbecue

A proper Brazilian Barbecue is served on the spit and the waiter cuts the thin slices of meat straight onto your plate. For me, there’s no other cut for this other than Picanha, Brazilian rump steak.

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