Brazil
Brazilian Cheese Bread
19/05/10 15:37
Brazilian Cheese Bread
One of my favorite things about Brazilian BBQ or Churrasco restaurants is Pao de Queijo or Cheese Bread. Brazilian cheese breads are small puffs of bread that are filled with cheese. These little gems are unlike any bread that an American is likely to have eaten before. The key to these marvels is in the flour. Cheese bread uses tapioca flour instead of wheat flour. Tapioca flour is in fact a starch. It traps water inside the bread and when the bread is baked the water converts to steam and the bread puffs up. There are no chemical leavening agents in this bread. This bread is also gluten free.
Serve this Brazilian treat with beef, pork, or chicken and you will have your guests asking for the recipe.
Enjoy
Click here for the recipe or article...
One of my favorite things about Brazilian BBQ or Churrasco restaurants is Pao de Queijo or Cheese Bread. Brazilian cheese breads are small puffs of bread that are filled with cheese. These little gems are unlike any bread that an American is likely to have eaten before. The key to these marvels is in the flour. Cheese bread uses tapioca flour instead of wheat flour. Tapioca flour is in fact a starch. It traps water inside the bread and when the bread is baked the water converts to steam and the bread puffs up. There are no chemical leavening agents in this bread. This bread is also gluten free.
Serve this Brazilian treat with beef, pork, or chicken and you will have your guests asking for the recipe.
Enjoy
Click here for the recipe or article...
Brazilian Garlic Sirloin
05/05/10 16:30
Brazilian Garlic Sirloin
Brazil is known for the Brazilian BBQ or Churrasco. A churrasco is an all you can eat meat festival of a buffet. Brazilian servers dressed as gaúchos or cowboys bring large skewers of flame roasted meats to the table and the you can eat until you pop. One of the hallmark meats at a churrasco is the garlic sirloin. It is a delicacy that everyone should have at least once in their lives and it is surprisingly easy to make at home if you have a smoker or outdoor rotisserie (you may prepare this in your oven but you will miss out on the smokey goodness associated with this dish). So bring a little bit of Brazil home to your dinner table with this Brazilian culinary classic.
Enjoy.
Click here for the recipe or article...
Brazil is known for the Brazilian BBQ or Churrasco. A churrasco is an all you can eat meat festival of a buffet. Brazilian servers dressed as gaúchos or cowboys bring large skewers of flame roasted meats to the table and the you can eat until you pop. One of the hallmark meats at a churrasco is the garlic sirloin. It is a delicacy that everyone should have at least once in their lives and it is surprisingly easy to make at home if you have a smoker or outdoor rotisserie (you may prepare this in your oven but you will miss out on the smokey goodness associated with this dish). So bring a little bit of Brazil home to your dinner table with this Brazilian culinary classic.
Enjoy.
Click here for the recipe or article...