CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE VIDEO “Rabananda” is a typical sweet of “Festa da Consoada”, a traditional Portuguese Christmas Eve dinner, but there are also similar recipes in Spain, France, England, United States, India, Morocco, Indonesia. This recipe is a sweet way to reuse…
Rocambole com doce de leite is a mouth watering homemade cake, simple and quick to make. The chocolate version of this recipe goes very well with dulce de leche. Ingredients • 4 large eggs • 125 g sugar • 125 g all-purpose flour • 400 g…
The dessert is a happy end for a meal and may be also a very simple and quick preparation. Gilberto Freire called Romeu e Juilieta “Brazil’s true flavor”. This dessert is called “Romeu e Julieta” since the 1960s because of an advertising campaign for “Goiabada (Guava…
CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE VIDEO Tapioca pearls in red wine is the emblematic recipe of “tapioca pearls”, a relatively recent food ingredient created by German immigrants with tiny cassava pearls cooked in the wine made by Italian immigrants. “Sagu de vinho tinto” is…
Sequilhos de Maizena are biscuits made with corn starch. They are very dry and crumbly, and so easy and quick to make. This biscuits tastes better after a few days. Ingredients • 600 g corn starch • 300 ml sweetened condensed milk • 1 egg •…
CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE VIDEO The grape juice is a delicious and healthy beverage, and it is one of the most popular juices in Brazil. In recent years it grew more than the others grape products, has shown positive export growth and it…
CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE VIDEO The “Key Lime Pie” is a world-famous recipe. It was first made in the Florida Keys during 19th century famine, at the end of the American Civil War. This recipe was a peasant dish made with the few…
“Sabor Brasil” is now a book with hundreds of traditional recipes interspersed with tales and stories in a fascinating journey through knowledge and taste.
Besides illustrating ingredients and culinary procedures, it tells the story of recipe origins, often linked to a specific geographical area and the influence of cultures that come from afar. It tells how food is perceived by the Brazilian people and describes both the places where it is eaten and the rituals that accompany it.
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This is a practical handbook created to familiarize yourselves with the Brazilian language and the melting-pot culture of Latin America’s largest country.
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I’m an architect. I was born in Brazil and my father was Italian.
“Eating well” is a heritage of Humanity. With this site I wish to share my passion for cooking. For every recipe, I’ve tried to use simple and traditional ingredients and not complicated working procedures. All recipes have been “tested and approved” by my Italian friends.
Fernanda Bocconi