Brazilian Dinner Party Recipes

"I love churrasqueira chicken and have been looking for a recipe to make it myself. I found this on Breakfast Television Toronto's web site. They got the recipe from Roasty Chicken Churrasqueira which is in the town of Maple just north of Toronto. A friend told me that she's used this sauce for fish and shrimp, too. I've tried it on shrimp and it's..."

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Ingredients: garlic, lemon juice, olive oil...

"Caipirinha is the national drink of Brazil. The drink is made with cachaça (pronounced - kuh-sha-suh). It is technically a brandy and a member of the aguardente family. There is an old adage in Brazil: "quanto pior a cachaça, melhor a caipirinha" –– the worse the cachaça, the better the caipirinha. The name caipirinha..."

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Ingredients: ice, key limes, cachaca...

"A wonderful steak recipe with pizzazz! Diana Henry, one of my favourite British chefs, jazzes up this steak recipe with the sensational South American flavours of peppery flat leaf parsley, garlic, lime and hot chillies! Chimichurri relish is better when eaten fresh, although it will be fine if stored in the fridge and used within a week."

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Ingredients: ground cumin, rib eye steaks...

"This is a variation of the Rio-Style floats I found in Food & Wine magazine. I love ginger beer!"

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Ingredients: crushed pineapple, pineapple sorbet...

"This recipe was given to me by my best friend who lived in Brazil for a while. Its a great barbecue side dish or potluck dish. *Measurements are approximate and are to taste* I personally like more lemon than stated below. This salad is supposed to be a little tart."

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Ingredients: green onions, lemons, limes...

"Cachaca is a Brazilian liquor distilled from sugarcane jice. If you cant get cachaca, substitute white rum or vodka."

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Ingredients: kiwi fruits, limes, cachaca...

"Two ways to make these, but either way is very messy! Everybody loves these in my house."

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Ingredients: jalapenos, Velveeta cheese...

"Found this in Food & Wine magazine. I love ginger beer!"

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Ingredients: passion fruit, fresh orange juice...

"A crisp, Spring and Summer drink using Cachaca (a Brazilian style liquor similar to rum made with sugar cane - yummy!) from RR. **Cachaça is often said to differ from rum in that it is made from sugarcane juice while rum is made from either molasses or sugarcane juice then aged in oak barrels.** Updated per reviewer response. :) Thank you!"

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Ingredients: cracked ice, lime wedges...

"Having a mojito party. Need some more recipes for my friend who seems to have made them all! This came from Cuca Fresca Exports dot com."

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Ingredients: club soda, limes, cachaca...

"I LOVE coffee drinks and thought this one sounded yummy!"

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Ingredients: milk, sugar, vanilla...