Brazilian Holiday/Event Recipes

"This Brazilian breakfast treat is usually served around Christmastime. Being soaked overnight, it makes for a festive holiday brunch item. Cooking the toast long enough for the outside to get crispy still leaves it with a custard-like interior that melts in the mouth. This recipe comes from Chow, by Aïda Mollenkamp. I haven't tried this recipe..."

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Ingredients: eggs, granulated sugar...

"I found this in “The Spice Cookbook” by Avanelle Day and Lillie Stuckey. Posted for Zaar World Tour 2005."

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Ingredients: hot water, instant coffee...

"Here is a recipe for lemonade -- Brazilian style. If you cannot get Brazilian lemons, use limes. This makes an almost smoothie like lemonade & us deliciously refreshing! Recipe from Nestle.....Posted for ZWT 4."

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Ingredients: granulated sugar, ice cubes...

"This is a lil something that really tickles the senses, very unique."

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Ingredients: oranges, zest of, garlic...

"This is a traditional food from northeast area of brazil, it is mainly served at dinner time or late supper, but you can eat whenever you feel like!"

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Ingredients: cinnamon, mozzarella cheese...

"Such a yummy recipe, adapted from a Maxwell House!"

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Ingredients: milk, sugar...

"I have served this recipe as soon as its cooked, as leftovers the next day, and even out of the freezer. It is extremely versatile - for brunch with tortillas, dinner with cornbread, or a soup and salad lunch. I always get tons of compliments. When I reheat, I re-season a bit and it also tends to thicken up over time. From one of the Moosewood cookbooks...."

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Ingredients: cilantro, cumin...

"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 recipe is the real Brazilian Feijoada. It is like my mother does it, but she spends at least 8 hours cooking it (The secret she doesn't tell me). It can have some differences in other places of Brazil (this is the Southern style). You can keep the fat if you want it more 'creamy'. Some like it on the next day (keep on the refrigerator, of course)...."

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Ingredients: lean bacon, pork ribs, garlic...

"A really good, really rich South Amercian cookie, great with coffee or chocolate. From Leith's Latin American Cooking."

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Ingredients: cinnamon, brazil nuts...

"I found this recipe on the Internet and still looking to verify it's authenticity. I suspect the name comes from the brilliant red and green from the tomato sauce and vegetables. For now what I can say is delicious and easy to prepare. Most of the cooking time is a passive simmer so you can easily start this dish and go attend to other things around..."

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Ingredients: no-salt-added tomato sauce, cumin...