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Cuscuz is a Brazilian dessert that you will find being sold by street vendors, as well as being a popular family dish. Made with coconut, tapioca, sugar, and condensed milk, it has a gooey, jello-like consistency and is served in rectangular hunks. Sometimes, people will pour condensed milk on top before eating it.
Basically, you mix tapioca and sugar in a bowl, and pour hot water or milk on top to form a paste. Then you add shredded coconut and set the mixture to cool.
Check out some recipes to learn how to make cuscuz!
Tudo Gostoso (Portuguese)
Nestle (Portuguese)
Cybercook (Portuguese)
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In Brazil, caramel apples are known as “maçãs de amor,” or love apples, which are made by caramelizing sugar and red food dye on apples attached to popsicle sticks. These treats are popular for Brazilian Valentine’s Day (June 12) and at the festa junina celebrations held in the Brazilian winter. 
According to a Globo report, the maçã de amor was originally introduced to Brazil by a family of Spanish immigrants in São Paulo in the 1950s. The family of dessert makers set up a successful business which exists to this day, and even patented the love apple recipe in 1959.
Though the patent has since expired, the love apple has been imitated throughout the country and has become a staple of Brazilian candy shops. The treat is especially popular in June.
The Farre family, which first brought the recipe to Brazil, carefully guards their original recipe. They sell their famous candy at their shop in Tatuapé, on the east side of Sao Paulo.
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Today, we’re going to learn about rabanada, a traditional Christmas dessert in Brazil. 
Rabanada is the Brazilian equivalent of French toast. To make it, you take slices of wheat bread and soak them in milk, wine, or sugar, slather them with eggs and fry them. When ready, they are usually coated in sugar and/or cinnamon, or drizzled in honey.
This treat comes from Portuguese tradition, and was originally created as a dish made with stale bread, in order to use food slightly gone bad instead of throwing it away.
Here are some recipes to try it for yourself:
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