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Recipe: Bem Casado

Posted by Rachel No Comments
Jan 16 2012

A typical treat at many Brazilian weddings is the bem casado (literally translated, well married), a small, sweet dessert. They look like tiny cookie sandwiches and have a delicious filling. Today we’re going to learn how you can make them at home.

Receita de Bem Casado

Ingredients

Massa:
•    3 ovos
•    1/2 xícara (chá) de açúcar
•    1/2 xícara (chá) de farinha de trigo
•    1 colher (sobremesa) de baunilha
•    1 colher (sobremesa) de amido de milho
•    1 colher (sobremesa) de fermento em pó

Recheios

:

 Doce de leite ou 1 lata de leite condensado cozido por 30 minutos em panela de pressão

Calda: 

1/2 quilo de açúcar
 e 1 xícara (chá) de água

Preparation

Massa:

 Bata as claras em neve. Depois acrescente as gemas uma a uma, sem pele (passe na peneira para tirar a pele), a baunilha e o açúcar. 
Desligue a batedeira e acrescentar a farinha de trigo, amido de milho e fermento em pó e mexa delicadamente.
 Com o auxílio de uma colher, pingue porções pequenas da massa em uma assadeira untada e enfarinhada, mantendo distância entre as porções.
 Leve ao forno alto (220º graus) pré-aquecido, por cerca de 5 minutos ou até corar levemente.
 Retire-os da assadeira ainda mornos.
 Depois de frio, una os biscoitos com o doce de leite, formando sanduíches e passa na calda. 

Recheio:

 Misture e aplique nos bem casados. 

Calda:

 Misture e leve ao fogo até começar a ferver e banhe os bem casados. Deixe descansar por 12 horas e embale em papel celofane, papel crepom e fita de cetim.

Watch this video to learn the recipe, too!

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Want the recipe in English? Click here.

Brazilian Recipe: Pão De Mel

Posted by Rachel 1 Comment
Sep 9 2011

Pão de mel, or honey bread, is a delicious Brazilian pastry that is fairly easy to make and is great for eating as a dessert or with coffee. It’s an old recipe from Europe, and allegedly came about when bakers learned they could preserve cake longer if it was covered in melted chocolate. So let’s learn how to make it!

What You’ll Need For The Cake

3 xícaras (chá) de farinha de trigo
1 xícara (chá) de mel
1 xícara (chá) de açúcar
1 xícara (chá) de leite
2 colheres (sopa) de manteiga em temperatura ambiente
2 ovos
1 colher (sopa) de bicarbonato de sódio
1 colher (chá) de noz-moscada
1 colher (chá) de cravo-da-índia em pó
1 colher (sopa) de canela em pó
manteiga e farinha de rosca para untar e enfarinhar

What You’ll Need For the Icing

200 g de chocolate meio amargo picado
2 colheres (sopa) de manteiga

Click here for the recipe instructions, and watch the video below.

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Pão de mel is so popular that a few years back, there was a competition for Brazil’s best pão de mel baker!

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For the recipe in English, click here.

Brazilian Cooking Series: Part VII

Posted by Rachel No Comments
Jul 7 2009

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)

“Maçã de amor” turns 50

Posted by Rachel No Comments
Jun 8 2009

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.

Brazilian Cooking Series: Part IV

Posted by Rachel 1 Comment
Dec 5 2008

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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