I finally found an affordable pressure cooker so I could get my Brazilian food fix!! So, we had a little family dinner and I made feijoada (Brazilian style beans) with fresh limes,rice, cornbread and salad. Rice and beans was a typical lunch for us most days (and a lot of nights too…haha) when J and I lived down there. If you were to eat this dish at a restaurant, it would usually be accompanied by Pao de Queijo (aka: heavenly cheesy bread balls)…but I didn’t have the right kind of cheese, so I didn’t want to risk it and ruin the experience for the first timers in my family…it’s like I needed them to love it as much as I did.
Instead of Pao de Queijo, I made Brigadeiro for the first time. These little balls of chocolaty goodness are a really popular sweet that is SOOOOO rich. The girls in our department and I ate one after lunch almost everyday! I like to think of it as a very Euro way of eating (they had a lot of European influences there) but it could just be called gluttony. You decide. ;)
I only got pictures of the Brigadeiro…so if you want to experience the rest of it, you’ll just have to stop by our house!
I had my best taste-tester there to help me out…
…don’t bother him, he’s thinking….
Yes, a success! Thanks, Drewski.
These pictures are way funny of Andrew!
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