Recipes from Brazil
Brazilian cooking ranges from beach to interior — slow feijoada with black beans and smoked pork, coconut-rich moqueca simmered in clay pots. Citrus, hot pepper and rice anchor every plate.
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Feijoada
Brazilian black bean stew with pork and sausages — hearty and flavourful.
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Moqueca
Moqueca is a slow-simmered Brazilian fish stew that exists in two distinct regional forms.
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Brigadeiro
Brazilian chocolate truffles made from condensed milk and cocoa, rolled in chocolate sprinkles.
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Pão de Queijo
Brazilian rolls made from tapioca starch and cheese, with a crisp crust and stretchy, elastic inside.
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Coxinha
Brazilian snack of shredded chicken and cream cheese in thick dough, breaded and fried.
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Picanha
Brazilian grilled beef, seasoned with only coarse salt, served with farofa and vinagrete.
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Açaí na Tigela
Thick, creamy açaí bowl, topped with banana, granola and fresh fruit.
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Pastel
Pastel arrived in Brazil with Japanese and Chinese immigrants who settled in São Paulo in the early 20th century, bringing fried dumpling techniques that…
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Vatapá
Vatapá traces directly to the Afro-Brazilian kitchens of Bahia, where enslaved West African cooks, many of them Yoruba, rebuilt familiar techniques using what…
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Bobó de Camarão
Bobó de camarão belongs to the same Afro-Bahian culinary family as moqueca and vatapá, built on cassava, coconut milk and dendê oil rather than the wheat-based…
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Farofa
Farofa predates the arrival of the Portuguese in Brazil, rooted in the indigenous Tupi practice of roasting manioc flour over a fire, a technique that turned a…
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Quindim
Quindim descends from the doces conventuais, the elaborate egg-and-sugar sweets Portuguese nuns developed to use up the surplus yolks left over from using egg…
Flavours of Brazil
The cuisine of Brazil is built on corn, beans, chillies, lime and slow-cooked meats. The 12 recipes gathered on this page lean on those everyday building blocks, so you can bring an authentic taste of Brazil to your own kitchen without hunting down hard-to-find ingredients or specialist equipment. Each one keeps the techniques approachable while staying true to the way the dish is traditionally made.
What you can cook here
Browse dishes such as Feijoada, Moqueca, Brigadeiro, Pão de Queijo. Each recipe opens with a complete, measured ingredient list, then walks you through the method one clear step at a time, with cooking times and per-serving nutrition so you always know exactly what is on the plate. Whether you want a quick midweek dinner or a dish to linger over at the weekend, there is something here worth cooking next.
Add Brazil to your week
Every recipe here is portioned for a household and slots neatly into a balanced week — light enough for a busy weeknight, generous enough for a relaxed weekend cook-up. Pick a few favourites from Brazil, add them to your free weekly meal plan, and we will fold every ingredient into one organised shopping list so the cooking is the only part left to do.