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The national dish of Brazil - Feijoada

Recipe: The national dish of Brazil - Feijoada

Cook Time 1 hr
Total Time 1 hr
Course Main Course, Main Dish
Servings 6

Ingredients
  

  • 500 g black beans use canned that have been rinsed and drained
  • 200 g pork meat
  • 200 g lightly smoked pork loin or bacon
  • 100 g chorizo linguiça calabresa is the traditional choice
  • 100 g smoked sausage paio is the traditional choice
  • 2 onions
  • 5 garlic cloves
  • 2 bay leaves
  • juice from 1 lemon
  • 100 g pancetta in cubes
  • rice preferably basmati

Couve-mateiga

  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 cabbage
  • salt

Vinaigrette

  • 1 onion
  • 3 tomatoes
  • salt
  • 3 tbsp vinegar
  • 3 tbsp olive oil

Instructions
 

  • Chop all the pork parts, sausages, onion and garlic. Keep separately. Use the garlic and lemon juice to marinate the fresh parts such as steak or ribs.
  • Fry the onion with the pancetta until both are golden. Add the pork, stir until cooked, and then add the smoked pork, the smoked sausage and the chorizo. By adding each ingredient one by one they keep their own flavours.
  • Finely chop the garlic and the cabbage.
  • Fry the chopped garlic in olive oil. Add the cabbage and a pinch of salt. Cook while stirring for 2 minutes.
  • Add the beans, the bay leaves and hot water until all the ingredients are completely covered. Cook uncovered for at least 25 min, but the longer the better. Stir often and add hot water if needed.
  • Start cooking the rice
  • For the vinaigrette, finely chop the onion and tomatoes and mix with a pinch of salt, vinegar and olive oil.
  • Serve the dish with freshly cooked basmati rice.
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