Feijoada

Last Updated on August 16, 2024

This dish is known in many forms throughout South America, in Brazil, Portugal … it is one of the gastronomic gems of the region.

Ingredients:

225 g of smoked pork (shoulder)

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225 g chorizo type pork belly 225 g pork sausages 225 g English bacon 225 g smoked ribs 150 ml orange juice tr> 50 ml of cachaca liqueur (can be substituted with white rum) 1.5 cup black beans 4 pcs large garlic cloves 2 pcs

td>larger onion

2-3 pcs bob leaves 1 pcs chilli peppers 3 tbsp of lard or oil 3 tbsp fresh leaf parsley 1 tsp starch meal orange slices for garnish parsley for garnish pepper water salt

Procedure:

1. Preferably the day before, marinate the beans in water along with the smoked meat
2. Fry the sausages in a little oil or lard until brown, set them aside
3. In a large pot, fry the finely chopped onion, garlic and bacon in the remaining lard or oil, add the swollen and thoroughly drained beans, mix everything together and simmer for a while
4. At this stage, pour half as much cold water as the volume of the beans over the ingredients in the pot, season with salt, pepper, bay leaves and chopped, pitted chilli pepper
5. Once the beans are soft, add all the meat and the browned sausages (whole!), add the water (it should be about a quarter of the total volume of the dish) and cook for another 1 hour on a low heat source
7. Remove the cooked meat and sausages and cut into pieces
8. Season the dish with orange juice and cachaca, thicken with starch dissolved in a small amount of cold water and simmer for a few minutes
9. Finally add the chopped parsley, season preferably with freshly ground black pepper and salt
10. Arrange the meat and sausage pieces in a large bowl, pour the mixture over the beans and garnish with orange slices.

Recommendation:

Serve the feijoada with white rice or a spicy salsa.

Note:

Cachaca – Brazilian sugar cane spirit, which, unlike white rum, is made directly from sugar cane juice. The most famous cachaca is pale yellow and clear and is called Pitú. Its taste and aroma are delicate and it contains 41 % alcohol.