A Brazilian Barbecue

  • Cheese bread before baking
    Pão de Queijo" (cheese bread), is a typical bread from the state of Minas Gerais. The first image shows the bread ready to go into the oven; the second image shows the freshly baked bread.
  • Cheese bread after baking
    Pão de Queijo" (cheese bread), is a typical bread from the state of Minas Gerais. The first image shows the bread ready to go into the oven; the second image shows the freshly baked bread.
  • A typical plate of food at a barbecue
    A typical plate of food at a "churrasco", a Brazilian barbecue, features beef, chicken, sausage, rice, and "farofa" covered with "vinagrete."
  • A cassava flour dish
    "Farofa" is made with onions fried in butter and cassava flour.
  • Selection of barbecued meats
    A churrasco typically features a variety of grilled meats such as chicken, beef, and pork sausages
  • Onions ready to be grilled
    Onions ready to be grilled at a churrasco
  • Sauce for barbecue
    "Vinagrete" is the typical sauce for a churrasco. Essential ingredients are chopped tomatoes, onions, and scallions marinated in vinegar and olive oil. Red or green peppers are also sometimes added. People put this sauce over any or all of the foods at a barbecue.
  • Brazilian flan
    "Pudim" is a Brazilian flan made with sweetened condensed milk, eggs, milk, and sugar.
  • Brazilian flan, side view
    "Pudim" is a Brazilian flan made with sweetened condensed milk, eggs, milk, and sugar.