Get Brazilian in the kitchen

Did this year’s World Cup inspire you to get Brazlian in the kitchen?  Go exotic and adventurous with this simple Feijoada recipe

We don’t know about you, but Rio 2014 gave us serious Brazilian fever. Since our dreams of becoming professional football players died long ago, we decided to channel our passion in the kitchen instead. Although this feijoada recipe is pretty easy to master, it does take a little time to prep. Your patience will be rewarded with an amazingly meaty, flavoursome dish to chow down afterwards though.

Feijoada recipe

Serves 8

Prep time: 90 min

Cooking time: 180 min

Ingredients

2 Knorr Beef Stock Pots

1l boiling water

2 x 400g cans of black beans or 600g dry black beans, soaked overnight and cooked

100g beef jerky, soaked

500g pork ribs

200g chorizo or other smoked sausage

1 bay leaf

100g smoked bacon

50ml butter or oil of your choice

2 onions, finely chopped

3 cloves garlic, mashed (or try a Knorr Garlic Flavour Pot)

2tsps cumin

A bunch of fresh parsley, chopped

1 orange, sliced for serving

Method

1. Prepare beef bouillon from the Knorr Beef Pots and water. Place soaked dried beans in a large pot and pour in bouillon. Add beef jerky, ribs, chorizo, bay leaf and bacon. Cook for about 30 minutes.

2. If using canned beans add to the meat and cook for 10 minutes.

3. Meanwhile heat Flora and cook onions and garlic and cumin until soft and golden.

4. Add part of beans to the onion mixture and mash together. Pour back into the meat pot.

5. Simmer together for a further 30 minutes. Mix in parsley.

6. Remove the meats from the pot and cut into smaller pieces.

7. Serve garnished with orange slices and a hot sauce like Tabasco.

Tip: This feisty dish goes perfectly with fresh tossed green salad or rice flavoured with lime juice and coconut milk.