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Sweet
tooth
Desserts, and cooking in general, tend to be relatively sweet, a fact indicative of the Iberian heritage.
Beans
and rice
Throughout the most populated regions of Brazil, black beans and rice sprinkled with Farinha de Mandioca (manioc meal) are the staff of life.
Also
popular
You frequently find these on the dinner table:
Molho de Pimenta e Limao
Lime-spiked hot sauce
Palmitos
Hearts of palm used in salads, soups and main dishes
Fruit
pastes
Made from guava, banana, quince, peach, mango or coconut
Culinary history
in brief
Culinary
roots
Brazilian cuisine has distant culinary roots. Recipes are greatly influenced by culinary styles from the continents of Europe and Africa. This produces a fascinating variety of tastes and aromas.
Portuguese
colonists
They settled in Brazil beginning in the early sixteenth century - and found a sparse Indian population.
Local Indian
staples
Fish, land game, jungle fruit, and manioc were the staples of the rather limited, somewhat monotonous Indian diet.
Expanded
culinary repertoire
The indigenous cuisine was subsequently broadened by the many newcomers including the conquering Portuguese and the enslaved Africans. This resulted in three major Brazilian culinary styles: Cariocan, Bahian and Paulista (see pages one and two).
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