Feijoada

Brazilian gastronomy is very varied, in terms of seafood and various legumes, but there is a food called Feijoada, that whoever has visited any destination in Brazil you should never miss one of your tastiest foods.

La Feijoada It is a typical dish of Brazilian cuisine, as legumes predominate in its cooking. Practically referred to as a "national dish" (the most representative food of a country), the Feijoada It was also consumed in the north of Portugal, its main ingredients are beans - which may be black in Brazil and white or red in Portugal- and pork, which is generally prepared in salting, a process by which the meat is dehydrated, the flavor is reinforced and it is salted; hence the name "salting".

La Feijoada It is usually accompanied by rice and oranges and in Brazil, the main external ingredient is Farofa, a kind of cassava flour.

Regarding the history of the Feijoada, Brazilians usually eat it on Wednesdays and Saturdays, when restaurants, by tradition, offer it on their menus and families prepare it at social gatherings. Being a low-cost dish, the Feijoada it is consumed in social classes of all kinds, whether low, medium or high.

Logically, this food has its origin and it is with the Portuguese, and also in the Africans, although definitely, over the years, the samba, the caipirinha and the feijoada are the most faithful representatives of the history of Brazil.


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