Culture & Community: Brazil

In this unit, students experience gardening, collaboration, and empathy as they explore the differences between different regions around the world. Students will make a self-to- world connection as they eat their way through the different regions of the country and world.

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Part 1: BRAZIL

Interactive Read-aloud: Along the Tapajós

Recipes used:

Easy Brazilian PÃO DE QUEIJO

(Cheese Bread)

Ingredients

• 1 large egg
• 1/3 cup olive oil
• 2/3 cup 2% milk
• 1/2 tsp kosher salt
• 1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons tapioca flour (or cornstarch) 
• 1/2 cup Parmesan Cheese, shredded

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Line muffin tin with muffin liner cups. 
• In a large bowl, vigorously whisk milk, oil, salt, and egg.
• Slowly add flour & starch, about a 1/4 to 1/2 a cup at a time and mix well until well combined.
• Add cheese and mix.
• Spoon mixture into muffin tin with the batter until almost all of the way. 
• Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes or until browned.
• ENJOY!

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Easy Brazilian Feijoada

Ingredients

• ½ cup minced onion
• ½ cup minced green bell pepper
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 bay leaf
• 2 (15 ounce) cans black beans, drained
• ½ cup chicken broth, or more as needed
• 1 teaspoon vinegar
• salt and ground black pepper to taste

Instructions

1. In a pot, add onion and green pepper; cook and stir until onion is translucent, about 5 minutes. Mix in cilantro, garlic, and bay leaf; cook and stir until flavors combine, 1 to 2 minutes.
2. Stir beans, chicken broth, vinegar, salt, and pepper into the onion mixture; cover and let simmer until the flavors combine, 10 to 15 minutes. Add more chicken broth if you would like the beans to be more soupy.

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