Foods of Pubs

 

The last few years, Belo Horizonte, a big city from Minas Gerais, a state of Brazil, was taken by a lot of restaurants that look likes Pubs in Europe. In the entire city, these Pubs receive teens and even old people, and with your drinks, a warm food e receptive people, is very attractive not only for the native people, but mostly to the tourists who comes to the city looking for fun.

   In this post we gonna show you the main menu of the Pubs from BH, starting with the Crackling, in Portuguese Torresmo (Not only for Crackling, but also some others suggest of food, we will let a website where you guys can found the recipes of how to prepare!). This one, the crackling, can be prepared fried and in the moment that it was being made tempered with salt or also pepper. More informations follow in website: Recipe of Pork Crackling

Caipirinha Shot!

    Foods like hit fries, little fried pastel, meatloaf and various fried appetizers can be found aplenty, and along with it there is some special drinks, that if you come to BH, NEED to try, like the classical “Caipirinha” that is made with lemon, sugar and ice, and can be mixed with fruits like strawberry and tangerine, but you need to pay attention because not is every owner of Pubs that has a plenty of drinks to show. In all the cases, the simple “Caipirinha”, with lemon and ice always will have and you can have hours and hours of fun, drinking and enjoying. (this site is a good one that explain some ways to make a great “caipirinha” Making your Brazilian Caipirinha! )

   Back to the foods, we can forget the bigger meals that some Pubs offer to their guests. The “Feijoada” is a big meal prepared with some pieces of pig, like the ear, nose, skin, and even that it looks a little disgusting, that meal is a request very asked by the people. The main ingredient of this plate is the pork, but this plate is also made with a kind of black bean.

   We won’t talk about all the foods and all the drinks that exist, but these ones which were mentioned you should try when you come here. The BH city is a wonderful place to visited, it people is known by their hospitality and the city host a lots of different place to visited and so many options to stay while you are visiting like hotels and hostels…. So when you come to Brazil, don’t forget to visit BH, definitely isn’t a waste of your time visit our city.

 

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"Frango com Quiabo"

       A mineira typically, food frango com quiabo (chicken with okra), is usually served on Sundays at family gatherings companhado of mush, beans and rice that is also much appreciated by the miners. The okra arrived in Brazil among African slaves since it is a product originating from Africa and conquered the palates of miners. The plate is also found in several restaurants of Minas Gerais, both simple as sophisticated restaurants.     When it comes to mines be sure to try the delicacy.








A recipe for chicken with okra:
Ingredients:

    1 chicken with about a pound
    300 g of okra
    1 medium onions
    1 cup of lemon
    1 teaspoon garlic salt average
    1 tablespoon annatto average
    1 bunch of parsley
1 bunch of chives
2 tablespoons medium oil
Pepper to taste Water

       Preparation: Wash the chicken, cut the seams and start boil lightly with water and lemon. Once cooked, drain and set aside. In another pan, heat oil and garlic salt. Wait until the mixture is golden brown and add the chicken. He should fry lightly before they add annatto. Gradually, pour the water and let the whole sweat. Then, add the sprigs of parsley over the whole onion. Cover. Take some time to make sure the seasoning is in the taste.
Apart wash and dry the okra with new tips removed and chopped into slices, take it to the fire to fry a little. Subscribe to chicken. Do not stir the pot and keep closed.Check the point where the okra are already soft. That done, remove from heat and serve.  


Ingredients for the polenta:
1 liter of water
250 g of corn meal

           Preparation: Put water on to boil. In another vessel, dissolve half of cornmeal in cold water. This mixture should be added to the boiling water. Stir in wheel without stopping and at low heat. Gradually adding the second half of cornmeal. The sweet spot is when the dough gets firm and begins to loosen the bottom of the pan. Once he reaches the point, dampen a wide, shallow bowl, like a plate, place the polenta and cover until ready to serve. Preferably use, a thick, deep pan, since the angular tends to rise as it chickens.

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Imported from Africa

   Hominy bread, cookies and crackers, cornmeal cake,  peanut cake and coffee. No need to struggle to find tasty and exciting cuisine of Minas Gerais. With origins from who knows where, decades and centuries widely spaced, these recipes have won numerous day to day General, and it is difficult to find someone there who do not like them.

   But let's be honest: the real truth is that throughout Brazil loves these recipes, and each one has a bit of Brazilian miner blood running through his veins.

   A major culinary delicacies such as rich is the broa of fubá.
   The delicacy made ​​basically cornmeal and coconut variety can be found with any confectionery Mineiro, from the simplest to the most sophisticated.

   Its main ingredient is inherited from Africa and their slaves brought to Brazil in the era of colonization.
   The Fubá is a powder hit by fine grinding of raw corn, dried, threshed and is a type of hard corn, which is used in the production of cornmeal.
   Those responsible for intense use of corn were the Portuguese, they turned out well in the flour produced delicious dishes such as porridge, porridge, puddings, scones, cream corn and other.
   This external link gives you a classic recipe of delicious cornmeal cake. 

It is worth reading

The History of Mineira's Food.

Times are traversed and counted through cooking

To talk about where food comes from mining must go back a little in the history of the eighteenth century to better understand the variety of culinary status.

 

See the full text by clicking here.

The Big Center Market

The best place in Belo Horizonte is the Center Market. There are many types differents of foods,animals,handicraft and drinks.There, you find the typical dishes how, ''feijão tropeiro'',''pão de queijo'', and the famous chopp of Belo Horizonte.Central Market, formerly the Municipal Market of Belo Horizonte, having been created on September 7, 1929, by then mayor Cristiano Machado.

 His shed occupies an entire block of Center of Belo Horizonte, with the main entrance facing the avenue Augusto de Lima.If you are religious, you can buy the most varied and esoteric religious items there. Any type of healing can be found there: cures for soul and body.

The Residents of Belo Horizonte is considered a very pleasant and welcoming people, so if you search all in one place you really should look at the central market. Beyond all harmony market, you can and should find there the most beautiful flowers in town.So,Why don't you go yet? Enjoy it.

P.s: The best seasonings ''mineiro'' are there.


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