FEIJOADA POR FAVOR!

"You walk off the plane in Rio, and your blood temperature goes up. The feel of the wind on your face, the water on your skin, the taste of the food, the music"

- Amy Irving

Olá meninas é meninos!

Today we're going to travel a little. I'm going to take you on a tour with BananaTravel. I'm Momo and I'm your guide today.

At first we hop on the plane and fly ALL the way from Finland to the Sunny shores of Rio de Janeiro (the river of January) and Amazon . I could tell you about our funny songs on the plane when we flew over Casablanca or our adventures at the Ilha Grande jungle but let's stick to the food.

We have now arrived to Rio but let's keep on moving until we reach the Ilha Grande!

..Aand here we are! You can see our hotel there if you take a closer look (The white building on the right side). However, let's stick to the food and step inside Bananas can cook it kitchen! (or bananas pode cozinhá-lo) Let's see what we have here...I think it's time to cook...

...Feijoada! Practically, feijoada is a stew made out of beans that is started a day ahead. There are as many feijoada recipes as there are cooks so feel free to suit to your liking.

Feijoada

1 kg of black beans (if you can't find them, kidney beans will work out just fine)

water

7 bay leaves

1 kg of smoked ribs

200g of beef

200 g of Krakow sausages (or salamis..or both)

1 green pepper

1 red pepper

oil

1 tspb of cumin

fresh coriander/cilantro

salt

black pepper

6-12 gloves of garlic

1.Start a day ahead and put all the beans in a big bowl and cover with water, use a lot of water since while beans soak, they're gonna suck it all!

2. On the next day, take out the biggest pot you can find and pour your drained beans inside. Then pour some water on them until they're fully covered and wait 'till they boil. Add the ribs and bay leaves now, so they will cook nicely.

3. While the beans are boiling, cut the meat, pepper, g

arlic and sausage and fry them in a pan of oil. When you've done this, add them into your boil. (you may need to add some water)

4. Add the rest of the ingredients and let it boil on a medium heat for LONG! (or if you're really hungry, 'till the beans are soft)

5. Serve with rice and green salad. In Brazil they

serve it with french fries and white rice and manioc flour, farofa (which I'm allergic to:<) So if you wanna dive deep in Brazil, try that!

..Mmmm...that was tasty! Next time we are heading to...WAIT! that's a secret

'till we meet again

Tchau!

- Momo