So I made Brazilian "Farofa" today

[orangecrush]

First time I've cooked from a recipe in decades.

Substituted corn meal for the traditional Yucca flour.

Also, used chopped green onions, fried bananas in sweet hot sauce, ground sausage, real butter.

I also added 2 eggs so it wouldn't be too dry.

The two young guys who I share this house with came downstairs, "Damn, what smells so good", and wolfed down so fast I had to make sure to save some for the traditional offering.

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"The Cornmeal farofa with linguiça (Farofa de farinha de milho com linguiça)
There probably is nothing more Brazilian than farofa! This farofa recipe here is special: enhanced with linguiças, bananas and cornmeal it is a great accompaniment for barbecues and meat in general.

What is it with this dish that Brazilians love so much, that seems so strange for foreigners? They have it for lunch, dinner, barbecue... the farofa combines with almost everything, does it not? Today here is a farofa with cornmeal; unlike corn flour, cornmeal is flaky not unlike the cassava flour used for the regular farofa. If you are looking for something different to surprise your family and guests with something exotic, which is a very good way to begin a delicious Brazilian meal, let's not hesitate any longer: follow the simple step-by-step procedure and prepare this delicious dish!"


* 5 tablespoons of butter
* 2 bananas, peeled and sliced
* 1 onion, diced
* 2 linguiças, sliced
* 2 cups cornmeal, precooked
* Salt
* chopped chives to taste
* Red hot chilies, to decorate




"Procedure:

1) Melt the butter in a skillet, then in it fry the banana rounds, until browned.
Remove the bananas and set aside.

2) Add a little more butter in the same pan, then in it slightly brown the onion.

3) Add the linguiça sausage slices, stirring.

4) Pour in the cornmeal, and fry for two or three minutes, stirring constantly.

5) Season with salt and put the banana rounds we fried at the beginning back in.

Sprinkle the chives, garnish with a hot chilli and serve."



http://bestbrazilianrecipes.com/FarofaLinguica.htm


I took great liberties with this recipe, and it still came out wonderful!



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[MontanaMama]

1. I love farofa!

We’ve got a little Brazilian restaurant here in town…I always get farofa on top of my black beans, rice and collard greens…total comfort food. I am going to check out your recipe.

[orangecrush]

2. Thanks!

With my lack of cooking skills, it was a gift that it came out well!




Lots if room there to experiment.


Thank you!

[Kali]

3. regular bananas or plantains?

what kind of sausage?

[orangecrush]

4. Just regular old bananas

Though plantains would be cool...

And Jimmy Deans pre cooked sausage crumbles.

The recipe calls for a type of Brazilian sausage, linguiça sausage slices, but as I said, there is a wide range of possibilities for thus recipe.

I am going to get Cassava flour from Amazon to see what difference it makes.

Thanks, Kali!

If course, if you want to go REALLY traditional, it can get pretty involved..

[Kali]

17. LOL! I saw these in the store yesterday on my way home. had to take a pic for you.

[orangecrush]

18. Perfect

For banana bread, or banana creme pie!!!!





Thanks, Kali!

[Kali]

19. no, those are plantains

not sweet, good for frying

[orangecrush]

20. Ah, I see!

I'm learning.

[orangecrush]

23. Regular bananas

In this recipe.

I used Jimmy Dean precooked sausage crumbles, and it turned out well!

[ProfessorGAC]

5. Looks Really Good

I've been to Brazil several times. I enjoy the food there a lot.
One of the sites I regularly visited had a commissary that had wonderful lunches. Sometimes, depending on how I split up my hours for the work I was doing, I'd eat twice, because they'd be serving lunch for the dark shift.

[orangecrush]

6. I would love

To try the real thing!




The nearest Brazilian restaurant is about 100 miles away..





The food is amazing!

[ProfessorGAC]

7. None Near Here Either

Not 100 miles though. We're only 60 miles from Chicago & there are some in the suburbs. Maybe 45 minutes from here.
My wife would probably dig it so I'll have to check.

[orangecrush]

8. I was told

By a Brazilian friend to look for a place that has a "Rodizio", sort of an all you can eat thing..

[ProfessorGAC]

9. I Don't Recall That

Son of a gun. And, I've been to Brazil about a dozen times.
But, now I know!

[orangecrush]

10. Just looked it up

To be certain Ana wasn't pulling my leg...


What is the meaning of Rodizio?
Noun. rodizio (plural rodizios) A Brazilian steakhouse restaurant, which primarily serves all-you-can-eat grilled meats.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rodizio




There is one in Northern Ohio.

I'll have to check it out sometime!

[ProfessorGAC]

11. And, I Just Looked Up...

.Brazilian places. There's a steakhouse about 30 miles from here in one of the more affluent suburbs.
Seriously thinking about going before snow threat gets more setious.

[orangecrush]

12. I'm in Erie Pa.

I know snow!


Give us a review if you go!

[ProfessorGAC]

13. Yeah, You Get It Worse Than Us

In my life, the snow when I was 10 was the biggest. 23".
Up where you're at, they just call that kind of snowfall "winter".

[orangecrush]

14. May the Great Lakes all freeze solid

And keep that snow in Canada where it belongs!

[ProfessorGAC]

15. For Many Years...

...whenever it gets really cold or snowy I tell folks I blame Canada.
I say that if that were an ocean up there this wouldn't be like this!

[orangecrush]

16. Seriously

It would be much warmer!

[AKwannabe]

21. What does the banana do for the dish?

Sweeten it?

I ask becuz I don’t like bananas but I do eat banana nut bread once in a while…. Plantains are bland if you ask me. Curious. Thanks

[orangecrush]

22. In my opinion

It adds sweetness.

A little sweet chile sauce on them makes it sweet/hot.