Three more Brazilian dishes made it into the charts; they competed with 100 typical recipes from all over the world
One of the most popular cuts in Brazilian grills is the good old beef steak, you can’t go wrong, everyone likes it and it’s a hit from north to south of the country. Now the our picanha went even further and achieved international prominence: took second place in the Tasteatlas Awards 2022 rankingwhich ranks the top 100 traditional foods in the world.
To the Tasteatlas official websitedescribe the Brazilian picanha as “a particularly popular and prized cut of fresh beef in Brazil”. No wonder that, according to federal government data, the country produces 9.7 million tons of beef annually.
“It is mainly used for barbecue: the meat is first grilled and then cut on a spit. This cut retains very little fat in the meat, so it needs to be cooked well to not toughen up. In Brazil, every barbecue has picanha and all the best steakhouses have picanha on their menus.”, adds the site.
It wasn’t just the picanha that was successful in the charts, other Brazilian dishes have also gained great prominence. In the 29th place was the flooded cow, typical country food that combines beef with cassava. The “encyclopedia of flavours” took the opportunity to explain the reason for the name vacca impantanata: “the marinated meat is cooked and macerated in a thick gravy, hence the alternative name of the dish”.
THE our traditional moqueca has also entered the rankingsstaying inside 49th place, highlighting the Brazilian fish. “It can be traced back 300 years to when it was invented because the Portuguese brought coconuts to the country and slaves from Africa introduced palm oil into Brazilian cuisine. There are countless versions of moqueca, such as moqueca capixaba or moqueca Baiana, originating in Bahia, in the north-east of the country,” explains Tasteatlas.
THE The last Brazilian dish to appear on the list is tropeiro beans, at 50th place.. Typical dish of Minas Gerais, Goiás and São Paulo, it is made up of beans, dried meat, bacon and cassava or cornmeal. It is one of the most important cultural and gastronomic heritages that the tropeiros have left us.
First on the list was karē, one of Japan’s most traditional dishes.. “Compared to Indian curries, karē is less spicy, sweeter, darker and generally thicker, thanks to the addition of flour. There are three main versions of karē in Japan: karē raisu (curry over rice), karē udon (curry over noodles), and karē-pan (a curry-filled pastry).
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