| Belo Horizonte - Typical Food |
Leitão a Pururuca |
When the topic is cuisine of Minas Gerais, the image of a log oven and iron pans
soon comes to the head. They are used to prepare generous meals, always elaborated with delicious ingredients and condiments, but soft at the
same time. However, the aroma and taste of the dishes are not privileges of the old residents of farms. On a big city, like Belo Horizonte, there
are many establishments that offer the legitimate cuisine of Minas Gerais.
“Leitão a pururuca” and “Tutu de feijão com torresmo” are the most traditional
dishes. After being flavored, the piglet is roasted. When already cooked, the skin side of the animal is put in direct contact with the heat of
the ember. “Tutu de feijão” is made with smashed black beans and cassava flour. It uses to be accompanied with rice and fried kale.
The meals are consistent, but prepared with simple ingredients that, when mixed,
can provide an immense variety to the menu. Other dish well known is “feijão tropeiro”, created by the workers who transported the gold to Rio
de Janeiro and had few time to eat.
For dessert, besides jams, people should try a simple and very popular mix in Brazil,
but originally from Minas Gerais: fresh cheese with guava jam, popularly known as “Romeu e Julieta”. There’s also the coffee, prepared in a cloth
filter and accompanied by other creation of Minas Gerais that became national mania, “pão de queijo”.
“Pão de queijo” and other biscuits were very common at the farms of the
18th century, when the cookers prepared such delicacies for the farm lords. Two hundred years later, “pão de queijo” is consumed all
over the country and even in foreign countries, becoming, even, mark of famous franchises. |
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