Southern Cookbook

Here is a quick and delicious 3-ingredient recipe to make traditional Brazilian sweet paçoca at home:

🛠️ Ingredients

• 2 cups roasted, unsalted peanuts (skinless)

• 1 cup granulated sugar

• 1 pinch salt

📋 Instructions

Authentic Brazilian cheese balls (pão de queijo) have a naturally crispy, golden-brown crust and a soft, chewy interior. Using a mix of sour and sweet tapioca starch (polvilho azedo and polvilho doce) along with a sharp cheese blend creates the best crunchy texture.

Ingredients

• 2 cups tapioca flour or starch (ideally a 50/50 mix of sour and sweet tapioca flour)

• ½ cup whole milk

• ½ cup water

• ⅓ cup vegetable oil (or olive oil)

American Goulash

• Style: A quick, comforting one-pot skillet meal that resembles a cheesy Americanized pasta bake or chili-mac.

• Method: Ground beef is browned in a skillet or Dutch oven alongside diced onions and garlic. Instead of a long simmer with large meat chunks, canned tomato sauce, crushed tomatoes, or marinara are combined with beef broth, Worcestershire sauce, soy sauce, and Italian herbs.

• Carbohydrates: Elbow macaroni is cooked directly inside the liquid and meat sauce so it absorbs the flavor. It is typically finished with a generous layer of melted cheddar or Monterey Jack cheese on top.