Escondidinho
Escondidinho, from above
Non vegNortheast Brazil

Escondidinho

Shredded beef hidden under creamy cassava mash and melted cheese. Brazil's cottage pie.

90 minTime
32 gProtein each
mildSpice
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Make it your way

Grandma's wayBeef under cassava purée and cheese.
The original
671kcalsame
32 gproteinsame
4 gfibresame
90minutessame

Escondidinho de carne.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

6 servings
Tapioca1 kg cassava
Butter3½ tbsp
Milk¾ cup
Beef500 g beef (or carne seca)
Onion1
Garlic3 cloves
Tomato1
Coriander leaves (cilantro)a handful
Cream cheese½ cup (catupiry style)
Mozzarella1½ cups
Cooking oil (vegetable oil)1 tbsp
Saltto taste

Method

4 steps
  1. 1Boil the cassava until very soft. Remove the core and mash with butter, milk and salt.
  2. 2Simmer the beef until tender, shred, then fry with onion, garlic and tomato.
  3. 3Spread the beef in a dish, dot with cream cheese and cover with the mash.
  4. 4Top with mozzarella and bake at 200°C for 20 minutes.
Serve it like this

Scoop onto warm plates with a crisp cheese top showing and serve with a green salad and vinagrete.

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What goes with Escondidinho: a bread or rice, a side, something to drink and something sweet.

Bread or rice Jeera rice30 min
Bread or rice Methi thepla40 min
On the side Vinagrete10 min
On the side Farofa15 min
On the side Feijão tropeiro60 min
To drink Limonada suíça8 min
Something sweet Abacaxi assado com canela20 min
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