🇬🇧 Typical foods and drinks of the Brazilian parties in June

Today we will talk about the typical foods and drinks of the Brazilian holidays in June.

Starting with the simplest part, the drinks: the most common drinks are called quentão throughout the country, but in the south it's a sugary drink that takes wine in preparation. I love it! In the rest of the country, a quentão made from cachaça and ginger is common. Although this quentão is very common in the city where I was born, I have never drank. Both are worth trying and finding out which one you like best.

Chimarrão, a drink consumed all year round in Rio Grande do Sul, also pairs well with the cold climate of the period.

As for the food, let's start with the king of June parties, corn. It is present at the parties boiled or roasted, in popcorn, pamonha, hominy, curau, corn cakes and cornmeal cakes (cornmeal cake is usually a drier cake), and also in savoury dishes where it is usually a secondary ingredient (different recipes of rice and risotto, farofa, with meat, etc.).

Since June is a cold month in Brazil, soups and broths such as pine nut soup, green broth, among others, are also common at June holidays.

The apple of love is a typical candy. It is an apple covered with a sugary syrup, and sometimes with many jams, which gives a more crunchy texture to the skin of the fruit, served skewered on a toothpick.

Another ever-present dessert is rice pudding, which is similar to white corn hominy, but with rice instead of corn.

Savoury paçocas (dried meat and cassava flour) and sweet ones (with peanuts) are also part of the menu. Peanuts are also present in Pé-de-moleque and other sweets of the rich Brazilian cuisine.

For house parties, the rules of creativity and dishes can be part of the decor whenever the guest is creative enough or wants to amaze and research to find out how to achieve this.

Brazilian cuisine shows all its richness during the June holidays and tourists from other countries should try to visit the country during the month of June and participate in these holidays. There are cities where such parties are open to the public for free and in many others there are parties that sell invitations, as well as celebrations in schools and homes of Brazilian families.

If you want to get a taste of the best Brazilian parties without leaving home, follow this blog and our social networks and at some point I'll share some recipes.

Nycka, the Nomad