serves
4–6
prep
2:30 hours
cook
2:50 hours
difficulty
Mid
serves
4–6
people
preparation
2:30
hours
cooking
2:50
hours
difficulty
Mid
level
Ingredients
- 500 g black turtle beans, rinsed
- 500 g chouriço sausage, diced
- 750 g smoked beef ribs, divided into pieces
- 250 g thick piece of bacon or speck, diced
- 400 g smoked pork loin, diced
- 500 g carne seca (dried beef), diced and soaked in cold water for a few hours
- small red chillies to taste
- 2 bay leaves
- 4 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- salt
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- olive oil
- sliced orange or pineapple to serve
Farofa
- 2 tbsp butter
- 1 onion, diced
- 250 g bacon, diced
- 500 g toasted cassava (manioc) flour
- salt and pepper
- 3 flat-leaf parsley sprigs, chopped
- 3 spring onions, chopped
Soaking time 3 hours
Instructions
Place the beans, all the meat, chillies, bay leaves and half the garlic in a medium-sized pot (or pressure cooker) and season with salt. Add enough water to just cover. Bring to the boil then simmer, covered with a lid, for about 2 hours.
Sauté the onion and remaining garlic in olive oil in a separate frying pan. Once softened, add to the feijoada. Cook for another 15 minutes.
To make the farofa, melt the butter in a large frying pan and add the onion and bacon. Cook until the onion is soft, then add the cassava flour a little at a time until incorporated. Taste and season with salt and pepper. Transfer to a serving bowl and garnish with the parsley and spring onion.
Serve the feijoada with sliced orange or pineapple and the farofa on the side.
Note
• To make the feijoada creamy, liquefy ½ cup of black beans in the blender and add to the feijoada.
Cook's Notes
Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. | All eggs are 55-60 g, unless specified.
