In the spirit of world cup 2014 that takes place in Brazil, i am making a little Brazilian treats called brigadeiro. A little disclaimer, i am NOT brazilian. This so called ‘brazilian pride’ are soooooo good! Good job there Brazil! From the little research i made in the internet, brigadeiro is usually chocolate flavored, but brazilian made brigadeiro with coconuts, almonds and cashews too. Maybe there’s more but that’s how far my research goes. Brigadeiro is a sweet, caramely (it’s not a word but that is the best word i could describe it for) textured, decedent little (usually chocolate) balls. In this post, i made 2 flavor of brigadeiro. The classic chocolate, and almond brigadeiro. But i have to confess…. I made the almond brigadeiro first and i haven’t know what to aim for and i didn’t cook it long enough that when i shape it, it won’t hold it’s shape for too long. Lesson learned, i made the chocolate brigadeiro and it’s a SUCCESS! Woohooo!
So let’s get cooking!
Even though i failed in making the almond brigadeiro, it still taste good and i’m still gonna give the recipe and pray that you will succeed in the first try, unlike me.
Almond brigadeiro ingredients are:
sweetened condensed milk, butter, ground almonds.
The ingredients are so little right? So does the steps! Easy peasy.
just dump everything in a saucepan and bring it to the heat.
cook until the mixture kind of come off from the pan leaving a little trail. That’s when the brigadeiro is done. My mistake is, taking it out before it reaches to that stage.
let it cool in the fridge for about 30 minutes.
Next is the chocolate Brigadeiro.
Chocolate brigadeiro ingredients are:
sweetened condensed milk, butter, coco powder
just like the almond brigadeiro, just dump everything into the saucepan and put it on the heat.
until it slightly comes off of the pan
and let it cool.
For the fun part! Shaping the little brigadeiro balls. I couldn’t get the picture when i’m shaping the brigadeiro because my hands are busy and messy so i couldn’t really touch my camera.
You could use any thing to cover the brigadeiro, you could even leave it plain. But i’m using chocolate shavings (lots of brigadeiro i saw uses chocolate sprinkles, you could use that too but i don’t have any chocolate sprinkles at the moment), cocoa powder and ground almonds.
personally, i like the one covered with the cocoa powder the best, because i think the bitterness of the cocoa powder kind of balance the sweetness of the brigadeiro.
Smear a little butter on your hands, scoop about 1 tablespoon of the brigadeiro mixture, shape it into balls and roll them into the chocolate or any topping of your choice.
And the brigadeiro is done!
Chocolate brigadeiro
Ingredients:
• ½ can (mine was 190g) of sweetened condensed milk
• 3 tbsp cocoa powder
• ½ tbsp butter
• Chocolate sprinkles, chocolate shavings, cocoa powder, ground almond, etc (optional)
How to make:
1) combine the sweetened condensed milk, cocoa powder and butter into a saucepan.
2) bring it to the heat and cook it until the mixture slightly comes off from the pan leaving some trail when the saucepan is tilt.
3) let cool in the fridge for about 30 minutes.
4) smear some butter to your hands, take 1 teaspoon amount of the mixture and shape it into a ball, then roll them into the coating of your choice (the chocolate sprinkles, cocoa powder, etc)
Almond brigadeiro
Ingredients:
• ½ can (mine was 190g) of sweetened condensed milk
• 3 tbsp ground almonds
• ½ tbsp butter
• Chocolate sprinkles, chocolate shavings, cocoa powder, ground almond, etc (optional)
How to make:
1) combine the sweetened condensed milk, ground almonds and butter into a saucepan.
2) bring it to the heat and cook it until the mixture slightly comes off from the pan leaving some trail when the saucepan is tilt.
3) let cool in the fridge for about 30 minutes.
4) smear some butter to your hands, take 1 teaspoon amount of the mixture and shape it into a ball, then roll them into the coating of your choice (the ground almond, chocolate sprinkles, etc)
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