brazilian food

  • Beef Sfiha

    Bysaborbrasil

    Traditional Arabic flatbread: light dough, real beef topping, and baked fresh. Brazil has the largest Lebanese diaspora outside the Arab world — over 7 million people of Lebanese descent. That kind of presence leaves a mark. Syrian and Lebanese immigrants arrived in São Paulo in the early 20th century, bringing their spices and wood-fired baking…

  • Beef shank with polenta 

    Bysaborbrasil

    The recipe features a meat and gravy dish served over polenta, which is actually a traditional Romanian recipe. Many Italian immigrants adopted this filling, hearty combination. Beef shank with polenta. Back in colonial Brazil, corn was abundant—much more common than the wheat used for pizza or other ingredients from their homeland. Because of this, polenta…