How did the traditional gaucho barbecue come about? Expert explains

THE Southern Brazil It is awarded some elements that influence their gastronomic traditions. Here, flavors are directly related to cold winds and slow fire flames. In addition to meat, the region also makes beautiful with seafood and fresh ingredients.

I was able to prove all these special aromas and flavors in the season CNN Viagem & Gastronomy: Flavors of Brazil that, after the pleasant journey through all other large regions of the countryfinally culminated in the south.

To show a little of what Rio Grande do Sul offers us at the table, my visit in Bento Gonçalves It started with the junction of the best of two worlds: barbecue and wine . In addition to the cups being full of the best grapes and harvests in the state, the ground fire appeared to throw even more light to the gaucho tradition of preparing meat. And how did this type of barbecue come about?

“In the past, the term gaucho was pejorative, designating the son of indigenous people with Europeans. These children did not adapt to the tribes and the Europeans abandoned them. To survive in the field, they stole cattle. Thus was born the gaucho, who was once a term to refer to the cattle,” explains the chef Enio Valli .

Enio is the name behind the Guri Restaurant an interesting project that rescues recipes, ingredients and traditional techniques of gauchos pampas, with a cuisine that necessarily passes through firewood, fire and embers.

“There was no truck, but the flesh had to be transported in some way. So, in these long journeys, either they wore beefes and rice, which were not perishable, or sacrificed animals, where they baked large pieces of meat on the floor,” the chef finishes.

The cattle then began to reproduce loose in the field and also through farmers, resulting in a Great meat offer .

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Source: CNN Brasil

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