Brazil

🇧🇷Brazil

Maria-mole

A soft Brazilian coconut marshmallow sweet dusted with grated coconut and sold in small squares.

🇧🇷Brazil

Mocotó

A Northeastern stew of cow feet and legs simmered for hours with vegetables until the collagen creates a rich, gelatinous broth, served with beans and rice.

🇧🇷Brazil

Moqueca

A fragrant seafood stew slow-cooked in a clay pot with dendê oil, coconut milk, tomatoes, onions, bell peppers, and cilantro.

🇧🇷Bahia, Brazil

Moqueca Baiana

Bahia's moqueca: fish or shellfish slow-cooked in a clay pot with dendê oil, coconut milk, tomatoes, onions and peppers, finished with cilantro and brought to the table bubbling.

🇧🇷Espirito Santo, Brazil

Moqueca Capixaba

Espírito Santo's moqueca, made without dendê: urucum-tinted olive-oil broth with fish and shellfish simmered in a traditional capixaba clay pan.

🇧🇷Brazil

Mousse de Limão

A bright, tangy Brazilian lemon mousse made with fresh lime juice, sweetened condensed milk and cream, whipped until light and set in the refrigerator.

🇧🇷Brazil

Mousse de Maracujá

A light, airy passion fruit mousse made with condensed milk, cream, and fresh passion fruit pulp, chilled until set.

🇧🇷Brazil

Olho-de-sogra

A Brazilian party sweet of coconut brigadeiro wrapped around a prune and finished with sugar.

🇧🇷Santa Catarina, Brazil

Ostra ao Bafo

Steamed oysters from Santa Catarina opened just enough to keep their briny liquor in the shell.

🇧🇷Brazil

Pamonha

Pamonha de milho verde

A creamy corn paste wrapped in corn husks and boiled, either plain or filled with cheese, sausage, or meat, popular in the Midwest and Northeast.

🇧🇷Ceará, Brazil

Panelada

A Ceará tripe stew with vegetables and herbs, served hot in market restaurants and family kitchens.

🇧🇷Brazil

Passion fruit

Maracudja

Passion fruit, the seedy aromatic fruit of a climbing vine native to South America, ubiquitous in Brazilian juices, mousses and desserts.

🇧🇷São Paulo, Brazil

Pastel

Thin, rectangular fried pastries with crisp, blistered dough enclosing fillings such as cheese, meat, heart of palm, or shrimp.

🇧🇷Pará, Brazil

Pato no Tucupi

A Pará-region dish of duck pieces simmered in tucupi, a fermented manioc broth, with jambu leaves and fresh herbs.

🇧🇷Brazil

Pavê

A layered dessert of biscuits soaked in coffee or chocolate milk, alternated with creamy custard and chocolate, served chilled.

🇧🇷São Paulo, Brazil

Paçoca

A crumbly Brazilian peanut candy of roasted peanuts, sugar and salt, pressed into small cork-shaped bites. Popular at Festa Junina and in São Paulo's interior.

🇧🇷Brazil

Paçoca de Carne Seca

A dry pounded mixture of sun-dried beef and cassava flour crushed together in a mortar, an everyday Northeastern staple eaten as a side or stuffing.

🇧🇷Goiás, Brazil

Pequi

A spiky, golden-yellow Brazilian fruit from the cerrado, with a rich, buttery, slightly resinous flesh clinging to a large seed. Used in rice, chicken and stews.

🇻🇪Venezuela

Pernil

A whole roasted pork leg, marinated in garlic, citrus and spices until the skin is crackling and the meat is tender. A Pernambuco and Brazilian festive centerpiece.

🇧🇷Brazil

Picanha

The prized top sirloin cap cut with a thick fat layer, grilled on skewers over charcoal until the fat renders and the crust is deeply caramelized.

🇧🇷Brazil

Pinhão

The edible seed of the Paraná pine, a winter staple in southern Brazil. Boiled in salt water and eaten warm, it has a nutty, starchy flavor.

🇧🇷Brazil

Piracuí

Dried and salted pirarucu fish meal, a traditional Amazonian seasoning and base for dishes.

🇧🇷Brazil

Pirarucú

Pirarucú chicharrón

One of the world's largest freshwater fish, found in Amazonian rivers across Colombia, Brazil and Peru. White, meaty flesh valued for grilling, frying, moqueca or salt-cured "pirarucu de casaca".

🇧🇷Brazil

Pirão

A thick Brazilian side dish of manioc flour moistened with fish or meat broth and stirred to a porridge-like consistency. Served with fish, meat or bobó.

🇧🇷Brazil

Polvilho Azedo

Sour cassava starch that gives Brazilian cheese breads and biscuits their airy, crisp structure.

🇧🇷Brazil

Pudim de Leite

A smooth, creamy caramel flan made with condensed milk, eggs, and sugar, with a dark caramel syrup that pools around it when unmolded.

🇧🇷Brazil

Pão de Mel

A Brazilian honey cake soaked in a spiced syrup, filled with dulce de leche and coated in dark chocolate. Moist, dense and popular as a gift.

🇧🇷Minas Gerais, Brazil

Pão de Queijo

Small, round cheese breads made from tapioca starch and cheese, crisp on the outside and chewy inside, originating in Minas Gerais.

🇧🇷Brazil

Pé de Moleque

A traditional candy made from roasted peanuts bound in molten rapadura or brown sugar, cut into rough, crunchy bars.

🇧🇷Brazil

Queijadinha

A small, chewy Brazilian sweet of grated cheese, coconut, sugar and condensed milk baked into a golden bite. Found at bakeries and snack bars.

🇧🇷Brazil

Queijo Coalho

A firm, slightly salty cheese from the Northeast that holds its shape on a stick when grilled, popular at beaches and barbecues.

🇧🇷Minas Gerais, Brazil

Queijo da Canastra

An artisanal raw-milk cheese from the Serra da Canastra region in Minas Gerais, with a yellowish rind and a complex, buttery interior.

🇧🇷Brazil

Queijo de Coalho na Chapa

Skewered grilled cheese, golden and gooey, sold on Northeastern beaches.

🇧🇷Minas Gerais, Brazil

Queijo do Serro

A raw-milk artisanal cheese from Serro, Minas Gerais, with a firm, slightly crumbly texture and a tangy finish.

🇧🇷Minas Gerais, Brazil

Queijo Minas

A mild, fresh cow's milk cheese from Minas Gerais with a soft, slightly rubbery texture and a lightly salty, tangy flavor.

🇧🇷Brazil

Queijo Prato

A mild, buttery Brazilian sandwich cheese with a smooth sliceable texture and a yellow-orange color.