Best Brazilian Pie Recipes

TORTA DE FRANGO - BRAZILIAN CHICKEN PIE

Steps:

• Take a chicken breast or two and shred it while it cooks.
• Still cooking add tomato sauce, onion, garlic, salt, oregano, pepper, canned corn, and of coarse chopped cilantro.
• Cook until sauce thickened a bit, and all of the chicken is shredded. Adjust to taste.
• Preheat oven to 350º F.
• Put all dough ingredients for the dough into a blender and beat until smooth. Adjust salt and pepper to taste.
• Grease and flour a 9 x 13 inch baking pan.
• Put the pie together for baking: pour half of dough mixture into pan. Add filling. Pour rest of the dough on top.
• Bake until a toothpick comes out clean (about 45 minutes).
• Let it cool, slice and serve with a nice green salad with vinaigrette dressing!
• Note: to the filling you can add 1 red bell pepper chopped. You can also change the recipe using tuna instead of chicken! If you like it hot, add a pinch of chili.

BRAZILIAN TUNA POT PIE, EMPANADA DE TUNA BRASILERA

Steps:

• 1. First cook potatoes, and carrots together in water until they are soft. While potatoes are cooking make the dough.
• 2. In a large mixing bowl add the flour, make a well in the center of the flour, place butter, shortening, two whole eggs, salt, baking powder and cup of cold milk. Using one hand begin squeezing these ingredients through your fingers mixing this way, Do not knead, just keep squeezing everything together and all the while keep adding the remaining 1/2 cup cold water little by little as necessary until all is well incorportated in a dough. Pat dough together. Dough should be soft let dough rest 30 minutes while preparing the filling.
• 3. Heat the olive oil and saute the onion, garlic, and parsley. When the onion is limp add 3/4 cup of the milk mix well with a large spoon. Next add your 1/4 cup of cold milk and 1/4 cup of cream in a large measuring cup and add the four tablespoons of corn starch mix very well with a fork. Add to the sauteed onion and milk mixture over a medium flame or heat. mix until thick and creamy. Add the mayonaise, salt, pepper, and garlic powder continue to stir. Lower the heat and cook for about 3 minutes stirring so as to not let the mixture stick or burn. After three minutes remove from heat set aside.
• 4. strain your potatoes and carrots in a colander, removing as much water as possible. Open two cans of Tuna fish, makes no difference if in water or oil but do drain all of the water or oil out of the can. Set drained tuna aside. Next mix potatoes and carrots into the creamed milk and onions. Mix well so as to make sure all of the ingredients are well incorporated. Then add the two cans of tuna and mix gently into the creamed mixture of milk, onions, potatoes and carrots. Taste to see if you have enough salt and pepper. Set aside.
• 5. Preheat Oven to 350 degrees, Take a 30 X 20 baking pan similar to a lasagna pan oil it and dust with flour. Now take your dough and divide into two balls, flour your surface a little and with a rolling pin roll out you first ball of dough into an oblong shape large enough to fit the pan. Lay dough into the pan cutting any overlapping sides with a knife and the press your dough into the sides and bottom of the pan as if you were lining for a pie. Now roll take the other ball of dough add the spare pieces that you cut off from the overlapping sides and roll out to make the cover of the pot pie. Next pour your filling into the pastry lined pan and cover with the other half that you just rolled out. Cut the edges and pinch all around for the crust. Make a few slits in the top of the pie to let the steam out. With the remaining egg yolk brush the top of the pot pie and bake for 45 to 50 minutes. Until golden on top. Remove and let rest for 10 minutes before cutting. Serve with a crisp salad. Enjoy.

BRAZILIAN STYLE CHICKEN POT PIE.(EMPADAO DE FRANGO) RECIPE - (4/5)

Steps:

• Filling - Add chicken breast and chicken thighs to a large pan; cover with the water and add the garlic, and bay leaves. Season with salt and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium and cook partially covered until the chicken is cooked through, about 1 hour. Remove chicken from pan and let it cool down completely. Strain the broth and save it; you should have about 4 cups of broth left. Discard any skin and bones from chicken; shred into small pieces. Do not use a food processor. In a large sauce pan, heat the canola oil. Add the onion and cook until translucent, 3 minutes. Add the rosemary and chicken and cook for about 4 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add 3 cups of the reserved broth to the pan. Dissolve the corn starch in the remaining cup of broth. Reduce heat to medium and slowly add the corn starch to the pan, constantly stirring. Add the tomato paste and cook for about 3 more minutes, stirring. Season with black pepper. Turn off the heat and fold in the frozen corn, peas, olives, and hearts-of-palm. Finish with scallions and add more salt if necessary. Directions: Dough - Place butter, all-purpose flour, egg yolks, baking powder, and salt in a bowl and mix it well until all ingredients are well-incorporated. Do not knead the dough; it is not supposed to be really smooth. Cover and let it rest for 30 minutes. Cover the bottom and sides of a 10-inch cheesecake pan. Start pressing the dough on the bottom slowly moving it up and to the sides. Press the dough until really thin, about 1/8-inch thick. Remove the excess and save it. Make tiny holes all over the surface with the help of a fork Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees F. Slowly add 1/2 or up to 1 cup of all-purpose flour to the remaining dough and crumble it. The more flour you add the less moist the top will become, so it depends on personal preference. Place chicken filling in the pan, leaving about 3/4-inch room on top. Cover it with the dough crumbles and bake for about 40 minutes, until the top is golden brown. Remove from oven and let it cool down for 10 minutes before serving. Serve it warm or at room temperature. For convection oven bake at 350 degrees F for about 20 minutes, or until the top is golden brown.

BRAZILIAN WHOLE BANANA PIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Sprinkle 3 tablespoons of brown sugar over the bottom of a small saucepan or skillet. Cook over medium heat until melted. Stir in water until sugar is completely dissolved. Heat to between 234 and 240 degrees F (112 to 116 degrees C), or until a small amount of syrup dropped into cold water forms a soft ball that flattens when removed from the water and placed on a flat surface. Pour the syrup into a round baking dish or deep dish pie plate and spread to coat the bottom.
• Make a layer of bananas on top of the melted sugar. In a medium bowl, stir together the whole wheat flour, wheat germ, oats and 1 cup of brown sugar. Mix in the margarine using your hands, pinching it into small pieces to make a crumbly dough. Sprinkle half of this over the bananas in the dish and pat down. Top with the remaining bananas and sprinkle with about half of the cinnamon. Spread the rest of the dough over the bananas and pat the pie smooth. Sprinkle remaining cinnamon over the top.
• Bake for 45 minutes in the preheated oven, until the pie topping is toasted and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.

BRAZILIAN COCONUT PIE WITH TROPICAL FRUIT

Steps:

• Make sure the pie shell has been chilled for 30 minutes before baking. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Heat the milk in a double boiler until bubbles form around the outer edge of the pan.
• In a bowl beat the eggs and sugar add salt, vanilla, butter and grated coconut. stir in the heated milk
• Pour the custard mixture into the pie shell.
• Bake for 30 minutes or until the custard sets.
• Take the pie out of the overn and let cool and then place in the fridge for at least 2 hours
• Before serving garnish the pie with fresh fruit slices.

BRAZILIAN PIE

Steps:

• In a saucepan, combine pudding, coffee, cocoa, and milk.
• Cook over medium heat, stirring frequently, until mixture comes to a full boil.
• Remove from heat and continue to stir frequently until cool.
• Place plastic wrap directly onto pudding and chill in refrigerator for 1 hours.
• Beat slightly.
• Fold in whipping cream which has been beaten until stiff.
• Pour into pie shell.
• Garnish with sliced almonds.
• Refrigerate until ready to use.

TORTA DE FRANGO - BRAZILIAN CHICKEN PIE

Steps:

• Take a chicken breast or two and shred it while it cooks.
• Still cooking add tomato sauce, onion, garlic, salt, oregano, pepper, canned corn, and of coarse chopped cilantro.
• Cook until sauce thickened a bit, and all of the chicken is shredded. Adjust to taste.
• Preheat oven to 350º F.
• Put all dough ingredients for the dough into a blender and beat until smooth. Adjust salt and pepper to taste.
• Grease and flour a 9 x 13 inch baking pan.
• Put the pie together for baking: pour half of dough mixture into pan. Add filling. Pour rest of the dough on top.
• Bake until a toothpick comes out clean (about 45 minutes).
• Let it cool, slice and serve with a nice green salad with vinaigrette dressing!
• Note: to the filling you can add 1 red bell pepper chopped. You can also change the recipe using tuna instead of chicken! If you like it hot, add a pinch of chili.