Category: Farofa Recipes

Farofa is a traditional Brazilian side dish made by toasting cassava flour with ingredients such as butter, onion, garlic, bacon, eggs, herbs, or banana.

The recipes in this collection explain how to toast the flour evenly and keep the finished farofa loose and crumbly. You will also find ingredient substitutions, serving ideas, and solutions for common problems such as greasy, clumpy, or burnt farofa.

Serve it with feijoada, grilled meat, moqueca, rice and beans, or roasted vegetables.