Maniçoba

Brazil · Latin America

Plate of white rice surrounded by dark stewed leaves and pieces of meat.
Maniçoba

Maniçoba combines prepared cassava leaves, called maniva, with several meats. The Nascimento family’s recipe uses precooked maniva with bacon, sausages and salted pork loin. Onion, garlic, bay leaves, cumin and fragrant peppers season the stew. Other meats listed by the family include dried beef, smoked ribs and fresh pork fat.[1]

The meats are cooked separately before being added to the maniva and simmered together. The family serves the finished stew with white rice, cassava flour and a pepper sauce made with tucupi. In Pará, maniçoba is one of the dishes served at the shared lunch associated with the Círio de Nazaré celebrations in October, alongside pato no tucupi.[1][2]

References

Sources checked:

  1. Como fazer maniçoba: receita da Família Nascimento — Família Nascimento / GNT / Receitas Globo
  2. Comércio de pratos típicos do Pará no mês de outubro — Government of Pará / Agência Pará
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