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Pork belly, tucupi, okra and pupunha

Photo: Rubens Kato

Pork Belly, Tucupi, Okra and Pupunha

Chef Felipe Schaedler, from Banzeiro, created this recipe as part of the Brazil Flavors events.

 

03 November, 2020
Average: 2.5 (24 votes)

serves for

2

ingredients

Pork belly
100 g
Tucupi
4 liters
“Pimenta de cheiro” chili
3
Onion
Cilantro
1/2 bunch
Okra
3 small
Pupunha palm fruit
400 g
Lemons
Cream
1 cup
Salt
Black pepper

Brazil Flavors is a new ingredient-swap series sponsored by S.Pellegrino, in which chefs from some of Brazil's finest restaurants challenge their peers to cook up a menu using the ingredients they send them. The first dinner featured ingredients chosen by Jefferson and Janaína Rueda of A Casa do Porco (São Paulo - Brazil), #6 on Latin America’s 50 Best list, and sent to chef Felipe Schaedler. 

 

 

Step 01

Cooking pork belly

Photo: Rubens Kato

Pork belly

Season the meat with salt and pepper, then bake it in a Josper oven for approximately 7 minutes at 250 degrees to make it rare and juicy.

 

Step 02

Tucupi

Photo: Rubens Kato

Tucupi

Reduce it to 500 ml and then season the reduction sauce with chili, onion, and cilantro. Cook with the seasoning for some minutes and then remove the solids.

 

Step 03

Okra

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Okra

Cut the okras in half, put in a bowl. Add salt, pepper, and lemon juice (the juice removes the drool from the okra). Stir well and put on the coals to toast, or in a Josper oven.

 

Step 04

pupunha puree

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Pupunha puree

Boil the pupunha for a few minutes, peel it, and place it in a Thermomix at 80 degrees for 40 min, with a cup of fresh cream. Whip until the cream is smooth. Finish with a pinch of salt.

Plating

Place the pork belly, add the tucupi sauce, place the pupunha puree and the toasted okra on top.

 

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