Churrasco: Grilling the Brazilian Way

by Evandro Caregnato

The gaucho chef shares the secrets of traditional Brazilian grilling with more than 70 recipes plus stories and photos of rustic outdoor gaucho cooking. Join Chef Evandro Caregnato on a culinary journey to discover the authentic Gaucho style of grilling meats called Churrasco.  A native gaucho—or South American cowboy—Caregnato grew up in the birthplace of churrasco, Rio Grande do Sul. Now he is the culinary director for the award-winning churrascaria, Texas de Brazil. In Churrasco, Caregnato explains how the gauchos from southern Brazil prepare and cook meats over an open fire and shares more than seventy recipes from both his hometown and Texas de Brazil’s restaurants. Featuring stories of gaucho life and over 100 mouth-watering photographs, this bookteaches readers how to master the art of churrasco and shows why so many people are falling in love with picanha, chimichurri and caipirinhas!

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking, Food, Nonfiction

293 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 1, 2016

Reviews

[Eric Mesa · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book starts off with a biography of the author, one of the founders of the Texas de Brazil restaurant chain. It then gives a brief history of where Churrasco came from in Brazil. After a primer on the tools and cuts of beef they get to the recipes. Interestingly, there are a decent amount of non-grilling recipes in here.

Overall, I found the background info to be a lot of fun to read. The recipes are not for the beginner. Unlike America's Test Kitchen or Milk Street, the recipes are not as precise and definitely assume a certain level of knowledge. It's also up to you to figure out how to adapt the recipes to your grill if you don't build a gaucho grill. I've marked some off in my dokuwiki instance to make when the weather warms. I don't mind BBQing or smoking in the winter, but grilling is a real pain.

[Emilia Rosa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting book with lots of good recipes. With exception of myself, my family is from Brazil, specifically from Rio Grande do Sul, the land of gaúchos, and I was raised there. I found several inconsistencies on the glossary, specially the pronunciation. According to Mr. Caregnato, "cren" is the word for horseradish; actually we call it raíz forte (something my sister was very fond of). His definition of farinha is incorrect; farinha de mandioca would be the correct term. Molho is not "similar to salsa," but merely sauce. Polvilho is not powder, but merely (tapioca) startch.

[Michelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

The best book ever! And the pictures are amazing... I'm hungry just thinking about it.

[Heather · Rating 5 out of 5]

Superb layout! So many delicious recipes that I can’t wait to try!

[Anni · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not a cookbook

Very interesting but not a cookbook. I thought it would have recipes, I was ready to make some great tasting food….

[Austin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Used VoiceAloud to listen to this as an audiobook, loved it. I don't understand why food writers don't do Audio versions.

[Robin Marable · Rating 3 out of 5]

overview of the Brazilian steakhouse

Cute overview of the history relating to brailuzn steakhouses and some key recipes are included.

Enjoyed reading about the culinary history

[Renee Stuck · Rating 5 out of 5]

Have you ever been sitting there, wondering what you were going to fix for dinner, nothing sounds good, you are tired of the same thing day after day? Well, grab a copy of CHURRASCO Grilling the Brazilian Way by Evandro Caregnato. Churrasco cooking is how the immigrant gauchos (cowboys) would roast meat over wood fires that was developed in the early 1800's in Southern Brazil. In this nicely written book Evandro adds beautiful and mouthwatering pictures that will have you running to get the wood to make your own wood fire! This book not only has 70 mouthwatering recipes with a wide variety of ingredients including everything from pork, beef, lamb and poultry but it also tells Caregnatos story. I would recommend this book to anyone looking for an authentic way to eat original Brazilian style food

[Marty Smith]

Great grilling book!