Brazilian Beef Ragu

Picadinho

Preparation info
  • Serves

    6–8

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Brazilian Kitchen: 100 Classic and Contemporary Recipes for the Home Cook

By Leticia Moreinos Schwartz

Published 2012

  • About

Picadinho is a staple of Brazilian cooking much like Bolognese is in Italian cuisine. Cut the peppers very small, as you want them to almost disappear while cooking, but their sweetness will be impossible to ignore. Feel free to use different kinds of meat like lamb and veal. In Brazil, they don’t use bacon or pancetta to make picadinho, but I think it adds immense flavour to the dish. You can serve picadinho with pasta, or with rice or mashed potatoes. If you want to r