Brazilian
Escondidinho de Carne (Beef Shepherd's Pie with Cassava)
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Escondidinho de Carne (Beef Shepherd's Pie with Cassava) is Brazilian home cooking, eaten at dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Heat the oven to 400F.
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Peel and boil the cassava until very tender, about 25 minutes, then drain and mash with the milk and butter until smooth.
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Heat the oil in a skillet and cook the ground beef with the diced onion, garlic, and tomato 10 minutes, seasoning with salt and pepper.
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Spread half the mashed cassava in a baking dish, layer the beef over it, and top with the remaining cassava.
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Scatter the grated cheese over the top.
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Bake 20 minutes until the top is golden, then rest 5 minutes before serving.
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Serve it with
A Brazilian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Escondidinho de Carne (Beef Shepherd's Pie with Cassava), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The protein alongside
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What it is eaten with
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Something cool and fresh
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Escondidinho de Carne (Beef Shepherd's Pie with Cassava) carries dairy. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | Yes | Bife Acebolado (Steak with Onions) |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 630 kcal
- Protein
- 20 g
- Carbs
- 73 g
- Fat
- 29 g
- Fiber
- 4 g
- Sugar
- 1 g
- Sodium
- 830 mg
- Saturated fat
- 13 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Escondidinho de Carne (Beef Shepherd's Pie with Cassava) takes about 55 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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