Carne de Sol com Mandioca
Salt-cured beef served with buttery cassava and sweet browned onions.
Estimated nutrition per serving
These figures are estimates per serving. Actual nutrition can vary with the brands and exact amounts you use, how much oil, dressing or sauce is absorbed, any substitutions or added extras, and the portion size served.A practical guide for comparing recipes and planning meals.
What you need
- 700 main protein or vegetables
- 2 onions, sliced
- 3 garlic cloves, crushed
- 2 tomatoes, chopped
- 1 pepper, sliced
- cassava flour, rice or beans as appropriate
- fresh coriander or parsley
- lime, salt and black pepper
- dendê oil, coconut milk, tucupi or stock where traditional
Step-by-step method
Follow the recipe in order, tasting and adjusting seasoning where needed.
- 1. Season the main ingredient with salt, garlic, lime or regional aromatics. Measure everything before you start so the recipe scales cleanly from the dynamic ingredient quantities. Cut vegetables evenly so they soften at the same rate and the final texture is balanced.
- 2. Build the base slowly with onion, garlic, tomato, herbs and the traditional fat or stock. Work steadily and check texture rather than relying only on the clock.
- 3. Add beans, rice, fish, meat, cassava or vegetables in the right order so each keeps its texture. Work steadily and check texture rather than relying only on the clock.
- 4. Cook until the sauce, broth or grains are cohesive and deeply flavoured. Heat oil to about 180°C / 355°F; if it is too cool the food turns greasy, and if too hot the outside browns before the centre cooks.
- 5. Serve with the classic Brazilian accompaniments rather than over-garnishing. Taste at the end for salt, acidity and richness; traditional versions should feel generous but balanced.
Tips, storage and serving advice
What to drink with Carne de Sol com Mandioca
These are wine-style pairings, so you can choose any bottle in that style rather than needing one exact producer. Look for the grape, region or style name on the label.Pairings are chosen around the dish’s flavour, texture, richness, acidity and cooking style, not just the country it comes from.
Sangiovese
- Flavour bridge: red fruit, herbs and savoury spice echo tomato-led flavours
- Acidity: High enough acidity to stay vivid beside tomato
- Body: Medium body fits the dish's concentration
- Tannin: Moderate tannin avoids becoming hard beside acidity
- Sweetness: Dry profile keeps tomato flavours focused
- Best for: Dinner, entertaining or recipe pairing
Barbera
- Flavour bridge: red fruit, herbs and savoury spice echo tomato-led flavours
- Acidity: High enough acidity to stay vivid beside tomato
- Body: Medium body fits the dish's concentration
- Tannin: Moderate tannin avoids becoming hard beside acidity
- Sweetness: Dry profile keeps tomato flavours focused
- Best for: Dinner, entertaining or recipe pairing
Valpolicella Classico
- Flavour bridge: red fruit, herbs and savoury spice echo tomato-led flavours
- Acidity: High enough acidity to stay vivid beside tomato
- Body: Medium body fits the dish's concentration
- Tannin: Moderate tannin avoids becoming hard beside acidity
- Sweetness: Dry profile keeps tomato flavours focused
- Best for: Dinner, entertaining or recipe pairing
Specific wines to try
These are named bottles or regional wine examples already linked to this recipe. Each card opens the relevant wine-style guide because individual bottle pages are not currently published.Argentine Malbec
Argentine Malbec is credible here because it represents the matched Malbec style. Chosen to balance Brazilian richness, cass…
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Australian Semillon Sauvignon Blanc is credible here because it represents the matched Sauvignon Blanc style. Sauvignon Blan…
Explore this wine styleAustralian Shiraz
Australian Shiraz is credible here because it represents the matched Syrah / Shiraz style. Syrah offers pepper, dark fruit a…
Explore this wine styleAustralian Sparkling Brut
Australian Sparkling Brut is credible here because it represents the matched Champagne / Traditional Method Brut style. High…
Explore this wine styleChianti Classico – Rocca delle Macìe
Chianti Classico – Rocca delle Macìe is credible here because it represents the matched Chianti / Sangiovese style. Sangiove…
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