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How to Make Pirão de Barro: A Traditional Recipe

Name: How to Make Pirão de Barro: A Traditional Recipe
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Brasileira
Ingredients: 2 cups of cassava flour; 4 cups of fish broth; 1 medium onion, chopped; 2 cloves garlic, minced; Salt to taste; Black pepper to taste; 1 tablespoon of oil for sautéing

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Master Receita Solta

How to Make Pirão de Barro: A Traditional Recipe

Prep Time20 min

Cook Time30 min

Servings4 servings

DifficultyEASY

Calories340 kcal

Resumo para quem tem pressa

"Traditional fish pirão prepared in a clay pot with well-reduced fish stock, aromatic sauté of onion and garlic, and cassava flour cooked to a velvety point. An authentic delicacy from the Brazilian coast that takes advantage of all the richness of seafood in a creamy texture."

How to Make Pirão de Barro: A Traditional Recipe

O Que Você Precisa Saber

- The boiling fish stock added to the cassava flour in a fine rain hydrates the granules instantly without lumps. - The clay pot retains residual heat stably, allowing the flour to cook slowly and gain a silky consistency. - The correct point of pirão should drip from the spoon in a dense ribbon, thickening even more during the rest before serving.

Ingredients

Main Course

2 cups of cassava flour
4 cups of fish broth
1 medium onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
Salt to taste
Black pepper to taste
1 tablespoon of oil for sautéing

Instructions

Main Course

In a pan, heat the oil and sauté the onion until transparent.

Add the garlic and sauté for another minute, being careful not to burn it.

Pour the fish stock into the pot and bring to a boil over heat.

When the broth is boiling, add the cassava flour gradually, stirring constantly to avoid forming lumps.

Continue stirring until the pirão reaches the desired texture, which should be creamy but firm.

Season with salt and black pepper to taste.

Turn off the heat and let it rest for a few minutes.

Serve hot, accompanied by fried fish or another dish of your preference.

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Chef Tips

- Strain the fish stock through a fine sieve before starting to ensure no bones or bone fragments pass into the fish porridge. - Sprinkle the cassava flour gradually with one hand while whisking vigorously with a whisk with the other hand. - If lumps form, run an immersion blender directly in the pot or blend quickly in the blender to smooth the pirão.

Variations

- Add 1 tablespoon of palm oil and 50 ml of coconut milk to the broth to make moqueca pirão. - Season with finely chopped seedless red chili pepper and fresh chopped cilantro for a pronounced coastal touch. - Add small pieces of flaked fish or tiny cooked shrimp to the dough in the final moments of cooking.

Substitutions

- Fine cassava flour can be replaced with toasted, sifted cassava flour for a more golden tone. - The fish stock can be enriched or replaced with shrimp stock made from sautéed shells and heads. - Regular cooking oil can be replaced with palm oil for a Bahian aroma or extra virgin olive oil.

How to Store

Store the pirão in a sealed glass container in the refrigerator for up to 2 days. Upon cooling, the pirão hardens like a flan; reheat in a pan with a little water or hot broth over low heat, stirring with a whisk until it returns to creaminess.

Can You Freeze It?

Freezing ready-made fish pirão is not recommended. Cooked cassava starch undergoes retrogradation in the freezer, releasing dark liquid and resulting in a spongy, curdled dough with an unpleasant elastic texture after thawing.

What to Serve With

Noble side dish for whole fried fish, stewed grouper steaks, mixed fish and shrimp moqueca, and well-fluffed white rice. Cumari or malagueta chili sauce is the perfect regional combination.

Frequently Asked Questions

How to prevent cassava flour from clumping in the broth?

Lower the heat when the broth boils and throw the flour in a slow and constant rain along the edges of the pot, stirring without interruption with a wire whisk (fouet).

How to prepare a tasty fish stock for the pirão?

Boil the head and central bone of white fish with onion, garlic, bay leaf, cilantro stalks, and sal in 1 liter of water for 25 minutes over low heat, then strain.

What to do if the pirão gets too hard in the pan?

Add extra ladles of hot broth or hot water gradually, whisking vigorously over low heat until it returns to the desired velvety consistency.

Does the pot necessarily need to be made of clay?

The clay pot is traditional for retaining heat for a long period at the table, but any cast iron or stainless steel pot with a thick bottom produces an excellent result.