Brazilian recipe
Traditional cajuzinho peanut sweets (Cajuzinho)
Make cajuzinho, a traditional Brazilian peanut sweet shaped like a little cashew, perfect for parties or with coffee.
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Ingredients
400 ml of whole milk
30 g of chocolate drink powder
700 g of refined sugar
1 kg of roasted ground peanuts with pele
Refined sugar for rolling
Amendoins torrados and partidos to the meio for decorating
30 g of chocolate drink powder
700 g of refined sugar
1 kg of roasted ground peanuts with pele
Refined sugar for rolling
Amendoins torrados and partidos to the meio for decorating
Where to find ingredients
Find Brazilian ingredients such as dendê oil, macaxeira or cassava, cachaça, palmito, cassava flour, requeijão, goiabada, guaraná, calabresa, moranga squash, cação and queijo minas in Brazilian or Latin American grocers, international food shops, larger supermarkets and online speciality grocery sections. Standard meat, dairy, produce and baking ingredients are usually available in supermarkets, butchers, fishmongers and local grocery shops. Substitutes, only if needed: firm white fish for cação, smoked sausage for calabresa, cream cheese for requeijão, and butternut squash for moranga.
Preparation method
- Toast the peanuts and deixe cool completely
- Moa the peanuts torrado em the processador or blender until obter the crumb mixture fina
- In the bowl large, mix the peanuts moíof the, the refined sugar and the chocolate drink powder
- Add the milk aos poucos, misturando with the mãthe until form the dough smooth and that begin the soltar oil
- Check the right point of the dough: ela deve estar firm the suficiente to enrolar
- Shape small portions of the dough, forming the cajuzinhos
- In the parte more larga of cada doce, encaixe metade of the peanuts to simular the castanha
- Coat the cajuzinhos moldados em the camada of refined sugar
- Arrange the doces prontos em the serving dish
Observations
Cajuzinho is a classic Brazilian sweet, loved for its unmistakable roasted peanut flavour and its shape that recalls the fruit.
This is a simple homemade version, ideal when you want a quick and delicious preparation. It is perfect with coffee, for serving at parties or simply for satisfying a craving for a special sweet. With few ingredients and straightforward steps, you will get a lovely result.
This is a simple homemade version, ideal when you want a quick and delicious preparation. It is perfect with coffee, for serving at parties or simply for satisfying a craving for a special sweet. With few ingredients and straightforward steps, you will get a lovely result.
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