4 eggs,300 grams of vanilla-flavored cookies,50 grams of butter,1 1/2 cup of powder sugar,1 can of icy evaporated milk,the juice of a big lemon,1 package of unflavored Jell-O,1/2 cup of pineapple juice,1 1/2 cup of cubed pineapple,1 tablespoon of vanilla syrup
Grind the cookies. In a different bowl, beat the butter with the powder sugar previously sifted. Then add the eggs and beat on well. In a third bowl, whip the evaporated milk and pour the lemon juice. Dissolve the Jell-O package in the pineapple juice. Don’t let the mixture boil and add the butter and the milk cream. Once the Jell-O is dissolved and lukewarm, add the butter, the vanilla and the cubed pineapple. Mix the whole thing and pour in a mould atop a layer of ground cookies that rests in the bottom of that mould. Place a second layer of ground cookies on top and freeze.
Brazilian-style Avocado Salad
3 avocados ,1 lettuce,1 hard-boiled egg,57 g (2 oz) of ground nuts,½ cup of mayonnaise,salt and pepper
Cut the avocados in halves and lengthwise. Remove the seeds. Arrange the lettuce leaves on a tray once they’ve been washed and dried. In the meantime, setting aside some of them to mix with the mayonnaise and the ground nuts. Season the mixture a little bit and proceed to stuff the avocados with that mixture. As a finishing touch, decorate the whole thing with the hard-boiled egg cut in thin slices.
Brazil’s Nuts Pudding
¼ cup of either butter or margarine,½ cup of sugar,½ teaspoon of vanilla syrup,1 beaten egg,1 ½ cup of sifted flour,½ teaspoon of salt,2 teaspoons of baking powder,½ cup of milk,1 cup thinly sliced nuts, peanuts and almonds
Preheat the oven at 176 degrees Celsius. Grease the bottom of square tart mould and sprinkle some flour on it. Beat the butter, pour some sugar and keep on stirring until it softens. Add the vanilla, mix it well and then add the egg and the milk every other time. Mix the whole thing pretty well. Add the nuts into the mixture and cover the mould with peanut or almond halves. Then bake for about 30 minutes or until you can stick a toothpick into the tart and no piece of the mixture comes out adhered to the toothpick. Remove the pudding from the oven and let it cool in the mould. Put it on a plate and pour hot lemon juice on top of it all (click on LaServilleta.com to download the recipe for the Hot Lemon Sauce), or just pour the whipped cream with sugar, vanilla and brandy (two tablespoons of liquor for every cup of whipped cream. Sprinkle some sliced nuts on top.
