# The best gaúcho dishes of southern Brazil

Barbecue, chimarrão and immigrant heritage: Rio Grande do Sul's cooking according to Wikipedia.

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- Jul 30, 2020 · o_saudavel
- https://even.best/en/l/1798/the-best-gaucho-dishes-of-southern-brazil

## Top 12

1. **Churrasco gaúcho** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Beef spit-roasted with coarse salt, the state's symbol.
2. **Chimarrão** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Bitter yerba mate drunk from a gourd with a metal straw.
3. **Arroz carreteiro** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Rice with jerked beef, the drovers' meal.
4. **Costela fogo de chão** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Beef ribs slow-roasted on the ground beside the fire.
5. **Galeto al primo canto** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Spit-roasted young chicken, an Italian legacy of the Serra.
6. **Sopa de agnolini** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Stuffed pasta in chicken broth from the Italian colony.
7. **Cuca** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — German crumb cake with fruit.
8. **Café colonial** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A lavish spread of breads, cakes, jams and cold cuts from the Serra Gaúcha.
9. **Xis** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Rio Grande do Sul's giant pressed sandwich.
10. **Sagu de vinho** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Tapioca pearls cooked in red wine.
11. **Ambrosia** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Egg and milk sweet with clove and cinnamon.
12. **Doces de Pelotas** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The Portuguese egg sweets of the city of Pelotas.

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