If we’re honest, this World Cup has been a bit of a larry letdown from our perspective. Seeing as we’re fairweather football fans (and that’s totally OK, BTW, no matter what your boyfriend and his mates say) we sort of lost interest a bit when England went out and then totally zoned out when Chile followed suit (we had them in the office sweepstake, see). Right now, though, is the one time when the World Cup gets all exciting again before bowing out for the next four years. It’s the final you see. Even though the host nation aren’t even in it any more today’s your last chance to celebrate Brazilian culture until erm, they host the Olympics in 2016. Bloody hell guys, give someone else a chance eh?
Anyways, here’s how to have your last viewing party of the world cup (sob) Brazillian style.
The Drink
Step away from the caiprinhas; God, could you be any more of a Brazilian cliché? Instead, branch out and try your hand at caipiroskas – Brazil's second most famous cocktail instead. Here’s how to make them.
Ingredients
2 Parts Grey Goose Vodka
Whole Lime
2 tsp of Demerara sugar
Method
The Food
Despite being the land that spawned Gisele, Adriana Lima, Alexandra Amnbrosio et al, Brazilian food isn’t all that good for you. Very often it’s deep fried, cheesy and meaty. Which, incidentally, are three of our favourite food-describing words. ‘coxinha’ is basically an amalgamation of all three and is essentially the Brazilian way of describing the best fucking chicken nugget you’ve ever had. Here’s a recipe below. Serve them with yucca fries.
Prep Time: 1 hour, 20 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour, 50 minutes
Ingredients
4 chicken breasts
4-5 cups of chicken broth
1 carrot
2 onions
2 bay leaves
2 tablespoons butter
2 cloves garlic
Juice of 1 lime
Packet of cream cheese, softened
380 grams of flour
2 eggs
380 grams of very finely grated bread crumbs
Vegetable oil for frying
Salt and pepper to taste
Method
Makes about 24 3-4 inch tall coxinhas.
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This article originally appeared on The Debrief.