Brigadeiro

Assignment: Make a food from your host country
Purpose: Feed a large group of people at a Rotary farewell dinner
Lesson: Learn about a part of your new host culture
What I did: I made brigadeiro!!!

In Brazil, brigadeiro is an extremely common sweet. From an american perspective it is sort of balls of fudge rolled in sprinkles. This is what they traditionally look like.

I made an attempt to make some today. I have never tasted them before but the recipe is simple (just sweetened condensed milk, cocoa and a little bit of butter) so I decided to give them a shot before attempting to serve them to a group of 50 or 60 people.

I could not find chocolate sprinkles so I substituted but the concept is still the same. These are how mine turned out. They are delicious!

The recipe can be found at http://allrecipes.com/recipe/brigadeiro/   Note: read the top comment by a Brazilian. It gives better tips and the extra instructions are helpful. 

See you soon Brazil! 
-B