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Gluten free, lactose free, nut free and soy free Cuscus recipe from Brazil!

September 4, 2009

Gluten free, lactose free, nut free and soy free Cuscus recipe from Brazil!This is a typical recipe from Sao Paulo, Brazil: Cuscus Paulista. It’s an exotic yet very quick and easy to prepare dish that naturally doesn’t contain any gluten, milk, nuts and soy (you can also remove the eggs if needed!). Delicious!

 

 

Ingredients

Olive oil, Onion, Garlic
3 Tomatoes (peeled)
Parsley, Sugar (1 spoon), Salt
Peas,  Black olives, 1 boiled egg
Corn flour
Sardines (opcional)

 

Preparation

Heat olive oil in a pan on medium heat and add the chopped onion and garlic. Stir for about 2-3 minutes until they are softened, and then add the chopped tomatoes , sugar and salt to prepare the tomato sauce. Bring to a low simmer, reduce the heat to low, cover and cook for about 15 minutes (do not leave it too dry). Add the olives, parsley, peas and minced sardines (or tuna), stirring and cooking for about 5 minutes more. Then add the corn flour slowly (keep stirring) until you get the consistency shown in the picture.

Rub some olive oil into a flan-like mold, then decorate it with tomato slices / slices of the boiled egg. Pour the Cuscus onto it, pressing it against the bottom to remove air spaces. Leave it to cool for 5 minutes, invert the cuscus onto a small plate and serve.
Picture: http://pt.petitchef.com/

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Comments

3 Responses to “Gluten free, lactose free, nut free and soy free Cuscus recipe from Brazil!”

  1. Barbara H on February 5th, 2010 3:31 pm

    This recipe uses Cuscus which is NOT gluten free. It is made from semolina wheat. Has something been lost in the translation? Is a different product meant by the term cuscus?

  2. SpecialGourmets on February 5th, 2010 4:05 pm

    Hi Barbara, thanks for your comment. The typical, Moroccan style, cuscus is not gluten free, but this one is GF! Brazilians call it CusCus too, but it is made with corn flour only, not with semolina. It is a recipe of how to prepare a gluten free Brazilian cuscus, not a recipe which has the semolina cuscus in its ingredients (if you check the ingredients list, all there is Olive oil, Onion, Garlic, Tomatoes, Parsley, Sugar, Salt, Peas, Black olives, egg and cour flour). We did prepare it many times and its delicious.
    Hope it helps
    SpecialGourmets Team

  3. Barbara H on February 5th, 2010 5:33 pm

    Thank you for your clarification. So the prepared dish is called cuscus and corn flour is used.
    Another great recipe from Brazil.

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