Mineiro Foodways

Regional

MINAS GERAIS, and the most conservative and most loved regional kitchen in Brazil: feijão tropeiro and tutu de feijão, from the tropeiro mule-train drivers who supplied the gold mines and carried beans, farinha and salt pork; frango com quiabo; couve; pork in every form; QUEIJO MINAS, with Canastra, Serro and Araxá as distinct raw-milk mountain cheeses now recognised as national intangible heritage; PÃO DE QUEIJO, made from cassava starch and cheese and therefore naturally wheat-free; doce de leite, goiabada, and the fogão a lenha.