I've got my friend Tuany back,

and this time, she's gonna cook.

- I know, finally something I can really make.

- And it's brigadeiro.

- Yes, brigadeiro.

Yes if I couldn't make brigadeiro,

they would take my citizenship.

If you can't make brigadeiro, you're not Brazilian.

- That's probably true. - Mhmmm.

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So we have it all over Brazil and we have it more

on birthdays but anytime you want

and it's a good medicine for like PMS.

There's different ways to eat it.

And we're making like the ones for the parties,

the birthday parties. - Okay.

- Because that's like the prettiest one.

And we have this complicated recipe right here in front.

- With three ingredients. (laughing)

- Three ingredients and that's it.

- Sweetened condensed milk, chocolate powder,

which is like chocolate milk powder.

- Yes-- - In America.

- Yeah, it's a little bit different than what I've seen.

- The cocoa powder?

- Yeah, it's not cocoa powder, it's chocolate milk powder

so you can make like chocolate milk

or brigadeiro in this case.

It's a little bit more sugar.

- A little bit of margarine.

- Mhmmm, margarine or butter, but I prefer margarine.

So you're gonna put all the ingredients together,

put on medium high, and just stir for as long

as you get the right texture I guess

and I'll show you one little trick to know

when you get the right, and I don't know the word

for this but we call ponto, ponto do brigadeiro,

which is when it's coming out of the pan

and then you see it.

- Okay, let's find out what that is.

- Okay. (laughing)

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And then just mix a little bit before you turn off

because then it will be also smoother.

Okay I think that's enough.

That's medium.

- [Hilah] Yeah. - [Tuany] Okay.

So first ten minutes won't happen.

So it's gonna get a little bit darker,

kind of feel a little bit thicker.

- [Hilah] Is this like the first thing

that Brazilian kids learn how to make?

- [Tuany] Oh, I think so yeah.

- [Hilah] And then you were just like, that's it,

that's all I need to know.

(laughing)

- There is one little trick that you let,

like, get a little bit bubbles.

Yeah, when it's simmering

and then you lower the temperature.

So it's starting to get a little bit thick.

- [Hilah] So you're just trying to keep it from burning,

though, just turn the heat up or down.

- Yes.

So this would be the good, the good one

so you can just put in a plate and eat

with a spoon with your friends.

- [Hilah] Ah ha. (laughing)

- Yes, that's how we did it.

Okay, you see the--

- [Hilah] Oh yeah, oh wow that happened fast.

Oh and then it pours out like that.

So the longer you cook it, the harder--

- Yeah, the harder it gets.

So you're gonna know it's ready when it comes off the pan

and that's "ponto do Brigadero"

"para enrolar"

Which is to roll.

Yep, we're good.

- Alright, so I'm gonna smear margarine out.

- [Tuany] Mhmmm.

And some Brazilians might be what are you doing

because we just put in a plate but it just,

the stone is, like,

it's better--

- It cools it faster.

- It cools it faster and also it doesn't get too much water

so for humidity, it's better.

Whoops!

And now it's just the question of who is gonna lick this?

Me or you?

(laughing)

- I think she's serious.

- Of course, of course I am.

Okay.

- So we just let it cool and leave it alone?

- Yeah.

- Okay, what do I do with this?

(laughing)

- We're gonna use it to--

- To roll the balls? Yeah.

Okay, so it's cooled, it was like five minutes,

we're just waiting for it to not burn us.

- Yeah, when we're rolling the little balls.

But if you're like, if you do a little bit runnier

than this, because it's a little bit, it's thicker so--

- [Hilah] This is pretty firm and sticky like caramel.

- So you can really roll it

and if you leave a little before the coming out of the pan,

you can do just with your spoon like with your friends

or you can put it like in little cups

and eat it with a spoon as well.

And also, we instead of frosting our cakes,

we put brigadeiro recipe and just pour over it

and that runs a little bit.

- It's really good.

- Yeah, it's really good.

- Yeah, I've also had that. - Yeah.

And then we just get a little bit butter on your hands.

Oh, there's your spoon.

- Okay.

- So usually one recipe of that give 30 to 35 brigadeiroes

with, like if you put after the candy

and if you put in this little cups

but the American ones are a little bigger

so we're gonna make bigger brigadeiroes

so it won't be 30 to 35 so it should be like 15.

- Okay. - Okay?

And you just get one and try

to put the same amount every time

and then we see if it fits there well.

So, and you have two kinds of sprinkles.

And the black one's gonna be more typical brigadeiroes.

And it's done.

- I wanna do a rainbow one.

'Cause look, rainbows mean love.

Bloop!

(laughing)

- So you just make a little bigger, so it's right there.

- Oh, I should make it bigger.

- Yeah, I mean that would be perfect for our size but...

- Okay.

- They started doing this in 1946 or 1950

or something like that and it was, it's named brigadeiro

for, you know like when you are from the military

and you have all these classes or titles that you can have?

One of the titles is called brigadeiro,

so he's in charge of the brigada.

- The brigade?

- The brigade, brigada, I said it in Portuguese.

So and he was a candidate to be president

after Getulio Vargas, a little bit geeky time,

(laughing) so after Getulio Vargas

and then he was candidate to be president

and they made this to sell and get money for his campaign.

- Oh they had a bake sale?

- Yeah, it was kind of like that

and then everyone would just go

and say oh let's get brigadeiro's sweets,

treats and everything

and they just became brigadeiro after him.

- How cool!

- He was Brigadeiro Eduardo Gomes I think.

- He was the original brigadeiro.

- He was the original brigadeiro.

And, but he didn't win so, I mean.

- But he brought us candy. - [Tuany] Yes, yeah!

- [Hilah] He did kind of win. - I mean--

- In the history books. - [Tuany] In life.

- [Hilah] Yeah. - Yeah in life he won.

- Well if you like this recipe, be sure to check out

the pao de queijo, the Brazilian cheese bread,

and the coxinha that we did together.

- Mhmmm, we did together.

- (laughing) I did it.

Don't forget to subscribe and I will see you all next week

with some more videos.

Bye.

- Bye!

- Oh, we forgot to eat it.

- Duh, okay I'll eat the original one.

- I'll eat the rainbow sprinkles.

Cheers. - [Tuany] Cheers!

- It's like a chocolate caramel.

- Mhmmm.

Like soft, that's how I like them.

- Mmm, hope you try it.

Bye bye! - [Tuany] Bye bye!

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