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Wine biscuits, a popular Brazilian biscuit flavored with red wine.

Biscoitos de vinho, Brazilian red wine cookies

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Brazilian wine biscuits: a dough made with red wine and bacon, shaped into ring-shaped biscuits, fried, then dipped in wine and rolled in sugar.

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Recipe from Master, Atoj, Rotlimena, adapted by Recette de cuisine · · updated on

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These biscuits, originating from the interior of Brazil, are shaped into small rings, with one edge turned over like the brim of a hat. After being fried in lard, they are then dipped in red wine and rolled in sugar, allowing them to be stored for a month in a tightly sealed container.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time40 min
  • Cook time30 min
  • Resting30 min
  • Total1 hr 40 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodfrying
  • Estimated cost$10.23 $0.43 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.
  • Vegetarian
  • Vegan

Ingredients

24 people
  • $1.60
  • $2.11
  • $2.35

Finish

  • $1.05
  • $0.77
  • $2.35

Prices from US supermarkets for 3 of 6 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Combine the bacon, wine, and flour until you have a smooth and consistent dough. ≈ 4 min
  2. Cut the material to a thickness of 5 mm and then cut strips that are 10 cm by 5 cm. ≈ 8 min
  3. Create a ring by pressing each rectangle together firmly, then turn one of the ends over, like the edge of a hat. ≈ 10 min
  4. Fry them in hot bacon fat, with the cut side down.
  5. Drain them on paper towels. ≈ 2 min
  6. Once they have cooled completely, quickly dip them in the wine, then roll them in the sugar.

The bill

Biscoitos de vinho, Brazilian red wine cookies

  • 1 kilogram of flour$1.60
  • 480 ml of sweet red wine$2.11
  • 240 ml of melted lard$2.35
  • 240 ml of sweet red wine$1.05
  • 1 kilogram of sugar$0.77
  • lard for deep-frying$2.35

Total$10.23

that's $0.43 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

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Ingredients

  • 1 kilogram of flour
  • 480 ml of sweet red wine
  • 240 ml of melted lard
  • 240 ml of sweet red wine
  • 1 kilogram of sugar
  • lard for deep-frying

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