Feb 28, 2011
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Eggs and Scallions with Toasted Cassava Flour

Brazilians often toast cassava flour in butter to crisp it and deepen its color and flavor; sometimes they combine the resulting buttery farofa with eggs and onions, too. This dish, called Farofa de Ovo e Cebolinha, is based on one in Leticia Moreinos Schwartz's The Brazilian Kitchen (Kyle Books, 2010). This recipe appeared in our March 2011 issue as a part of Dorothy Irwin's profile on cassava, Taking Root.
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SERVES 4

Ingredients

2 tbsp. unsalted butter
½ cup cassava flour
2 tbsp. olive oil
4 scallions, thinly sliced
5 eggs, lightly beaten
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste

Instructions

1. Heat butter in a 2-qt. saucepan over medium-low heat. Add cassava flour and cook, stirring often, until lightly browned, about 10 minutes. Transfer flour to a small bowl and set aside.

2. Heat oil in a 10″ nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add 3 scallions and cook, stirring, until soft, about 5 minutes. Add eggs and cook, stirring, until soft and creamy, about 2-3 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in half the toasted flour; season with salt and pepper. Divide between 4 plates; sprinkle with remaining toasted flour and scallions.
Eggs and Scallions with Toasted Cassava Flour

This article was first published in Saveur in Issue #136

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this is called FAROFA in Brazil but some sort of meat/ bacon/ sausage/ portuguese "linguica" or "paio"
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You have to like texture, a good crunch to your eggs. I do, and liked this very much, as well as the strong flavour of scallions.
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