Street Stall · Cornmeal Bread
Broa de Fubá
Photo: Wagner Tamanaha from Sao Paulo, Brazil / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
The bread is a direct adaptation of Portuguese rye broa — colonists in Minas swapped in local corn flour because rye simply didn't grow in the region's mountain soil.
A dense, faintly sweet cornmeal bread, sold warm in thick wedges at market stalls and roadside bakeries across Minas Gerais. It's often eaten plain with coffee rather than as a sandwich.
Why it's made this way: Minas Gerais' inland highlands historically grew corn far more easily than wheat or rye, shaping this cornmeal version of a Portuguese recipe into a distinctly Mineiro staple.
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