Pastel with sugarcane juice: find out where the combination came from

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Podcast ‘Where does what I eat come from’ explains the origin of the two foods – and which one is healthier. Pastel and sugarcane juice Marcelometal on VisualHunt Pastel with sugarcane juice is a popular combination at Brazilian fairs (read more below). This week, the podcast Where does what I eat come from explained the origin of the combination of the two foods and told which one is healthier. 🎧LISTEN and, afterwards, discover some interesting facts: How did pastel come about? According to the professor of the postgraduate Gastronomy course at Senac in São Paulo, João Máximo, the pastry was created in Brazilian street markets in the last century, probably by Japanese immigrants. “Everything indicates that it was Japanese immigrants who developed this type of thin dough, the size, the fillings and the frying by immersion in oil pans”, says professor João Máximo. And the sugarcane juice? The drink, also known as garapa, is older than pastel. Sugar cane was brought by Portuguese colonizers in the 16th century, and sugar production became one of the main exports of that time. The workforce on the mills was made up of enslaved Africans – and they were the first to consume garapa. “Since the first centuries since the planting of sugar cane, we have been consuming the drink. Perhaps it was our first drink before fermentation and distillation were used to make alcoholic drinks”, explains João Máximo. To yield a good garapa, sugar cane needs to have a high sugar content and not “break” when passed through the grinder several times. 🎧LISTEN ALSO: 📺WATCH: Cachaça has a head, heart and tail; find out which part can be consumed Wheat waits up to a year and goes through more than 30 processes before becoming bread

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