Popular dish in northeastern Brazil, the hideaway has as its original recipe the version that uses dried meat in its preparation. Probably sourced in the Pernambuco region, it consists of layers of cassava puree stuffed with shredded dried meat and topped with gratin cheese.
Its practicality and flavor guaranteed new versions of the dish, including the option with chicken stuffing, red meat, heart of palm, tuna and even shrimp. A constant presence at family lunches, this versatile meal also allows you to be frozen, speeding up your preparation process.
Keeping the traditional montage where two traditional layers of mash interspersed with a filling, besides its variety, it is still possible to choose different tubers to prepare its base, including the classic cassava, potato, pumpkin, parsley and even sweet potato, all with lots of flavor.
As for the filling, among the most chosen and easy options is the preparation with ground beef, accompanied by mashed potatoes and abusing the use of spices, vegetables and side dishes to make the dish even more tasty. Check out a delicious selection of recipes that use this filling and get inspired:
Mashed Potatoes
1. Escondidinho of ground beef with potatoes: The mash was prepared with boiled and mashed potatoes, butter and milk. The stuffing is based on ground beef braised with onion, garlic, green smell, red pepper, black pepper and olive. Simple and easy to prepare, it is ready in about 25 minutes.
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2. Grind of ground beef with potatoes, olives and grated cheese: For a creamier filling, add tomato extract to the ground beef, ensuring a thicker texture. For a lighter puree, the secret is to add cake yeast. The olives guarantee a more striking flavor and the soft cheese gives that tasty cone when gratin in the oven.
3. Stash of ground beef with potatoes and vegetables: Here, to ensure a creamier filling, only one tablespoon of tomato sauce has been added. Carrots and green beans ensure the nutritional variety, and bring softness when combined with meat.
4. Tidy ground beef with potato and cream cheese: for a tastier filling, a touch of mustard. For a unique flavored puree, pinches of nutmeg. Creamy dish lovers will love this version! In addition to the filling, the layers of mash gain cream cheese between them, making the dish even more irresistible.
5. Escondidinho of ground beef with potatoes, mozzarella and parmesan: here the focus is on the preparation of puree, which gains creaminess with the use of cream cheese, milk and butter. Mozzarella cheese comes at the moment of assembly, above the ground beef and before covering it with another layer of mash. Finally, Parmesan cheese and mozzarella and 30 minutes in the oven.
6. Hidden ground beef with potato and corn: By adding texture, color and flavor to this version, the green corn was sauteed with the ground beef. For a softer, creamy puree, add a tablespoon of curd, milk and butter. This touch will make a difference and you will get a lot of compliments for the dish.
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7. Escondidinho of ground beef with potatoes and carrots: The puree of this recipe is special, because in addition to using the traditional potato, still uses the carrot for a unique texture, color and flavor. Looking for a different stuffing, use green corn, peas, white wine, red pepper and ground beef.
8. Escondidinho of well seasoned ground beef: As the highlight of the dish is the filling, the author used ground beef, minced seedless tomatoes, black olives, sour cream, mozzarella and spices such as garlic, onion, green smell, broth. beef, paprika, black pepper and cumin to taste.
Hides with different purees
9. Escondidinho of ground beef with cassava: another version of unparalleled flavor. In this recipe, we opted for the traditional cassava puree at the time of preparation. To make sure it is very tender, cook cassava in a pressure cooker for about 40 minutes over high heat and add milk and butter.
10. False stash of ground beef with cassava: The name of this recipe is? False stash? because its assembly is different from the traditional but still inspired by it. To do so, add a layer of braised ground beef with peeled tomatoes and seasonings to the bottom of the container and top with cassava puree. If you want to add beauty to the dish, add a sprig of rosemary.
11Stash of ground beef with mashed pumpkin and vegetables: Here the ground beef has been braised with seasonings and vegetables such as peas, green corn, carrots and diced pumpkins. The difference is in the puree, which was prepared with diced pumpkin, cooked and mashed, salt and cream cheese.
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12. Escondidinho of ground beef with carrot and pumpkin puree: low-calorie version, in this recipe the puree was prepared with carrot and pumpkin. To ensure the effect of gratin cheese, but without adding calories to the dish, choose to use diced white cheese.
13. Escondidinho of low carb ground beef: ideal option for those who follow a low carb diet or for those looking for a healthy and flavorful meal, here the puree is not made with a tuber, but with cauliflower, which , together with coconut milk, results in an unusual but no less tasty version of this traditional dish.
14. Hidden ground beef with pumpkin puree and soy sauce: For an even tastier filling, the author added two tablespoons of soy sauce. In addition to this trick, the puree prepared with Japanese pumpkin gained Parmesan cheese in its preparation, giving it more flavor and texture.
Tasty dish, guarantees a complete meal and can be accompanied by white rice or salad. Whether in its traditional version with cassava puree, pairing with the option prepared with potatoes or innovating and using other vegetables in its preparation, this dish brings practicality and flavor to any occasion.
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