Carnivore Delights
Brazilian Charque
Salted and Sun-dried
Salted bovine meat cured under the sun, Charque, is a carnivore delight from Brazil. Popular in the southernmost state, Rio Grande do Sul, charque is a slave meal turned into a fine public market delicacy.
Rio Grande do Sul is the Brazilian state famous for ranching and gaúchos, local cattle farmers and masters of spit-roasting - the art of traditional Brazilian barbeque.
Charque from the public market of Porto Alegre, capital of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.