The 4th Licuri Festival!

This year's Licuri Festival, the fifth one, will take place on May 15th, 2011. It may be five months away, but preparations are already underway. This year, the event will be held in Caiçara, a lovely rural area outside of Capim Grosso. The 4th Licuri Festival will include a mass, theater and music performances, a licuri cooking competition, lunch (with licuri recipes, of course!), a presentation by a famous chef, a licuri-breaking contest, a pageant, and more, all in one day! To participate in the festival, talk to the people at COOPES, which is the organizer of the event.



The objectives of the Licuri Festival are:
-To incentivize the preservation of licuri trees and the Caatinga biome
-To preserve regional culture and a living for farming families
-To promote the creation of a network of production and appreciation of licuri

Licuri recipe #1 - toasted licuri snacks

For this recipe, you need one kilogram of licuri, cleaned and cut in strips and one table spoon of salt.

Method of preparation:

Put the licuri in a pan over a hot stove, stirring constantly, until it is toasted. Be careful not to toast it too much, or it will turn out bitter. Add the salt, stirring a little more. Turn off the stove and let cool. Put the snack in glass jars in order to best conserve it.