Editing Brazilian cuisine (section)

==Popular snacks==
[[File:Coxinha - iguaria brasileira 02.jpg|thumb|200px|''[[Coxinha]]'' is a popular Brazilian snack]]

'''Salgadinhos''' are small savoury snacks (literally ''salties''). Similar to [[Spanish cuisine|Spanish]] ''[[tapas]]'', these are mostly sold in corner shops and are a staple at working-class and lower-middle-class family celebrations. There are many types of pastries:<ref>[https://www.terra.com.br/vida-e-estilo/culinaria/site-americano-lista-24-comidas-brasileiras-para-provar-antes-de-morrer,94528eebaf492410VgnVCM10000098cceb0aRCRD.html Site americano lista 24 comidas brasileiras para provar antes de morrer]</ref><ref>[https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/cotidiano/2016/03/1753331-quibe-e-esfiha-sao-o-emblema-da-integracao-de-sirios-e-libaneses-ao-pais.shtml Quibe e esfiha são o emblema da integração de sírios e libaneses ao país]</ref>

** '''[[Pão de queijo]]''' (literally "cheese bread"), a typical Brazilian snack, is a small, soft roll made of [[manioc]] flour, eggs, milk, and [[minas cheese]]. It can be bought ready-made at a corner store or frozen and ready to bake in a supermarket and is [[gluten]]-free.
** '''[[Coxinha]]''' is a chicken [[croquette]] shaped like a chicken thigh.
** '''[[Pastel (Brazilian food)|Pastéis]]''' (sing. ''pastel'') are pastries with a wide variety of fillings. Similar to Spanish fried Empanadas but of Asian origin (and brought to Brazil by the [[Chinese diaspora]] and [[Japanese diaspora]]). Different shapes are used to tell apart the different flavours, the two most common shapes being half-moon (cheese) and square (meat). Size, flavour, and shape may vary greatly. They can be filled with various items, the most consumed being those filled with meat, cheese, chicken, heart of palm, without filling (called "wind pastel"), shrimp, chocolate with banana and cheese with guava paste.
** '''[[Bolinhos de bacalhau]]''', fried cod fish pastries, found mainly in [[Rio de Janeiro]], but also in other regions of the country.
** '''[[:pt:Empada|Empadas]]''' are snacks that resemble pot pies in a small scale. They can be filled with various items, the most popular being empadas filled with [[hearts of palm]], [[Shrimp and prawn as food|shrimp]], [[chicken meat|chicken]] and [[cheese]].
** '''[[Quibe]]''' (also spelled as '''Kibe'''): extremely popular, it corresponds to the Levantine dish ''[[kibbeh]]'' and was brought to mainstream Brazilian culture by [[Syria]]n and [[Lebanon|Lebanese]] immigrants. It can be served baked, fried, or raw.
** '''[[Sfiha|Esfiha]]''' (also spelled as '''Esfirra'''): another Middle Eastern dish, despite being a more recent addition to Brazilian cuisine they are nowadays easily found everywhere, specially in Northeastern, Southern and Southeastern regions. They are pies/cakes with fillings like beef, [[mutton]], cheese curd, or seasoned vegetables.

Other appetizers that can typically be found in Brazilian territory are: [[croquette]], [[rissole]], coxa-creme, [[Angel wings|cueca virada]], bolinho de aipim (cassava pastries), among others.<ref>[https://www.otempo.com.br/entretenimento/da-coxa-creme-a-de-jaca-conheca-historias-sobre-a-coxinha-e-sabores-diferentes-1.2722911 Da coxa-creme à de jaca: conheça histórias sobre a coxinha e sabores diferentes]</ref><ref>[https://receitas.band.uol.com.br/noticias/coxinha-rissole-e-croquete-rogerio-holanda-ensina-massa-base-de-salgados-16344880 Coxinha, rissole e croquete: Rogério Holanda ensina massa base de salgados]</ref><ref>[https://midiamax.uol.com.br/midiamais/2022/novo-habito-ou-o-docinho-esta-caro-mesmo-cueca-virada-barata-vira-febre-entre-os-campo-grandenses-no-centro/ Novo hábito? Cueca virada a R$ 1 vira febre entre os campo-grandenses no Centro]</ref>