Goiás cooks with what the cerrado gives it. Pequi, the spiny yellow fruit, is the signature: it goes into rice and chicken, and it divides a cabin quickly, so we pack it sauce apart and say so on the label. Empadão goiano, the savoury pie of chicken, pork sausage, hearts of palm and cheese, is the dish most guests ask for after the first leg. Arroz com guariroba and pamonha, the steamed fresh corn parcel, are the other fixtures of a private jet menu for Anápolis.
A private jet menu built around Goiás has to be honest about the cerrado. Our inflight menu draws on local specialities: pequi rice, chicken with okra, queijo minas and doce de leite from the interior dairies. Private jet food from this region eats well chilled or after a short oven finish, which suits a galley with one oven. The dishes below are the ones that travel best, with the finish noted for each.
Anápolis is an inland city, so the private jet food here is beef, corn, rice, beans and cheese rather than seafood. Local specialities such as empadão goiano, frango com quiabo and pamonha travel well because they were made for long tables and slow days. Our private jet menu keeps them recognisable, then adapts the portion and the packing to the aircraft, and the inflight menu closes with a sweet course from Goiás.