Pão de queijo, brazilian cheese bread

Name: Pão de queijo, brazilian cheese bread
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: En
Ingredients: 1 lb tapioca starch; 3/4 cup milk; 1/4 cup oil; 1 tsp salt; 7 oz emmental; 7 oz parmesan; 4 eggs

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Appetizer

10 servings

Very Easy

35 min

Mini cheese breads coming straight from Brazil ! Perfect as appetizers ! Plus they are gluten free so let's make this recipe !

Ingredients

1 lb tapioca starch
3/4 cup milk
1/4 cup oil
1 tsp salt
7 oz emmental
7 oz parmesan
4 eggs

Preparation

Preparation15 min

Cook time20 min

Put milk + oil in a pan and bring to boil.
Pour the boiling milk + oil in a bowl with tapioca starch + salt. Knead until combined.
Add emmental + parmesan and knead until combined.
Add eggs and knead again. (The kneader is optionnal, you can also combine it all whithout it).
Form mini balls with the dough (walnut size).
Put the balls on a baking paper. Bake 20 min at 350°F (180°C).
There you are, your pão de queijo are ready !

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Observations

Cheese : We used emmental and parmesan but the real Brazilian recipe uses Meia Cura cheese.
Tapioca starch : The Brazilian recipe uses polvilho azedo.