Pao de Queijo - Brasilian Cassava cheese bread

You can call it what you want: Cheese buns, cheese breads, pao de queijo (Portuguese), Cassava bread, Tapioca bread, are a variety of small, baked, cheese-flavored rolls, a popular typical snack and breakfast food in Brazil. In Colombia they are called Pan de yucca.

Its main ingredient is tapioca flour/starch and some people use Queso fresco, mozzarella, even Parmesan.

They are a little sticky, with a special flavor, and too addictive!! very delicious indeed!!


Ingredients:

500g tapioca starch

1 cup milk

1 cup water

1/2 cup canola oil

2 teaspoons of salt
350gr mozzarella cheese

3 eggs

Method

Place the tapioca flour in a bowl

Bring to boil the milk, water and the oil.

Pour the boiled ingredients on the tapioca and mix with a spoon until well incorporated.


Leave till it cools and add the cheese, eggs (one by one), and salt.


Knead it until well incorporated - add remaining eggs one by one.

Make balls measuring around 2-2.5cm in diameter and put it in a baking tray. Bake at 180 preheated oven until they puff and become baked.


You don't want to over bake, they should be a little under-baked which means don't let it get brown colored.!


Enjoy with a tea, cappuccino, even juice!!