She came to visit me from Brazil, and it's been amazing to be able to make and film this recipe with her.
I hope you enjoy the video and make this popular Brazilian treat in your home 🙂.
Authentic Brazilian Cheese Bread (Pão de Queijo), the most popular Brazilian snack is gluten free and loaded with gooey cheese.
Ingredients of Easy Brazilian Cheese Bread
- You need 1 of large egg at room temperature.
- Prepare 1/3 cup of extra virgin olive oil.
- You need 2/3 cup of milk.
- Prepare 1 1/2 cups of tapioca flour.
- It's 1/2 cup of grated feta cheese.
- Prepare 1 teaspoon of salt (or more to taste).
- It's 1 of 24-well or or two 12-well mini muffin tins.
Easy Brazilian Cheese Bread step by step
- Pre-heat oven, prepare mini-muffin tin: Preheat oven to 400°F. Spread a small amount olive oil around the insides of each well of a mini-muffin tin..
- Blend ingredients: Put all of the ingredients into a blender and pulse until smooth. You may need to use a spatula to scrape down the sides of the blender so that everything gets blended well. At this point you can store the batter in the refrigerator for up to a week..
- Pour into mini-muffin tin: Pour batter into prepared mini-muffin tin, not quite to the top; leave about 1/8 inch from the top..
- Bake: Bake at 400°F in the oven for 15-20 minutes, until all puffy and nicely browned. Remove from oven and let cool on a rack for a few minutes. Eat warm.
Ok, so, as most Brazilian things, the real origin of these yummy cheese bread is unknown. If you are looking for an easy Brazilian cheese bread recipe, these cheese puffs take ingredients that that are easy to find. Some Latin American countries have recipes similar to this easy Brazilian cheese bread recipe. Paraguay and Argentina they have the U-shaped Chipa. Elise of Simply Recipes posted her Pão de Queijo recipe, I was so excited to finally make my own Brazilian Cheese Bread but I was pregnant then and followed a very strict diet that precluded me from eating cheese.
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