Brazilian Cheese Bread (Pao de Queijo)

Name: Brazilian Cheese Bread (Pao de Queijo)
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 beaten eggs; 2 teaspoons minced garlic; 118 milliliters olive oil or butter; 158 milliliters freshly grated Parmesan cheese; 1 teaspoon salt; 79 milliliters milk or soy milk; 473 milliliters tapioca flour; 79 milliliters water

The recipe Brazilian Cheese Bread (Pao de Queijo) can be made in roughly 40 minutes. This recipe covers 4% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Watching your figure? This gluten free recipe has 240 calories, 6g of protein, and 8g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 6. It works well as a hor d'oeuvre. If you have soy milk, garlic, water, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).

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Oven

Pour olive oil, water, milk, and salt into a large saucepan, and place over high heat. When the mixture comes to a boil, remove from heat immediately, and stir in tapioca flour and garlic until smooth. Set aside to rest for 10 to 15 minutes.

Ingredients you will need

Tapioca Starch

Olive Oil

Garlic

Water

Milk

Salt

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Sauce Pan

Stir the cheese and egg into the tapioca mixture until well combined, the mixture will be chunky like cottage cheese. Drop rounded, 1/4 cup-sized balls of the mixture onto an ungreased baking sheet.

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Cottage Cheese

Tapioca

Cheese

Egg

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Baking Sheet

Bake in preheated oven until the tops are lightly browned, 15 to 20 minutes.

Equipment you will use

Oven

Equipment

Oven

Sauce Pan

Baking Sheet

Ingredients

Servings:

beaten eggs 2teaspoons

minced garlic 118milliliters

olive oil or butter 158milliliters

freshly grated Parmesan cheese 1teaspoon

salt 79milliliters

milk or soy milk 473milliliters

tapioca flour 79milliliters

water

Recommended wine: Sparkling Wine, Sparkling Rose

Cheese Bread can be paired with Sparkling Wine and Sparkling rosé. If you're serving a selection of appetizers, you can't go wrong with these. Both are very food friendly and complement a variety of flavors. The Nomine Renard Brut with a 5 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 50 dollars per bottle.

Nomine Renard Brut

Citrus notes, white peach and butter biscuits, fresh and rich mouth, fruity and crispy with a mineral finish.Blend: 40% Chardonnay, 30% Pinot Noir, 30% Pinot Meunier