Brazilian Cheese Bread: Traditional Recipe

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Brazilian Cheese Bread is from Minas Gerais, Brazil. It is gluten-free, with cheese, crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. Made with sweet cassava starch or sour cassava starch and cheese, it is popular all over the world. This recipe shows you how to make it.

Cheese Bread originated in the 1700s in Minas Gerais. They had a lot of dairy products, but little wheat flour. So they used cassava flour. This mixture made a new type of bread. Now, people all over Brazil and the world eat Cheese Bread.

INGREDIENTS:

2 cups (250 g) Sweet Cassava Flour
1 cup (240 ml) milk (whole milk is best)
1/2 cup (120 ml) vegetable oil or melted butter
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup (100 g) grated Parmesan cheese (or Parmesan and Minas cheese)
2 large eggs

Preheat oven to 375°F (190°C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Heat milk, oil, and salt in a saucepan until almost boiling. Remove from heat.
Mix tapioca: Pour Sweet Cassava Flour into a bowl. Slowly pour in hot milk mixture while stirring. It will be sticky. Let cool slightly. eggs one at a time, mixing well after each one.
Add cheese: Mix cheese until smooth.
Shape: Use a spoon or your hands to form small balls. Place on baking sheet. Bake: Bake for 20-25 minutes, until golden brown.

Serve: Let cool slightly before eating. Best served warm!
Use Minas cheese: If you can, it tastes better.
Try different cheeses: mix parmesan, mozzarella or cheddar.
Cut the dough: Too dry? Add milk. Too wet? Add sweet cassava starch.
Freeze: Make balls and freeze them. Bake frozen.Cheese bread is gluten-free. It has calcium and cheese protein. But it is also high in calories, so don’t eat too much.

Brazilian cheese bread is delicious. Crispy on the outside, soft and cheesy on the inside. Try this recipe and get a taste of real Minas Gerais food!