Facebook Brazilian Cheese Rolls Pão de Queijo
Recipe – Pão de Queijo – 20 rolls (a tray and a half).
Ingredients
| 500 г | tapioca or manioc starch (I have tried corn flour – it is not the same; it must obligatorily be starch, tapioca starch) |
| 1 чаша | milk (I used coconut) |
| 2 до 4 | eggs |
| на вкус | salt |
| 1/2 чаша | oil (not olive oil) |
| 450 грама | grated kashkaval cheese (may take up to double and be mixed with emmental, parmesan, cheddar or edam) |
| — | baking powder |
Instructions
Method of preparation: Pour the starch into a bowl suitable for kneading. Bring the milk, salt and oil to a boil. Once they boil, remove them from the heat and pour over the starch, then stir. The mixture must not be wet, so if needed add more tapioca. Add the eggs and the cheese (kashkaval) and knead until you get a homogeneous mixture. From it you should be able to form little balls, which you place on a tray. Leave space between the balls, since they grow quite a lot during baking. The diameter of the balls should be about 2.5–3 cm. Bake in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for about half an hour.
I made half a batch. The dough turns out very sticky and elastic, I beat it with a mixer; to form the balls it is good to grease your hands. While baking they puff up a lot!
Alternative proportions (second column from source): 1/4 cup water; 1/4 cup milk; 1 tbsp oil; 1 cup tapioca flour; half an egg; 1 tsp salt; 1/2 cup parmesan; 1/2 cup cheddar.