A video walk-through of how I made pão de queijo (Brazilian cheese bread) I filmed this with an iphone as I was cooking. The actual recipe came from Epicurious.com but there are many variations out there. This is easy and tasty but I have to say that they come out different every time... I dedicate these and all past, present and future pão de queijo to my two daughters who made me love "cheesy bread" These are for you Julia and Lydia. In fact this first recipe was placed in an overnight mail box and mailed to them!
The video shows you how to do it from beginning to end and the list of ingredients is below:
Ingredients:
1. Tapioca flour (e.g. Bobs Red Mill) 2 cups
2. Grated or shredded Parmesan cheese, 1 3/4 cups (about 8 oz)
3. Eggs, 2 beaten
4. Milk, 1 cup (can be increased to 1.5)
5. Butter (one stick)
6. Salt, one teaspoon
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (I have used 350-375 also)
2. In the mean time bring the milk, salt, and butter to a boil in a sauce pan while constantly stirring mixture.
3. While milk is boiling, mix beaten eggs with Parmesan cheese in bowl and set aside.
4. Once milk has boiled remove the mixture of milk, salt and butter from heat.
4. Slowly add tapioca flour, stirring constantly until thoroughly mixed
5. Add the cheese and eggs mix to the tapioca and milk mix
6. Mix until smooth
7. Fill each mini muffin cup (buttered) all the way up
8. Bake until golden brown, usually about 20 minutes
Eat while hot. Cooked puffs can be stored, in the fridge as long as it's kept covered and then warmed up on a low setting in a toaster oven.
