Cheese Bread: A Brazilian Recipe

Cheese bread is a classic in Brazilian cuisine. It is also consumed in other countries, such as Paraguay and Argentina. It is called “chipá” and it is very easy to prepare and delicious. Go ahead and prepare cheese bread ! It is perfect to accompany snacks, breakfasts or meals.

Cheese bread recipe # 1

Cheese bread is made with a special flour called starch, cassava starch or “yuca”. In Brazilian it is known as polvinho doce  (sweet powder). Despite not being very well known, this ingredient can be found in many stores in Spain and other countries in a simple way. It is not difficult to get hold of this “Brazilian” flour.

Ingredients

• 500 grams of cassava, cassava or starch starch.
• 250 grams of grated cheese.
• 3 eggs.
• 1 cup of milk.
• ½ cup of oil.
• 1 pinch of salt.

Utensils

• A saucepan.
• Foil
• Baking tray.

How do we prepare it?

1. In a saucepan, add the milk, oil and salt. Then heat until it boils.
2. Pour this mixture over the starch and stir the mixture well so that there are no lumps. Let it rest until it cools down.
3. Add the grated cheese and eggs  one by one, beating after adding each ingredient.
4. Knead the mixture with your hands until you get a smooth and homogeneous dough.
5. Form small balls, which will be the future cheese bread buns, more or less all the same size and place them on a tray with aluminum foil or baking. If you don’t have one, just greasing it with a little butter is enough.
6. Turn on the oven and set the plate to cook for 20 minutes.
7. When the cheese rolls are golden brown, remove and let them cool. If you can resist!

Cheese bread recipe # 2

This second recipe for cheese bread does not vary much in preparation from the previous Brazilian recipe. In this case, we will add a little Manchego cheese to the preparation.

Ingredients

• ½ cup of milk.
• 1 cup of cornstarch.
• 1 and ½ cup of cassava flour.
• ½ cup of butter.
• 1 egg.
• ½ cup of water.
• 2 cups of Manchego cheese (it can be mozzarella).
• ½ cup of Parmesan cheese.
• 1 tablespoon of baking powder.

Preparation

1. Preheat the oven to 200 ° C.
2. In a bowl, mix the cornstarch, cassava flour and baking powder.
3. In a saucepan, heat the milk with the water and butter, so that the latter melts.
4. Pour the liquid over the dry ingredients and mix well.
5. Add the salt, cheeses, and egg.
6. With your hands, work the preparation until you get a dough.
7. Form balls of the same size and arrange them on a tray greased with vegetable spray or butter.
8. Bake for 20 minutes or until they begin to brown, remove and let cool for a few minutes.

Cheese bread recipe # 3

In this case, the cheese bread recipe has fewer ingredients, but the “essence” of the recipe is the same. Make some scrumptious cheese rolls in minutes. As an additional tip, you can add all kinds of spices and herbs to the dough for flavoring. Prepare of different tastes!

Ingredients

• 500 ml of milk.
• 150 ml of oil.
• 500 grams of cassava starch.
• 3 eggs.
• 350 grams of grated Parmesan cheese.
• 1 pinch of salt.

How do we prepare it?

1. Boil the milk with the salt and oil.
2. In a bowl, add the cassava flour and pour out the hot liquid.
3. Mix well with a spoon until you get a homogeneous dough.
4. Add the grated cheese and eggs. In this step when you can add the herbs or spices that you like the most.
5. Knead with your hands and form balls that you will distribute on a baking tray greased with butter or oil.
6. Cooking for 25 minutes at 180 ° C .
7. Serve the muffins warm. You can cut in half and spread with butter or make ham and cheese sandwiches … They are delicious!