Pão de Queijo Recheado

Name: Pão de Queijo Recheado
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Cuisine: Brazilian
Ingredients: 300g tapioca starch; 100ml whole milk; 100ml vegetable oil; 1 tsp salt; 2 eggs; 150g parmesan or cheddar, grated; 100g catupiry or cream cheese for filling

Brazilian cheese bread stuffed with extra catupiry cream cheese — crispy outside, chewy and stretchy within.

Total time

40 min

Prep

20 min

Cook

20 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

Brazilian

Vegetarian

Ingredients

300gtapioca starch

100mlwhole milk

100mlvegetable oil

1 tspsalt

2eggs

150gparmesan or cheddar, grated

100gcatupiry or cream cheese for filling

Instructions

Heat milk and oil until just simmering. Pour over tapioca starch and salt.

Mix well. Cool slightly. Add eggs and cheese — mix to a sticky dough.

Take a piece of dough, flatten, place a small piece of catupiry in the centre, seal around it.

Roll into a ball. Repeat. Place on a lined tray.

Bake at 200°C for 20 minutes until puffed and golden.