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Pão de Queijo (Cheeseballs)

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Recipe

Ingredients

  • 500 grams tapioca wheat
  • 2 1/2 deciliters milk
  • 1 deciliter natural sunflower oil
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 200 grams finely grated cheese, such as parmesan
  • 3 or 4 eggs

Directions

  1. Mix the milk, oil and salt. Cook this on low heat. When it cooks, take the pan from the stove and slowly add the mix to the tapioca wheat.
  2. Let it cool for 10 minutes then add the grated cheese and eggs, one by one.
  3. When it is thoroughly mixed, try to make little balls of dough the size of a tomato.
  4. Put the balls on a tray on a baking paper in a preheated oven. Take them out when they’re golden brown.
  5. The inside should be soft and the outside crunchy.
  6. Traditionally these are served with a strong, black coffee.