Pão de Queijo
ForensicBBQ
Brazilian Cheese Bread - Oven has been dead in the water, so pellet smoker to the rescue! Cheesy tapioca flour goodness in a ball.
Prep Time 25 minutes mins
Cook Time 30 minutes mins
- 1 Lb Tapioca Flour
- 2 Tsp Kosher salt
- 10 oz Queso Fresco crumbled
- 1 Cup Parmesan Cheese grated
- 1 Cup Milk I used whole
- 1/4 Cup Vegetable Oil
- 2 Eggs
In the Kitchen
Prep your bowls:
Bowl one: Mix the tapioca flour and salt.
Bowl two: Add the cheese (parmesan and queso fresco) and eggs and combine. We'll get to these in a second.
On medium-high heat on the stove, bring the milk and oil to a simmer. Once it hits that simmer, dump the pot into bowl #1.
Put a good mix on bowl #1 with a wooden spoon. Everything I've read - it'll look messy, but that's apparently part of the allure. Once it's good and mixed - let it get to room temperature or so - cool to the touch.
Once cool, take that eggy-cheese bowl and dump it into the bowl #1. Use your gloved hands and form it into a nice doughy ball.
On the Smoker (or Oven)
I greased up a mini-muffin tin and tore a small bit of the dough, rolled it up into a ball, and dropped it into the muffin tin. I had a few left over and threw them in the freezer for later.
Put it in the smoker for about a half hour and you're good to go! Mine started to get 'done' around the 25 minute mark, so I flipped 'em upside down and finished them off for the last 5-10 minutes.
Eat while warm! And a lot of them, like I said - not nearly as good tomorrow!