This was a joy to read. I'm a Brit married to a Brazilian, now living in Edinburgh after a few years in Brazil where my addiction to pao de queijo was so intense as to be faintly embarrassing. I can get the mix in the hideously-named 'ethnic' aisle at our local Tesco, but have recently found that they're just as easy and very, very good when made from scratch with tapioca flour, which I find at the local Chinese supermarket for about £1 a bag. Heat 1/4 cup of vegetable oil with 1/2 cup milk. Beat into 1.5 cups of tapioca flour. Add an egg, a teaspoon of salt and a couple of handfuls of finely-grated cheese (I mix parmesan and double gloucester). Spoon into a muffin tin, grate a tiny bit of parmesan on top of each one, and pop in a hot oven for 15 minutes. Makes 8 or 9 (enough for two greedy breakfasters).
This was a joy to read. I'm a Brit married to a Brazilian, now living in Edinburgh after a few years in Brazil where my addiction to pao de queijo was so intense as to be faintly embarrassing. I can get the mix in the hideously-named 'ethnic' aisle at our local Tesco, but have recently found that they're just as easy and very, very good when made from scratch with tapioca flour, which I find at the local Chinese supermarket for about £1 a bag. Heat 1/4 cup of vegetable oil with 1/2 cup milk. Beat into 1.5 cups of tapioca flour. Add an egg, a teaspoon of salt and a couple of handfuls of finely-grated cheese (I mix parmesan and double gloucester). Spoon into a muffin tin, grate a tiny bit of parmesan on top of each one, and pop in a hot oven for 15 minutes. Makes 8 or 9 (enough for two greedy breakfasters).