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Fogo de Chao is a wonderful Brazilian barbeque. These cheese puffs are like pop-overs but they are softer and much more delicious. They do use special tapioca flour to make them extra soft and fluffy.
1 1/2 cups whole milk
1 1/2 cups sour tapioca flour (azedo)*
1 cup sweet tapioca flour (doce)
3/4 cup shredded parmesan cheese
3/4 cup corn oil
4 eggs
1 teaspoon salt
Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Lightly grease a 12- or 24-cup mini-muffin pan or small dariole molds. Combine all ingredients in a large bowl. Mix well until batter is smooth. Fill each muffin cup three-quarters full. Bake for 15 minutes or until golden brown. Breads should be crisp on the outside and hollow on the inside, like a popover. Serve warm.
*Sweet and sour tapioca flour can be found at Brazilian food stores.
Thanks to Flori for sharing this recipe.
I am sorry your results left you with flat pancakes, I am not completely sure what happened. I have had great luck with this recipe. It is possible the ingredients may have been past their prime, or there may have been some over-beating of the batter.
My doctor is Brazilian and he told me to go to Fogo de Chao. It was great and I loved the cheese bread. I tried a few recipes that were not close to Fogo de Chao’s. I tried this and I love it. The only thing I would mention is that when you mix it all up, it is more of a liquid batter than a dough. I also think I added about a 1/2 cup more of the sour starch because it was so thin and I thought I maybe forgot to add the half of cup. All the other recipes were more like a dough and were a lot heavier. I am going to share this recipe with my in-laws who both have celiac sprue. Thanks for the recipe that I have been looking for, for so long.
It looked fine until I took it out of the oven! It bacame flat like pancakes!
The cheese puffs, also called pão de queijo, can be found in latin markets (also online at brazilianshop.com) to buy as a mix, just add water, oil and eggs – it tastes exactly the same when made from the mix.
awesome tips, it saves me lots of time finding those ingredients.
Well…
Those are called “Pão de queijo” in Brazil, and although they are very similar to the ones back home, the ones you get at Fogo de Chão are not as good as the real ones. I guess it must be something to do with the ingredients and how they age.
The ones in your recipe are near perfect, congrats.