Thursday, April 2, 2009

Pão de queijo e Guaraná



Blurry phone photos, but still delicious!
Pao de queijo (cheese bread) is a traditional Brazilian snack. My favorite - ok, one of my favorites. (there are way too many delicious snacks to pick one only.) Originally from Minas Gerais (google), Pao de queijo is basically made out of tapioca flour and minas cheese (google) (many ppl use parmesan cheese). It's chewy and cheesy... heavenly when fresh out of the oven. I've experimented (way too much :) to come up with my own pao de queijo recipe. I'm very proud to say that I have finally come up with one. One of these days I'll make a batch and share the recipe with you.
For those of you who haven't tried these yet, you are seriously - seriously - missing out.
If you can't find any "home made" ones, I recommend this brand: Forno de Minas. They are the only ones (that are good) available here in the U.S. (Please do correct me if I'm wrong.)
If you're in NYC, try Casa (my favorite Brazilian restaurant in the city). They have pao de queijo for appetizers (picture above). For entree, I recommend the strogonoff. Yum...
I will write more about brazilian food in the future. It's a sacrilege not to share my passion for brazilian food.
Nothing will beat Guarana as the perfect drink to go with pao de queijo. Guarana is "the" brazilian soda. What? Here, click here.

4 comments:

lillyella said...

sounds delicious! If you post a recipe, I'll totally make some :)

b a i l e y d o e s n ' t b a r k said...

you will love it! :) i will try to post soon.

Linda B said...

Love your stuff on etsy, and just found my way to your blog. Had to comment on the pão de queijo, being that I'm a Brazilian and all. LOL! I totally agree with your premade choice. And they have funky ones with filling. I stick to the plain ones.

Please do share your recipe. I've been trying for figure out my own several years now, and I think I have a pretty good one down, but it could be better. I think it might be the lack of Queijo Minas?

Má Gasparetto said...

Giii!!! BRAZILIAN FOOD RULES! rs...

(ok, ok, eu sou suspeita...)

Tenho acompanhado seu blog, e fico sempre encantada com suas coisas! Coloquei até um link no meu blog...

bjs e sucesso sempre!