Cheese Bread

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In Brazil this is a typical snack, it is originated  from Minas Gerais. A region where gold and gemstones were found, in despite of that, in the XVIII century there was a little quantity of flour, then cookers of this region decided to use milk,eggs and cheese to make some bread with little flour.
Now they use cassava starch, I used normal flour to do them like at ancient times.

In Brazil, 70% of cheese bread is produced in Mina Gerais.

Ingredients (for 67 little  breads):

-  500 grams grated cheese (half parmesan,half emmental).
-  500 grams cassava flour or starch.
-  250 ml milk if you use starch, 600 ml of milk if you use flour.
-  80 ml oil.
-  3 eggs.
-  Salt.

Method:

1- Grate cheese.

2- Put in a casserole some milk, salt and oil. Heat until it reaches boiling point, then turn off the heat.

3- Add some flour and mix well.

Then add eggs one after one , mix well ,first with the help of a wooden spoon , then, once it is cold, use your hands.
The consistency of the dough reminds of marzipan if you use flour or something sticky if you use starch.

4- Take some dough with your hands , make little balls.
Put the balls on an oven tray protected with some parchment paper. The balls should be like ping-pong balls size.

5- Preheat oven at 180ºC for 10 minutes.
The cook for 30 minutes at the same temperature , until balls get slightly golden.

Here you have the recipe on my Youtube channel:

                              https://youtu.be/4_CikHMipTc

Where to buy the ingredients

cassava flour can be found at many shops where they sell latin american products.
I bought it in Madrid , in a shop at Hermanos Machado 24 , Metro Quintana.

Brazil

Funge

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Funge

This is the typical side dish to accompany the angolan dish Muamba de Galinha, although you can eat it as a side dish, in fact it is a dish on its own, it is the only way of feeding for many angolan families.

It can be made from corn or cassava flour.

Ingredients:

• 250 grams corn or cassava flour.
• 1 liter water.
• Salt to taste.

Method:

Pour a liter of water in a casserole and bring it to a boil. Meanwhile take another casserole with a litle warm water in it, add a litle quantity of flour and stir until the flour is well disolved.

Once the water in the casserole is boiling add the disolved flour and stir.

Step by step add the rest of the flour, stirring continously to avoid lumps. The moment the mixture looks like mashed potatoes, keep cooking and stirring five more minutes to finish the dish.

To reach the desired consistency , place the mixture in a bowl with a little water at the bottom, cover with a wet plate. Keep the dough like that for 10 minutes.

To serve use a wet spoon so that the dough does not stick to it.



Funge as a side dish of Muamba de Galinha

My Comments:

This is a different way to eat carbohydrates. In Angola they eat it without salt ,but it is far more tasty when you add salt.
It is soft and goes very well with Muamba de Galinha.

Angola