Cheese bun
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Cheese bunsorcheese breadsmay refer to a variety of small, baked, cheese-flavored rolls, a popular snack and breakfast food in Brazil. Cheese buns may be made withcassavaand orcornstarch,and cheese. In countries where the snack is popular, it is inexpensive and often sold fromstreet vendors,bakeries, in snack shops, and in grocery stores.
Pão de queijois the classic Brazilian cheese bread.[1]It is considered the most representative recipe ofMinas Gerais.[2]
InColombia,there is a very similar product to Brazilian cheese bread, except for its traditional format (flattened) calledpan de boneorpandebono.Like the cheese bread,pandebonohas a spongy texture, low density, and which hardens in a short time, characteristics that are attributed to the sour cassava starch, known in the country asyuca,which is obtained the same way as in Brazil.
ParaguayandArgentinaprovinces in the Northeast (Formosa,Chaco,MisionesandCorrientes) also have a variation of cheese bread, calledchipaorchipá,respectively.[3]The main difference between thechipaand the cheese bread is the "U" shape of the former.
InEcuador,there is also thepan de yuca,which is almost exactly the same as the Brazilianpão de queijo,with all the same texture, shape and flavour. In Ecuador, it has become a habit to eat thepan de yucaaccompanied by fruit yoghurt.
Related cheese buns
[edit]- Almojábana— throughout Hispanic South America
- Chipa— Paraguay
- Chipá— Argentina
- Cuñapé— Bolivia
- Pandebono— Colombia
- Pan de queso— Colombia
- Pan de yuca— Colombia and Ecuador
- Pão de queijo— Brazil
- Gougère- France
- Khachapuri— Georgia
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Parsons, Russ (2015-12-05)."Brazilian cheese bread".Los Angeles Times.Retrieved2022-04-18.
- ^"Recipe: Pão de Queijo".Explore Parts Unknown.2018-04-11.Retrieved2022-04-18.
- ^Litvin, Laura (2021-05-17)."A Recipe For Chipa: How To Make The Hallowed Bread Of The River Regions Of Argentina".Retrieved2022-04-18.