Pan de queso () is a traditional
razilian roll made with tapioca flour and grated cheese.
It is served plain or filled with cream cheese or jam.
This food is especially common in the Paisa region of Colombia as breakfast or parva (food), parva.
Pan de queso is one of the breads (along with pandebono and buñuelos) that is made with fermented
cassava
''Manihot esculenta'', common name, commonly called cassava, manioc, or yuca (among numerous regional names), is a woody shrub of the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, native to South America, from Brazil, Paraguay and parts of the Andes. Although ...
starch. Fermented starch allows biscuits to become light and voluminous.
A similar food is prepared in Brazil, known as ''pão de queijo''.
Pão de queijo
Pão de queijo (, "cheese bread" in Portuguese) or Brazilian cheese balls is a small, baked cheese roll or cheese ball, a popular snack and breakfast food in Brazil.
It is a traditional Brazilian recipe, originating in the state of Minas Gerais. ...
is common in the southeast of Brazil, especially the
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais () is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil, being the fourth largest state by area and the second largest in number of inhabitants with a population of 20,539,989 according to the 2022 Brazilian census, 2022 census. Located in ...
region.
References
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Colombian cuisine