Saturday, November 16, 2013

Brazilian Date Night!!

Ian and I are trying to do a date night every Friday night and there was this one date that we had been putting off: cooking together. We made Brazilian Cheese Bread and oh man was it an experience! For starters, NO ONE sells tapioca flour!  I went to an Asian market because that's where I was told they would sell it and I got SO lost!
Ian and I made it step by step and more than once, we thought it was not going to work! The dough was SO sticky that I thought our Brazilian night in was going to end in pizza but it all worked out :)
The almost impossible to find tapioca flour:

 At this point, we thought we had messed up and were ready to make something else:

By this point, we were more optimistic (this was right before we added the cheese and put it in the oven):

They looked so ugly that when we put them in we just thought "well, at least we tried":

After 20ish minutes, they looked much better than expected:

 Fresh out of the oven! 

The center of the bread was SO cheesy!

Dolly was a HUGE fan of these and asked for a piece of every little cheese bun:


Brazilian Cheese Bread Recipe

Ingredients
*1 cup milk
*1/2 cup veggie oil
*1 tsp salt
* 400g tapioca starch
*2 eggs
*1 1/2 cups grated cheddar cheese

Instructions
*Preheat oven to 350 degrees
*Combine milk, oil, and salt in a saucepan bringing it to a gentle boil over medium heat. Remove from heat when you start to see bubbles come through the milk
*Add all the tapioca starch and mix together until you see no more dry starch. The dough will be grainy and gelatinous
*Transfer the dough into a stand mixer and with the paddle attachment, beat the dough until it is smooth and has cooled
*Whisk the eggs together in a small bowl and slowly add into the dough with the mixer on medium
*Add the cheese until fully incorporated. The dough will end up being between the consistency of cake batter and cookie dough
*Using a spoon, scoop out rounds and place on baking sheet. (i dipped my spoon in a glass of water to avoid sticking)
*Bake for 35-38 minutes until they puff up and look dry but just as they start to colour. DO NOT OVER BAKE! 

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