Pão de Queijo

Pão de Queijo

The famous Brazilian cheese bread are little crunchy balls on the outside with a soft inside of melting cheese intertwined with the bread. Studies indicate that it was started during the times of slavery. The areas near Minas Gerais in Brazil are abundant in milk and known for their delicious cheeses. Since eggs are also very easy to come across, these were the typical cheap components of the slaves’ meals in that area.

One day, polvilho, known in America as cassava flour, was thrown in the mixture and pão de queijo was the end result. The polvilho gives pão de queijo its distinct texture which makes it very different from the common cheese bread here in the United States.

 It seems like there is a very common trend among many of the typical Brazilian foods. They seem to have started as cheap commoner or slave meals and over the years they developed to become delicacies.