Pão de queijo

Ingredients

Quantities for 6 servings.

• 500 g Tapioca starch
• 250 ml Milk
• 100 ml Water
• 120 ml Neutral oil
• 2 piece Eggs
• 200 g Parmesan, grated
• 100 g Mozzarella, grated
• 1 tsp Salt

Method

1. Bring the milk, water, oil and salt to just below boiling.
2. Pour all the hot liquid into the starch at once and stir with a spatula. The mixture looks lumpy and odd; that is correct. Let it cool to warm.
3. Work in the eggs one at a time, then both cheeses. Knead to an even sticky mass — hands are easier than a spoon.
4. With wet hands roll walnut-sized balls and space them three centimetres apart on a tray.
5. Bake at 200 °C for twenty minutes until golden. Do not open the door for the first fifteen: the steam escapes and they collapse.