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Cheese Caruru
🇧🇷 Brazilian

Cheese Caruru

🇧🇷 Brazilian

A slow-simmered brazilian pot of cheese, root vegetables and rich broth — dinner that tastes like a warm kitchen on a cold day. Ready in 55 minutes including prep.

Prep 15 min Cook 40 min Serves 4 Medium

Ingredients

  • Saltto taste
  • Onion2, chopped
  • Garlic4 cloves, minced
  • Potato3 medium, cubed
  • Carrot2, thickly sliced
  • Okra300 g
  • Stock or Broth750 ml
  • Cheese300 g, minas
  • Smoked Paprika1 tsp
  • Palm Oil2 tbsp
  • Dendê Oil1 tbsp
  • Toasted Cashews60 g

Optional extras

  • Fresh Cilantrohandful, to finish

Instructions

  1. 1

    Warm the Palm Oil in a heavy casserole and brown the cheese well on all sides — real colour means real flavour.

  2. 2

    Lift the cheese out, soften the onion and garlic in the same pot, then add the smoked paprika.

  3. 3

    Return the cheese, tip in the potato and carrot, and pour over the stock.

  4. 4

    Cover and let it murmur gently for 35-40 minutes until everything is spoon-tender and the broth has body.

  5. 5

    Season with salt and cracked pepper, then shower with fresh cilantro right before serving.

Chef's tip

A final squeeze of lime just before serving lifts every other flavour.

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