🇧🇷 Brazilian

Cheese Sopa

Name: Cheese Sopa
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Brazilian
Ingredients: to taste Salt; 1, diced Onion; 3 cloves, minced Garlic; small handful Fresh Cilantro; 3 Potato; 1 litre Stock or Broth; 300 g, minas Cheese; 1/2 tsp Smoked Paprika; 1 Leek; 1 tbsp Palm Oil

🇧🇷 Brazilian

Gentle simmered cheese in a fragrant broth, finished with fresh herbs — the brazilian answer to "something light tonight". Ready in 35 minutes including prep.

Prep 10 min Cook 25 min Serves 4 Easy

Ingredients

Saltto taste
Onion1, diced
Garlic3 cloves, minced
Fresh Cilantrosmall handful
Potato3
Stock or Broth1 litre
Cheese300 g, minas
Smoked Paprika1/2 tsp
Leek1
Palm Oil1 tbsp

Instructions

1
Sweat the onion in the Palm Oil until translucent but not browned, about 5 minutes.
2
Add the garlic and smoked paprika and cook for 30 seconds more.
3
Pour in the stock, bring to a simmer, and add the cheese.
4
Simmer gently until the cheese is just cooked through and the broth tastes rounded.
5
Ladle into warm bowls and top each with fresh cilantro and a grind of black pepper.

Chef's tip

For deeper flavour, toast the smoked paprika in the oil before adding anything wet.

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Watch how it's made

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