🇧🇷 Brazilian

Cheese Tutu

Name: Cheese Tutu
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Brazilian
Ingredients: to taste Salt; 2, chopped Onion; 4 cloves, minced Garlic; 3 medium, cubed Potato; 100 g Bacon; 2, thickly sliced Carrot; 750 ml Stock or Broth; 300 g, minas Cheese; 400 g Black Beans; 1 tsp Smoked Paprika; 2 tbsp Palm Oil; 100 g Cassava Flour

🇧🇷 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
Bacon100 g
Carrot2, thickly sliced
Stock or Broth750 ml
Cheese300 g, minas
Black Beans400 g
Smoked Paprika1 tsp
Palm Oil2 tbsp
Cassava Flour100 g

Optional extras

Fresh Cilantrohandful, to finish

Instructions

1
Warm the Palm Oil in a heavy casserole and brown the cheese well on all sides — real colour means real flavour.
2
Lift the cheese out, soften the onion and garlic in the same pot, then add the smoked paprika.
3
Return the cheese, tip in the potato and carrot, and pour over the stock.
4
Cover and let it murmur gently for 35-40 minutes until everything is spoon-tender and the broth has body.
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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Watch how it's made

Video: How to Make Pão de Queijo (Brazilian Cheese Bread) · on YouTube