Griddled Minas Cheese with a Brazilian Pesto Sauce

This glorious appetiser requires very little work. The cheese is cooked but its firm texture keeps it from melting completely. Make sure you buy the whitest and freshest Minas cheese so that the griddled marks appear, and try to use a griddle pan or barbecue grill with a small grill elevation to prevent the cheese sticking to the surface. Cutting the cheese into triangles gives this dish a fancier look, but if you don’t want to spare any cheese, leave it in the original round shape and enjo