Croquetes de Queijo

Name: Croquetes de Queijo
Cuisine: Brazilian
Ingredients: Salt and freshly ground white pepper to taste; 1 large egg, separated; 1 cup fine dry bread crumbs; Salt and freshly ground white pepper to taste; 1½ cups all-purpose flour, sifted; 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature and cut into small pieces; 1 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese

Cheese Croquettes

Preparation info

Makes about
16
croquettes

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Brazil

By Christopher Idone

Published 1995

About

Croquettes, along with pastel (fried pastries) and empadinhas (little baked pastries), are the snack foods of Brazil. Brought by Portuguese cooks in the early seventeenth century, these little nibbles are served small and large at breakfast, with tea and cocktails.

Ingredients

1½ cups all-purpose flour, sifted
1 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
6

Americas
Brazil
São Paulo
Breakfast
Snack
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 350°F.

Lightly butter a large cookie sheet.

In the bowl of an electric mixer, add the flour, cheese, butter, and egg yolk and season with salt and pepper. Mix at low speed. Do not overbeat—the dough should be grainy and not pasty.

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