Type | Bread |
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Course | Snack |
Place of origin | Colombia |
Region or state | South America |
Associated cuisine | Colombia |
Serving temperature | Hot or room temperature |
Main ingredients | Tapioca flour and grated cheese |
Pan de queso (English: Cheese bread) is a traditional Colombian roll made with tapioca flour and grated cheese. [1] It is served plain or filled with cream cheese or jam. [2] This food is especially common in the Paisa region of Colombia as breakfast or parva. [3]
Pan de queso is one of the breads (along with pandebono and buñuelos) that is made with fermented cassava starch. Fermented starch allows biscuits to become light and voluminous. [4]
A similar food is prepared in Brazil, known as pão de queijo. [2] Pão de queijo is common in the southeast of Brazil, especially the Minas Gerais region. [5]