Chipa

Paraguayan chipa is a cheese bread, origin indigenous Guarani-Jesuit Missions and other parts of south America.

Chipa is a type of small, baked, cheese-flavored rolls, a popular snack and breakfast food in Paraguay.

Do you think Pão de queijo ( Cheese ball) and chipa ( Paraguay cheese bread) are the same?  Many people think they are because they have the same ingredients, but Chipa besides the shape of a horseshoe, it contains more cheese than Pão de queijo.

Chipa are so easy to make and the ingredients for this recipe are cassava flour, butter, egg, mozzarella or parmesan cheese, baking powder, salt and milk.

In a bowl add cassava flour, butter, egg and work with your hands, in addition the grated cheese and continue work on the dough until all ingredients are incorporated. After adding the baking powder and then finally add the milk and massaging your fingertips slowly until the dough is smooth.

Transfer the dough on the lightly floured surface and shape into rectangle . Divide first into 2, then 4, 8 and then into 16 pieces. Following the picture below.

Do not try to roll it directly on the hard surface , first you have to squeeze it well with your hands working the dough. Then roll into rope with approximately 6 inches long. now bring the two ends close to each other but not connect. shape the ropes to U shape.  

 Greased with oil a baking tray, place the chipas with distance between them. Preheated oven 400 degrees. Bake Chipas for 12 minutes or until it is golden brown.  

Paraguayan Chipa recipe ( Paraguay Cheese Bread)

The ingredients are very simple cassava flour, egg, cheese, butter, milk, salt and baking powder.. This recipe is very easy to make just mix all the ingretients together and work the dough by hand, make any shape you'd like to. Bake at 400 degrees for 12 minutes.

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Prep Time 20 minutes mins

Cook Time 12 minutes mins

Total Time 32 minutes mins

Course Appetizer, Breakfast, Snack

Cuisine paraguayan

Servings 16 people

Ingredients

  

• 1 1/2 cup cassava flour
• 2 tbsp unsalted butter
• 1 egg
• 1 1/2 cup parmesan cheese you can make with any cheese like mozzarella
• 5 tbsp milk
• 1/2 tbsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt

Instructions

 

• Preheate oven to 400 degrees F In a large bowl add together the cassava flour, unsalted butter, egg and mix with your hands.
• Next add the greated cheese and continue work the dough until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. then add baking powder and continue work with your fingertips, and finally the milk. Work the dough until it is smooth.
• Transfer the dough onto lightly floured surface. Shape the dough into a rectangle and cut in 16 equal pieces.
•  Do not try to roll it directly on the bench, you have to squeeze it well with your hands working the dough. Then start roll the dough into ropes with approximately 6 inches long. bring the two ends close but not connect the two ends together.  Chipa has a U shape.  
• Greased with oil a baking tray, place the chipas with  distance between them. 

  Bake for 12 minutes or until golden brown.

Keyword Cheese bread, chipa, Paraguayan chipa