10 servings
40 chipa, approximately
45 min 30 min prep
2 1/4 cups tapioca flour or tapioca starch (500g)
4 eggs
3/4 cup butter (200g)
2 teaspoons salt, to taste
pepper, to taste
1/2 lb parmesan cheese (grated, 250g)
1/2 lb green cheese or mozzarella cheese (250g)
1/2 lb manchego cheese or goat cheese or any other hard cheese (250g, chopped into small squares)
1. Put the tapioca in a big bowl (it is quite thin so it can make a mess), along with coldish butter (chopped roughly), the mozzarella or any semi-soft cheese (also roughly cut to make the process easier), the grated parmesan cheese, and the eggs.
2. Start mixing the ingredients by hand until the dough is somewhat formed.
3. Add the hard cheese cut into small squares to the dough and keep kneading until you have a homogeneous dough (with the exception of the hard cheese squares, which aren´t supposed to blend in).
4. Refrigerate for 30 minutes or so. This step can be skipped if in a hurry and they´ll still come out great.
5. Take small pieces of dough and form little balls with it.
6. Cook in a 400°F oven for around 15 mins, checking every 5 mins or so. The result should be crunchy outside and softer inside



Original Recipe from: http://www.recipezaar.com/174239

OUR Rating:
Groceries expense slightly high for the cheese
Easy to make.

Would we make again?
Sure, but they were a little hard, perhaps we left in too long.