The history of the Pão de Queijo | The Brazilian terroir

Monsieur Pão de Queijo is in the project of the Brésilien entrepreneur Antonio Cançado de Araujo.

Living in France since the 1990s, his goal was to market this authentic product of Brazilian gastronomy and to rediscover one of the delights of his native region. This traditional GLUTEN-FREE recipe was born in the 17th century, made from cassava, a the diet of the Indians of South America and enriched by the cheese brought by the Europeans. Having become a food very appreciated by Brazilians and easily integrated all over the world the Pao de Queijo is served at any time, breakfast, aperitif , in case.

Everyone has their own way of consuming it.

Where it all began

Mr. Pão de Queijo was born from the project of the Brazilian entrepreneur Antonio Cançado de Araujo. Living in France since the 1990s, his goal was to market this authentic product of Brazilian gastronomy and to find one of the delicacies of his native region. This traditional GLUTEN-FREE recipe was born in the 17th century, made from cassava, the staple diet of South American Indians and enriched with cheese brought by Europeans. Become a food very appreciated by Brazilians and easily integrated all over the world the Pao de Queijo is served at any time, breakfast, aperitif, snack.