{{Short description|Colombian pastry}} {{Infobox prepared food | name = Pan de queso | image = Pandequeso-antioquia.jpg | image_size = 250px | caption = Pandequesos (rolls) from Antioquia, Colombia | alternate_name = | country = Colombia | region = South America | national_cuisine = Colombia | creator = | course = Snack | type = Bread | served = Hot or room temperature | main_ingredient = Tapioca flour and grated cheese | variations = | calories = | other = }} '''Pan de queso''' ({{lit|cheese bread}}) is a traditional Latin American roll made with tapioca flour and grated cheese.<ref name="Muñoz2010">{{cite book|author=Lolita Muñoz|title=Panaderia artesanal / Artisan Bakery: Panes- Galletitas- Facturas- Budines / Breads-Cookies-Croissants-Puddings|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lwkq1mWASnEC&pg=PA120|accessdate=23 February 2013|date=28 February 2010|publisher=Editorial Albatros|isbn=978-950-24-1282-5|pages=120–}}</ref> It is served plain or filled with cream cheese or jam.<ref name="GoodyDrago2009">{{cite book|author1=Cynthia M. Goody|author2=Lorena Drago|title=Cultural Food Practices|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=THX9ElbT4AAC&pg=PA83|accessdate=23 February 2013|date=15 October 2009|publisher=American Dietetic Associati|isbn=978-0-88091-433-8|pages=83–}}</ref> This food is especially common in the Paisa region of Colombia as breakfast or parva.<ref name="McCausland-Gallo2004">{{cite book|author=Patricia McCausland-Gallo|title=Secretos de la cocina Colombiana|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JqxNgWs6qSwC&pg=PA8|accessdate=23 February 2013|date=30 May 2004|publisher=Hippocrene Books|isbn=978-0-7818-1025-8|pages=8–}}</ref>
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.<ref name="PeterPalaniswami2008">{{cite book|author1=Kuruppacharil Varkey Peter|author2=Mari Sivaswani Palaniswami|title=Tuber & Root Crops: Vol.09. Horticulture Science Series|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CnWwxljAQIkC&pg=PA385|accessdate=23 February 2013|date=1 January 2008|publisher=New India Publishing|isbn=978-81-89422-53-0|pages=385–}}</ref>
The food is also prepared in Brazil, known as ''pão de queijo''.<ref name="GoodyDrago2009" /> Pão de queijo is common in the southeast of Brazil, especially the Minas Gerais region.<ref name="Wells2005">{{cite book|author=Troth Wells|title=Street Food, comer en la calle|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i7wFi2rg6BcC&pg=PA129|accessdate=23 February 2013|year=2005|publisher=Intermón Oxfam Editorial|isbn=978-84-8452-358-1|pages=129–}}</ref>
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Category:Colombian cuisine Category:Cassava dishes Category:Cheese dishes Category:Latin American breads