Tapioca Crepes with Minas Cheese and Papaya
Two chewy Brazilian tapioca crepes are filled with gently melted Minas cheese and served with ripe papaya, lime, and honey.
Ingredients
- 🌾 1 cup tapioca flour
- 🧀 6 ounces Minas frescal cheese, thinly sliced
- 🍈 1 1/2 cups ripe papaya, peeled and diced
- 🍯 2 tablespoons honey
- 🍋 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 🧂 1/4 teaspoon salt
Directions
- Place the diced papaya in a medium bowl, add the lime juice and 1 tablespoon of the honey, and stir gently until evenly coated; set aside while you cook the crepes.
- Heat a 10-inch nonstick skillet over medium heat for 2 minutes; it should feel hot when you hold your hand several inches above the pan, but it should not smoke.
- Sift 1/2 cup of the tapioca flour evenly over the dry skillet, spreading it into a thin, round layer with the back of a spoon; sprinkle half of the salt over the surface.
- Cook the tapioca layer over medium heat for 1 to 2 minutes, until the flour looks slightly translucent and the edges hold together as one flexible crepe.
- Arrange half of the sliced Minas cheese over one half of the crepe, fold the empty half over the cheese, and cook for 1 minute on each side until the cheese softens and the crepe is lightly set.
- Transfer the first crepe to a plate and rest it for 1 minute; repeat the process with the remaining tapioca flour, salt, and cheese to make the second crepe.
- Divide the papaya between two plates, place one warm crepe on each plate, and drizzle the remaining 1 tablespoon of honey over the crepes and fruit before serving.