Cheese Dotsâ„¢
Our take on Brazilian Pão de Queijo.
This popular Brazilian snack originates from the farming roots of Minas Gerais and uses a very distinct cheese of the region; because of that, making pão de queijo outside of Brazil is always difficult.
Inspired by the traditional way of making pão de queijo, which uses regional ingredients and heritage cheese, Paz Bakery set out to make its Canadian version.
Using local ingredients and Oka, one of Canada’s oldest cheeses, Paz Bakery was able to bring the same strength in flavour and aroma of the original pão de queijo.
It felt disrespectful to call it pão de queijo or cheese bread. A product this unique had to have its own name:
Cheese Dots.
Brazilian inspired, but truly Canadian.
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Oka
A Canadian heritage.
Oka is a Trappist (or monastic) style of cheese created in 1893 in the city of Oka, Quebec.
Brother Alphonse Juin came from Bellefontaine, France with a recipe of Port-du-Salut cheese, that he adjusted and tweaked to create a unique cheese.
The cheese won first prize at the Montreal Exhibition that same year. Since then, Oka has become a Canadian classic.
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In 1981 the monks sold the recipe to Agropur, who are the sole producers of Oka.
The cheese hasn’t lost its tradition though, it is still made according to the original recipe, using the same facility and same aging cellars the monks used.
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To learn more, you can see Oka's website here.
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