It is a savory bread mainly made with cassava flour, salt, cheese, and eggs that has become very well known over time.
Chipa is of Guaraní origin, as many know, they were very good farmers, so they produced their harvest and were famous for their bread and cake making; from there come all their famous recipes made with corn or cassava.
This type of bakery arose in the 17th century with the arrival of the Jesuits, who introduced the Guaraní people to the world of cattle and poultry, incorporating ingredients brought from Europe. This is how the natives became familiar with beef and dairy products, eggs, cheeses, and butter.
In this way, the natives modified their baked goods by adding cassava flour, eggs, semi-hard cheeses, butter, and milk.
Among these is chipa, and since it is such a popular and ancient recipe, it has had many variations over time.
The most common recipe is made from cassava starch, milk, eggs, salt, hard cheese, and oil.
Its variants include:
Chipa chutita, 4-cheese chipa, chipa kururu, chipa mestiza, chipa pirú, chipa aramiro, among others, which use different cooking methods or varying ingredient proportions.
All with different recipes, cooking methods, and ingredients.
Have you tried them all in their different variants?
