DISH RESEARCH · Bread
Chipa Piru
Small baked chipa rings with aged Paraguay cheese, grated cheese, egg and anise.

About Chipa Piru
Ana María Gómez Silgueira's chipa pirú are small rings made with starch, aged Paraguay cheese and grated cheese. Whole egg and extra yolks enrich the dough, with anise seeds supplying its aromatic flavour.
The fat is beaten until creamy before the eggs and cheeses are incorporated. Starch brings the mixture together; a little orange juice is offered if the dough needs more liquid.
The dough is kneaded until compact and shaped into little rings. A relatively low oven dries the chipas during baking, producing the crisp form associated with chipa pirú.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Milk, Egg.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Chipa Piru
Ana María Gómez Silgueira's aged-cheese chipa pirú.
- Pork fatBase
- Aged Paraguay cheeseBase
- Whole eggBinder
- Egg yolksBinder
- Starch (almidón)BaseIngredient page not linked
- Grating cheeseBase
- Anise seedsSeasoning
- Fine saltSeasoning
- Orange juiceLiquid · Optional
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Pork fat: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual198/207 expressly grasa de cerdo option over manteca, same source offered choice.
- Aged Paraguay cheese: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. Actual199 local aged cheese, Milk identity.
- Whole egg: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Egg source-confirmed. Actual200 whole egg distinct from additional yolks.
- Egg yolks: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Egg source-confirmed. Actual201 additional yolks distinct form.
- Starch (almidón): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual202 generic almidon, no literal species here; conventional chipa cassava basis INAN19/31 noted but exact selected starch botanical mapping left unresolved.
- Grating cheese: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. Actual203 queso de rallar, Milk positive but exact cheese type unprovided, not forced Parmesan.
- Anise seeds: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual204/208 crushed anis.
- Fine salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Orange juice (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual209 conditional only if needs liquid, original offered orange over milk.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- Paraguay
- ParaguayCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Paraguayan Cuisine
- Paraguayan CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.