Arepas

                                                                                                                                           

This is Venezuelan fast food. The arepas can be filled with eggs, meats or vegetables.

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Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.

You put about a cup of very hot water in a bowl and then add the P.A.N. , pre-cooked white corn meal, little by little as you mix it with the water. Add a teaspoon of salt and 1/3 c oil. If you add it all at once it will take longer and be lumpy.  Let it sit for five minutes so that it has the consistency of play dough but a bit softer.

Once you have it right, you roll the mix into a golf balls then start to flatten the balls into a disc shape. If the edges crack a lot then you have to add more water to the mix and start over, but a little cracking is okay.

Get a pan, heat it up and add butter then cook the arepas so that the outside is crunchy, a few of minutes on each side.

Place the arepas in the preheated oven for about 15-20 minutes. You’ll know when they’re ready when you take them out of the oven if you pat them on top and they sound hollow.