Arepas Andinas with Wheat Flour
Arepas Andinas wheat flour are a good way to try a new flavor. They are easy to prepare and can be served as appetizers or snacks. Try some of these recipes and enjoy your experience with Andean wheat arepas.
Arepas are an iconic staple in South America's culinary heritage, and preparing an Andean wheat arepas recipe takes some skill.
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The dish is a popular appetizer or side dish eaten throughout the region. Arepas come in many different forms, whether baked, twisted or fried.
Their most common form and preparation process is when they are made into rolls that are filled with meat and cheese or as an accompaniment to various dishes such as soup or stew.
What is an Andean Arepa?
The Andean arepa is a different way of making the traditional Venezuelan arepa. It basically consists of an arepa made with wheat flour, with a smaller size and thickness. Its name refers to the Venezuelan Andean zone where it was created.
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Ingredients of the Arepa Andina
Andean arepas are made with wheat flour, not corn flour. Other ingredients are eggs, milk, baking powder and butter.
How to make wheat flour arepas?
Actually, the process to prepare this Venezuelan delicacy from the Andean region is very easy. It only requires a little more work than the traditional arepa, but I assure you that you will love it.
Quick and easy wheat flour arepas
With this recipe you will have quick and easy wheat flour arepas. If you have made other recipes with wheat flour, this experience will help you. However, it is not essential to have it. If you follow this recipe as indicated, you will get a delicious treat that you can even eat on its own.
How to make Arepas Andinas?
Making Andean arepitas is a somewhat more complicated process than corn flour arepas; wheat flour is more laborious to work with.
With this Andean arepitas recipe from the youtube channel Recetas Venezolanas to which we recommend you to subscribe here, you will get the necessary step by step to enjoy some delicious Venezuelan Andean arepas made by you. We encourage you to try it.
Arepas Andinas Recipe
Ingredients
- 800 gramos All-purpose wheat flour
- 2 cucharaditas Baking Powder
- 2 cucharaditas Salt
- 1 Unidad Egg
- 1/2 Taza Milk
- 100 gramos Melted butter
- 3/4 Tazas Water
Instructions
- Organize all necessary ingredients
- The first thing we do is to take the flour to a suitable container. Add the baking powder, salt and sugar. It is important that the flour has a leavening agent or baking powder so that the arepa is soft and fluffy.Add the whole egg and incorporate the milk to the flour, mixing with your hands. You can use a mixer to integrate the ingredients well.
- Now we start adding the milk, the amount suggested in the recipe is always approximate, because the wheat flour you use may absorb more or less moisture. You have to add the milk little by little as you are kneading. The flour particles will be integrated and will absorb the moisture and the gluten will begin to develop, it is not advisable to knead for a long time because we do not want the gluten to develop excessively, just knead so that the dough is homogeneous.
- Having a mix that is manageable, we place some flour on the clean work surface and continue kneading, adding enough flour so that it does not stick to the work surface or to our hands.
- Kneading for about 5 minutes will be enough to make the dough smooth and not sticky. To make it easier to stretch it, let it rest for about 30 minutes.
- After resting the dough, sprinkle flour on the counter and stretch first with your hands and then with the rolling pin, the dough should be approximately 5 millimeters thick.
- We cut each individual arepa with a circular mold and knead the remaining dough to form more arepas.
- Place a non-stick frying pan over medium heat and cook the arepas for approximately 4 or 5 minutes on each side.
- Then open the arepas, add butter and the desired filling, with cheese they are great.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What do you accompany the spongy Andean arepas with?
The essence of the Andean arepa is the same as the traditional arepas, only that instead of corn flour they are made with wheat flour. For this reason, the Andean arepa can be served with everything, although the most traditional is to eat them with cheese in its different forms.
Remember you can see the recipe for Arepa Cabimera
How to make arepas andinas with whole wheat flour?
The procedure does not change if the wheat flour is whole wheat or not, what changes is the Andean arepa you will enjoy.
How to make Andean arepas without milk?
Milk is one of the ingredients used in the traditional Andean arepa recipe, however, many people do not like milk or do not like it. In these cases we substitute the amount of milk with water and that's it.
How to make Andean arepas without butter?
Another important ingredient in this recipe is butter, but if for some reason you do not want to add it, there is no problem, the flavor will not change radically.
How to make Andean arepas without eggs?
If for some reason, you do not want to add egg to this recipe, you can prepare Andean arepas without egg. To do this you can add some additional milk to compensate for the lack of egg and that's it.
Why do Andean arepas crack?
This is something that can happen frequently. To prevent the Andean arepas from cracking, the most important thing is the humidity of the dough, if it is too dry or hard it will crack. For this you must create a fairly consistent dough, but do not overdo it with flour. Also, when forming the arepas, moisten your hands well to avoid cracking the arepas.
Where is the Arepa Andina from?
The Andean arepa is Venezuelan, specifically from the Andean region made up mainly of the states of Táchira, Mérida and Trujillo.
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