Arepas Andinas Recipe
The Venezuelan Andes region is rich in culinary traditions, its inhabitants and those who have the privilege of visiting them, usually enjoy exquisite recipes. Today we bring you one of them, the popular Andean arepa, a recipe that has spread throughout Venezuela and beyond. It is essentially the same arepa, but with wheat flour and other ingredients that add a spectacular flavor.
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.
