Gourmet Arepas Recipe

Soft on the inside but slightly crunchy on the outside, my gourmet arepas recipe with only 5 ingredients for parties are not good… they are DAM DELICIOUS!, and easy to do. All you need are the ingredients and the desire to celebrate to prepare them at home.

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Venezuelan arepas (because the Arepa is from Venezuela, whatever they say) are so versatile that you can fill them with all the fillings your heart desires and enjoy them for breakfast, lunch, dinner and even at dawn, after a good party with friends.

In this post I will show you one of my best family recipes. I will teach you how to make stuffed arepas for a special occasion. They are gourmet–style homemade Arepas, with a higher and sumptuous gastronomic level, and thus, you can give them your personal touch. Sounds fantastic doesn‘t it? but, before I continue telling you my recipe for arepas for parties, let‘s start by defending the Venezuelan Arepa.

WHERE IS THE AREPA FROM? ORIGIN AND HISTORY

It is a food from South America, especially from Venezuela and Colombia. Arepas are tortillas, tortillas, or round discs made with cornmeal. They are similar to the Mexican Gorditas or the Salvadoran Pupusas. They open like a pocket just like pita bread.

They can be eaten alone, with butter, countless types of cheese, sausages, ham, bologna, avocado, chicken eggs, quail eggs, beans or beans, tuna, stewed or shredded chicken, grilled meat, grill, shredded meat, fish and even shellfish.

THE VENEZUELAN AREPA

Venezuelan arepas have a texture similar to flatbread and look thicker than Colombian arepas. Colombian arepas are also sweeter and filled with cheese or arepas con queso!

Making my gourmet arepas for parties at home is very easy, and they are so delicious to bite into that you will want to eat them on their own. They are crunchy on the outside with a very soft and slightly creamy interior. So much that they melt in your mouth.

WHY GOURMET AREPAS FOR PARTIES?

I will tell you the story. This recipe is from my mom‘s authorship. She is very creative in traditional Venezuelan cuisine. Mami is from Coro, Falcón state. There, the Arepa Pelada is born. It is called that, because of the process that corn takes (piled corn) to then make the arepa.

This recipe is just the first of a few arepas recipes that, together with it, I am going to share on my blog little by little.These gourmet mini arepas for parties were born from many celebrations in my home, when I was a student. I still remember the kneading. Mommy used to tell me if you don‘t knead the dough well it breaks. You can‘t stay dry, or go over fat, because the edges open, that is, my mom and her perfection.

Do not forget the hot water when you knead, cold is useless! with an imperative character, he told me she. To get the exact point. And I, in the midst of so many household items, asked him. Ok Mommy, and then when do you know that I have achieved the perfect point of the dough? She responded, when the dough looks like a baby‘s buttock, hahaha!!! That you put your finger and it sinks.

Oh! And in case you have any doubts, the balls should never weigh more than 60 grams. They are mini arepas for parties, snacks, tapas, snacks, or snacks. Two bites and you‘re done. I believe it because I still remember those who came home and asked, what do these arepas have? Who made them? They don‘t need filling, these arepas are better than a tequeño, I could eat a lot of them because they are made for a gourmet banquet.

HOW TO MAKE GOURMET AREPAS

To make arepas we basically need three ingredients: precooked cornmeal, water, and salt. Precooked cornmeal can be of different types, but to prepare Venezuelan arepas P.A.N.

P.A.N flour comes in two versions, white corn, and yellow corn, special corn for frying arepas (usually yellow) or the (more current) integral version. Choose the one you like the most, although I recommend white cornmeal to make these gourmet–style homemade mini arepas for parties or special occasions.

Molding, shaping the arepas is a fairly free process and although it looks easy, most are square arepas. How do you get a perfect shape? With wet hands, roll the portion of the dough in hand into a ball and then flatten it to create a circular or disc shape.

The thickness of the arepa varies depending on our tastes. However, since they are arepas for parties or celebrations, they must be no larger than two bites in size. You can make them bigger and thinner or smaller and thicker only if you prepare them on a casual Sunday in privacy.
Cooking, the last and most important step, torque for my gourmet arepas recipe for parties, you will need a cast iron grill plate. Preferably ribbed.

GOURMET AREPAS FOR PARTIES RECIPE

You arrived at the most special moment. To make this mini gourmet arepas for parties you need Philadelphia cream cheese, precooked corn flour (Harina P.A.N), hot water, never cold, hot liquid milk, salt, sugar, and soft butter, not margarine.

For its preparation, you need an electric hand mixer to mix all the creamy ingredients, then the liquids, and finally the cornmeal. The filling, use your imagination. Fill them with whatever you want. I filled them with Braised Short Ribs with Guajillo Sauce.

As a result, I obtained gourmet arepas for a Mexican party. I would call them a Mexican–Venezuelan fusion. Anyway… Texmex–style Arepas or Mexican gourmet Arepas, Mexican beef ribs arepas. In the end, they were exaggeratedly divine! I do not lie.

SHOW ME YOUR AREPAS FOR PARTIES

I’ll start showing you mine. How to look appetizing my gourmet arepas for parties. Nothing would make me happier than to see my recipe help you, have a home with God’s eyes, celebrate and succeed when you are a hostess, and receive guests at home. If you make this recipe, please tag me @cooktohost so I can see and share it. And if you liked it, rate it and comment on it.

HOW TO MAKE AREPAS FOR PARTIES

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