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Arepas

A warm maize pocket that will hold anything you put in it.

Arepas
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How to make arepas

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Warm maize pockets

30 minutes · serves 4 · Easy

What you need

  • 250g masarepa (precooked maize flour)
  • 400ml warm water
  • 1 tsp salt
  • Something to fill them with

What you do

  1. 1Only masarepa works — ordinary cornmeal or polenta will not hydrate the same way.
  2. 2Stir the flour into the salted water and let it sit 5 minutes to swell.
  3. 3Knead until it stops cracking at the edges when you flatten a ball. If it cracks, add water a spoon at a time.
  4. 4Form discs about 1cm thick. Griddle 5 minutes a side until a crust forms and it sounds hollow.
  5. 5Finish in the oven 10 minutes if they are thick.
  6. 6Split like a pitta while hot, then fill — black beans, avocado, shredded chicken or cheese, whichever you are in the mood for.