Arepas are a Latin American corn cake. The flour used to make them is a pre cooked cornmeal and not the same at all as corn meal. It is called masarepa and was a patented process. From wikipedia "This product was invented in the 1950s by Dr. Caballero Mejias, a Venezuelan engineer who used the profits from his patent to finance a Technical Schools system. The precooked form was widely industrialized from there The flour is mixed with water and salt (some people add oil, eggs and/or milk). After being molded by hand, or in a special mold, into a patty, the dough is fried, grilled or baked.
Since reading about the Arepa lady in the NYTimes --I've wanted to taste them.
Epicurious has a recipe for a smaller size and after a trip to Lola's for masarepa I was on my way. I stuffed my arepa with raw collards marinated in lime juice for about a half hour. I was very skeptical but it is vey good.
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Hi there! Just popped in from Jamie's blog over at Duward Discussion to see what was cooking!
Thanks for coming by..it was very nice of Jamie to provide a link.
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