Sunday, October 7, 2012

Arepas...a corn sandwich

What do we have to invent in order to prepare a sandwich or something similar.
A while ago I discovered arepas recipe.
It's a typical recipe of  Venezuelan cooking but used also in other Latin-American countries.
And I make it my way.






Ingredients:
200 gr precooked white corn flour
300 ml warm water
a pinch of salt
20 gr margarine

Filling:
turkey meat lactose, gluten, sugar free hamburger
rocket
mushrooms
gomasio (Asian mix of salt and sesame, in biological shops)
extra virgin olive oil

Preparation:
I pour white corn flour in a bowl and I add salt, softed margarine and last water stirring well up total absorption.
I hand-knead the dough for five minutes and then I let it stand for other five.
I take  some dough and I shape balls that I put them between two greaseproof paper sheets.
Then I flatten 1 cm thick.
I cook arepas in a nonstick oiled and preheated pan, 3 minutes per side up making golden.
At the same time I cook the hamburger with a sprinkle of gomasio and "champignon" mushrooms.
I cut in the middle my sandwich-arepa and I fill with hamburger, some rocket leaves and grilled and extra virgin olive oil dressed mushrooms.
Filling can change, I put also lactose free mozzarella slices and raw ham and it is necessary to put again on stove the arepas until the cheese is melted.
Try arepas with filling you like most,they won't disappoint you.

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