Cheese Arepas

Name: Cheese Arepas
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Venezuelan
Ingredients: 2 cups pre-cooked corn flour (masarepa); 1.5 cups shredded mozzarella or queso fresco; 2 tbsp butter; 2 cups / to taste warm water and salt

Venezuelan corn cakes made from masarepa, griddled until golden, then split open while still hot so the cheese melts straight into the middle.

Total time

30 min

Prep

15 min

Cook

15 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

Venezuelan

vegetariangluten-free

Ingredients

2 cupspre-cooked corn flour (masarepa)

1.5 cupsshredded mozzarella or queso fresco

2 tbspbutter

2 cups / to tastewarm water and salt

Instructions

Mix corn flour with warm water and salt to form a soft dough.

Shape the dough into discs about 1cm thick.

Cook on a hot griddle until golden on both sides, about 5 minutes per side.

Split each arepa open and stuff with cheese while still hot so it melts.

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