I like her “making a small batch” way of thinking because it is true! You get better the more you make familiar recipes. And then you’ll grow comfortable making larger quantities.
Sorry to be offtopic but does anyone know of a way to get back into an Instagram account?? I was stupid forgot my login password. I love any tricks you can give me!
@Dakari Elliot I really appreciate your reply. I found the site thru google and I'm in the hacking process now. I see it takes a while so I will reply here later with my results.
10 years ago a fellow grad student from Venezuela taught me her family's arepa recipe. Less butter, but otherwise just like this. Having someone show me exactly the texture wanted was so useful!
I've never added cheese nor butter to the dough, but now I feel like trying! For people looking for the flour, there's a very popular brand called PAN flour from Venezuela that has popularized, it is a very common find in the US and Europe
I am wondering, since cultured butter is so expensive in my area, if adding nutritional yeast might give some of the unctuous flavor to the dough. I have made them before with lard and butter and liked them, but I am
Thank you! I couldn't figure out the word she said to look for on the package. A close up 'pan" of her package would have been extra helpful. I do appreciate her video though. Any times l, altering a recipe in any way gets branded as heresy by purists
P.A.N. = Producto Alimenticio Nacional. The company Empresas Polar has a factory in the US for the Nafta area. They also have a plant in Colombia and I think now one in Europe. The plants they have in Venezuela are only for the local market, they dont export from the country only from their overseas locations. Buttermilk (suero) is popular as an adding filling ingredient, as a sauce or for making a cream with crumbled or shredded cheese 🤠👍
The Empresas Polar/Harina P.A.N US plant is in Texas (since 2013/14, ~43 thsd. ton/year), 🇺🇲🇻🇪🤠👍: ruclips.net/video/a3GmghMSQK8/видео.htmlsi=JptJHrwMaU0DeIbu
I lived in Venezuela for a year and miss their crispy crusted arepas stuffed with butter, cheese, fried fish & remoulade or carne mechada. Thanks for sharing your versions.
The first time I had arepas was in Caracas the morning of Chavez's first attempted coup. I was a newly arrived visitor in a university cafeteria, eating breakfast, trying not to be unnerved by the sound of gunfire and explosions. I guess you could say it was a time of heightened sensation. I loved arepas immediately. I tucked a couple into a paper napkin to eat later I loved them so much.In truth they are better warm. A friend later showed me how she made and shaped hers, so as not to crack the edges. After griddling them, she put them into the oven to puff. We ate them with butter, or cheese. A few years on I was introduced to Colombian arepas, which were larger and more disc-like. Stab them so you can incorporate more butter, I was advised. Toasted corn and butter, what's not to like.
My grandma made the best arepas, and mom of course, we are Costa Rican’s, they have both passed, and I forgot the recipe until I came across you...thank you
I just made them for the first time with my girlfriend a couple weeks ago! Made them to go with some carnitas. Definitely looking forward to trying out these different styles - I do love having them with coffee.
I have seen lots on here doing Arapas, but you did a great job. First, showing me an easy way to shape them. Then you move on spoiling me how to appreciate them more. Thanks for helping me know this dish better. Oh, the butter was new to me seeing none others that I see on here added butter. HuGGs
I love that you're using Miyokos fermented vegan butter. I'm not vegan but gosh that stuff is so good. I've been wanting to make these ever since I first tried them. The cook put fresh corn, herbs and goat or feta cheese in the dough. Delicious.
I’m Colombian in the US. I have found arepas at the store but they are too expensive and not too good. Have been thinking of making some for a while, I’ll follow your recipe. I would also love to learn how to make pandebonos. Please please make some. Thanks! Se ven súper cheveres
Thank you. My mother is Venezuelan and I have recently been hankering for arepas. Love that you give the plant based version. Looks delicious and will try all of them.
Thank you so much! This video answered all the questions and difficulties I had been having in trying to make arepas. I really appreciated getting to see the variations too. Thank you!!
I'm new with arepas, didn't know about them until i found out that's what Julietta in Disney's Encanto made. Since then I've been obsessed with them. Thank you for the video, I'm inspired! I also found out that I've been experimenting with the Columbian style, just without the butter.
I have just made a small test batch as you advised and they came out perfectly. Thank you for sharing this recipe. I made both stuffed cheese and also filled some of the plain ones with Venezuelan chicken, black beans and slaw. Just delicious! I even used your shaping method which was so easy to do, and I cooked them real slow, they came out perfectly light golden and cooked all of the way through. I have some question's if you don't mind - what is the best way to store them and to reheat them?
Love you, Anita! I enjoy your coconut yogurt. I will try to keto-fy your recipe, keep it gluten free and make it dairy free if possible. I like the use of the fermented butter. I think i may add a little corn flavor, femented yogurt or butter and a small amount of milled baby corn since it has hardly no carbs compared to regular corn. I would also enjoy your slaw and ropa vieja recipe. We found out we are Cuban, Colombian, and Venezuelan so I slowly learning the different cuisines which I love! You teach us so much with your videos!
@@maniswolftoman the cultured butter she used here is actually a dairy free variety. It’s by a brand called Miyoko’s Creamery. It’s a European style cultured butter.
As Colombian you missed arepaehuevo, that it's also preety popular and good.. it's cool you are teaching a bit of latin culture un your videos, saludos.
You didn't say it but I can tell by your reaction that you liked venezuelan arepas more 😁😁😁 It's like you said, there's no exact recipe, just the one you grew up with. I'd recommend you though to start with the water and then adding the flour and the rest of your ingredients, mixing with your "hook". You'll get a more tender dough. 😘
Hi. Thanks for the great video. I use PAN when making arepas and the problem I have is that they don't seem to thoroughly bake inside. I fry both sides and then pop them in to a hot oven but still not cooked enough inside. Any ideas?
To know if they're Cooked you should tap them on each side and see if they sound like a little drum and not heavy. Usually you cook it on low to medium heat on a pan that has been brushed with a little oil, for around 10 or 15 mins per side. No need to use the oven - give them time, just don't let them cook for tooo long or else they dry and become too hard!
@@astridflores4837 thanks for the tip. By the way, the best arepa I ever had was arepa con juevo served at a roadside kiosk in a small town between Cartagena and Barranquilla
Loved this. Would have liked to have seen the construction of the Venezuelan slaw, spoken of as though we were to know what recipe she was referring to?
Hey , masa harina in mexico is also cooked, but we use lime to cooked it, so the flavor is different, and also we use dry kernels. How do you cook your masa. Could you tell me? . Thanks
Thanks Rosemin, we appreciate the feedback! In the meantime, might be helpful to reference these images which are quite close up: food52.com/recipes/85439-vegan-arepas?preview=true?RUclips&SocialMarketing&Editorial
What can't you add to the dough because it is precooked? It seemed like you would have made one with yougurt but I don't know if adding it to the cooked dough would have been possible.
well dang it. now you have me wondering if i should start making a sort of "corn wine", where it's mostly a liquid with some masa, and then add the rest of the masa to that the day i want to want to make the actual arepas.
seriously, can you folks TURN DOWN the background music or just omit it altogether? It is so distracting. If I want to listen to smooth jazz in the background, I can do that on my own. thanks.
Internalized misogyny, maybe? It's a lifelong struggle, in my experience. Edited to add: Here's a really excellent piece TAL did on hating women's voices. This piece focuses specifically on vocal fry (which is generational and definitely an element of Anita Shepherd's speech), but it also references other generational styles people over the years have criticized women (and not men) for using in their speech: www.thisamericanlife.org/545/if-you-dont-have-anything-nice-to-say-say-it-in-all-caps/act-two
These things called arepas taste awful. No offense. I love Latin American food- Peru, Argentina, Mexico. I just could not eat one of these things. To each his own.
Wow, maybe you had a bad batch? What didn't you like about them? Ninety-five percent of the arepas I've had have been so fantastic it's hard to understand how anyone could think they taste awful. Edited to add: Queens style is my favorite!
It’s mind blowing that people with no respect for other cultures will always say: “ no offense” after spewing some stupid shit. Arepas are also part of what you call Latin American food, and the fact that you don’t like them, doesn’t mean that they’re “awful”. No need to be a dick, if Arepas are not your thing.
@@christianeduardo1 Obviously arepas are Latin American food. Whether you like it or not and no matter how badly it hurts your delicate feelings I am entitled to my opinion regarding arepas. That is a fact. Some people may like the taste of arepas but I think they are awful. There is nothing racist about that. It is a food not a human being, you silly clown.
I like her “making a small batch” way of thinking because it is true! You get better the more you make familiar recipes. And then you’ll grow comfortable making larger quantities.
Sorry to be offtopic but does anyone know of a way to get back into an Instagram account??
I was stupid forgot my login password. I love any tricks you can give me!
@Jamie Titus Instablaster ;)
@Dakari Elliot I really appreciate your reply. I found the site thru google and I'm in the hacking process now.
I see it takes a while so I will reply here later with my results.
@Dakari Elliot It worked and I finally got access to my account again. I'm so happy!
Thank you so much you saved my ass!
@Jamie Titus Happy to help :)
10 years ago a fellow grad student from Venezuela taught me her family's arepa recipe. Less butter, but otherwise just like this. Having someone show me exactly the texture wanted was so useful!
Thanks so much for sharing and for watching!
Venezuelan’s use more water btw
Anita, my mum is Venezuelan and she uses milk instead of water and the taste changes radically. Your arepas look amazing 🤩
We NEED a video of her jackfruit ropa vieja and the slaw!!!
Also what were those sausages? Also plant-based? They look lovely.
I've never added cheese nor butter to the dough, but now I feel like trying!
For people looking for the flour, there's a very popular brand called PAN flour from Venezuela that has popularized, it is a very common find in the US and Europe
I am wondering, since cultured butter is so expensive in my area, if adding nutritional yeast might give some of the unctuous flavor to the dough. I have made them before with lard and butter and liked them, but I am
Thank you! I couldn't figure out the word she said to look for on the package. A close up 'pan" of her package would have been extra helpful. I do appreciate her video though. Any times l, altering a recipe in any way gets branded as heresy by purists
P.A.N. = Producto Alimenticio Nacional. The company Empresas Polar has a factory in the US for the Nafta area. They also have a plant in Colombia and I think now one in Europe. The plants they have in Venezuela are only for the local market, they dont export from the country only from their overseas locations.
Buttermilk (suero) is popular as an adding filling ingredient, as a sauce or for making a cream with crumbled or shredded cheese 🤠👍
The Empresas Polar/Harina P.A.N. plant for the US market is in Texas
🇺🇲🇻🇪🤠👍: ruclips.net/video/a3GmghMSQK8/видео.htmlsi=JptJHrwMaU0DeIbu
The Empresas Polar/Harina P.A.N US plant is in Texas (since 2013/14, ~43 thsd. ton/year), 🇺🇲🇻🇪🤠👍: ruclips.net/video/a3GmghMSQK8/видео.htmlsi=JptJHrwMaU0DeIbu
I lived in Venezuela for a year and miss their crispy crusted arepas stuffed with butter, cheese, fried fish & remoulade or carne mechada. Thanks for sharing your versions.
The first time I had arepas was in Caracas the morning of Chavez's first attempted coup. I was a newly arrived visitor in a university cafeteria, eating breakfast, trying not to be unnerved by the sound of gunfire and explosions. I guess you could say it was a time of heightened sensation. I loved arepas immediately. I tucked a couple into a paper napkin to eat later I loved them so much.In truth they are better warm. A friend later showed me how she made and shaped hers, so as not to crack the edges. After griddling them, she put them into the oven to puff. We ate them with butter, or cheese. A few years on I was introduced to Colombian arepas, which were larger and more disc-like. Stab them so you can incorporate more butter, I was advised. Toasted corn and butter, what's not to like.
I'll never forget my first Apepas in Puerto Rico at this little Venezuelan food stand. Life changing.
My grandma made the best arepas, and mom of course, we are Costa Rican’s, they have both passed, and I forgot the recipe until I came across you...thank you
I love Anita's style of explaining. I have to try making Arepas.
Hope you enjoy. And don't forget to share with #f52community-we'd love to see them!
I'm blessed to have some amazing Venezuelan friends so I've had my fair share of arepas but now I want to try the Colombian style too!
This actually has so much information. I love her little facts in between directions.
Thank you sooo much for making a vegan version!
I just made them for the first time with my girlfriend a couple weeks ago! Made them to go with some carnitas.
Definitely looking forward to trying out these different styles - I do love having them with coffee.
the perfect breakfast for Venezuelans and Colombians! 😋😋😋
I have seen lots on here doing Arapas, but you did a great job. First, showing me an easy way to shape them. Then you move on spoiling me how to appreciate them more. Thanks for helping me know this dish better. Oh, the butter was new to me seeing none others that I see on here added butter. HuGGs
My Venezuelan friend had an arepa electric appliance similar to a waffle iron. He used to make them for me, so good!!!
Tosty arepa is the name
I love that you're using Miyokos fermented vegan butter. I'm not vegan but gosh that stuff is so good. I've been wanting to make these ever since I first tried them. The cook put fresh corn, herbs and goat or feta cheese in the dough. Delicious.
Thank you for being so clear and thorough in your directions!
Thanks so much for watching!
I’m Colombian in the US. I have found arepas at the store but they are too expensive and not too good. Have been thinking of making some for a while, I’ll follow your recipe. I would also love to learn how to make pandebonos. Please please make some. Thanks! Se ven súper cheveres
Thanks so much for sharing! Hope you enjoy.
Thank you. My mother is Venezuelan and I have recently been hankering for arepas. Love that you give the plant based version.
Looks delicious and will try all of them.
One weekend, I went to Los Roques, in Venezuela, land where ran out of water, so, we used beer, polar, to be exact, and they came out delicious!
My moms friend is Venezuelan and my mom is Colombian. She use to come over and they both use to make the best arepas 😋
Thank you so much! This video answered all the questions and difficulties I had been having in trying to make arepas. I really appreciated getting to see the variations too. Thank you!!
Arepas are the ultimate comfort food, paired with some hot chocolate it's bliss.
I like how you explain step by step Muchas gracias! 🤙🏽
Yes!! Arepas!! Love your informative talk while making them!!🌽I use cheese and European butter as well!!😊
Thanks so much for watching :).
Thank you. I'm from Venezuela. Arepas and empanadas it's good.
I tried this using maseca for tamales since that’s the only thing I had. It turned out really good. Yummy
2 minutes in, I see the Miyokos & I’m stoked to think this could be a vegan recipe!
Fantastic, got my PAN going to give it a try over Christmas!
Lovely young lady with lots of personality. Will try your recipe later. Well done!
best Food52 video ever. Give me MORE colombian dishes!
I'd love to see a video on changua!
I'm new with arepas, didn't know about them until i found out that's what Julietta in Disney's Encanto made. Since then I've been obsessed with them. Thank you for the video, I'm inspired! I also found out that I've been experimenting with the Columbian style, just without the butter.
That patty forming technique? THANK YOOOOOUUU
How have I never heard of arepas before? I can't wait to try one!
i love arepas! my spanish teacher was from columbia and she made the class arepas once
*Colombia
I have just made a small test batch as you advised and they came out perfectly. Thank you for sharing this recipe.
I made both stuffed cheese and also filled some of the plain ones with Venezuelan chicken, black beans and slaw. Just delicious!
I even used your shaping method which was so easy to do, and I cooked them real slow, they came out perfectly light golden and cooked all of the way through.
I have some question's if you don't mind - what is the best way to store them and to reheat them?
Love you, Anita! I enjoy your coconut yogurt. I will try to keto-fy your recipe, keep it gluten free and make it dairy free if possible. I like the use of the fermented butter. I think i may add a little corn flavor, femented yogurt or butter and a small amount of milled baby corn since it has hardly no carbs compared to regular corn. I would also enjoy your slaw and ropa vieja recipe. We found out we are Cuban, Colombian, and Venezuelan so I slowly learning the different cuisines which I love! You teach us so much with your videos!
You say you can’t pick a favorite, but your immediate reaction seemed to clearly indicate the Venezuelan one as the fave.
Yes! We live for dairy free content AND family recipes. My jam!
@@maniswolftoman the cultured butter she used here is actually a dairy free variety. It’s by a brand called Miyoko’s Creamery. It’s a European style cultured butter.
Venezuela and Colombia representing! Hahaha
Great video, thank you. Could you please tell us the brand of masa marina pre cocida are you using. Thank you again.
Excellent! More videos from Anita, please!
Arepas with Chocolate con pan! Do you have a Chocotera? Game Changer in the chocolate world!
looks SOOOOO good!!! I'm definitely looking forward to giving the NY style a try as something different from my usually toasted cheese sandwich :)
We need pandebono next pleaseee😩
As Colombian you missed arepaehuevo, that it's also preety popular and good.. it's cool you are teaching a bit of latin culture un your videos, saludos.
Thanks for watching and for sharing, Alicia!
LOVE your vegan subs! You are using my fave dairy free subs.
You didn't say it but I can tell by your reaction that you liked venezuelan arepas more 😁😁😁 It's like you said, there's no exact recipe, just the one you grew up with. I'd recommend you though to start with the water and then adding the flour and the rest of your ingredients, mixing with your "hook". You'll get a more tender dough. 😘
Hi. Thanks for the great video. I use PAN when making arepas and the problem I have is that they don't seem to thoroughly bake inside. I fry both sides and then pop them in to a hot oven but still not cooked enough inside. Any ideas?
To know if they're Cooked you should tap them on each side and see if they sound like a little drum and not heavy. Usually you cook it on low to medium heat on a pan that has been brushed with a little oil, for around 10 or 15 mins per side. No need to use the oven - give them time, just don't let them cook for tooo long or else they dry and become too hard!
@@astridflores4837 thanks for the tip. By the way, the best arepa I ever had was arepa con juevo served at a roadside kiosk in a small town between Cartagena and Barranquilla
Loved this. Would have liked to have seen the construction of the Venezuelan slaw, spoken of as though we were to know what recipe she was referring to?
Thank you cook this was great.
Yummmmmmmmm...I love arepas!
Thank you. I miss my friend's arepas and will try to make my own now. :)
Hey , masa harina in mexico is also cooked, but we use lime to cooked it, so the flavor is different, and also we use dry kernels. How do you cook your masa. Could you tell me? . Thanks
Is there a recipe for the jackfruit ropa vieja? I'd love to try making it!
I love the idea of 3 types! So easy 😊😊
Spicy Thai Tuna in my arepa. The beef is great but the tuna is fast and good.
Excelent ! I am Venezuela our arepas are delicious, thanks you for cook very good our arepas
What if you can't find pre-cooked cornmeal? What to use instead?
That looks fantastic! 😋
We have cheese stuffed arepas in Colombia too! And don’t forget arepas de chocolo 🥴
Thanks. It would help if you showed us how the inside looked like when you slice it open.
Thanks Rosemin, we appreciate the feedback! In the meantime, might be helpful to reference these images which are quite close up: food52.com/recipes/85439-vegan-arepas?preview=true?RUclips&SocialMarketing&Editorial
@@food52 thank you.
Fermented? Wow that is so interesting : )
Awesome video!
What can't you add to the dough because it is precooked?
It seemed like you would have made one with yougurt but I don't know if adding it to the cooked dough would have been possible.
i definitely wanna try these!
These look delishhhh
Is it pre cooked corn flour you can use also...cause here in the Netherlands I can't get a Colombian brand 😏
Yes it's precooked. Also called Masarepa. There's a Colombian brand called PAN that you might be able to order online. It's a popular one.
@@PPPPPPPPPPPPS Yes! PAN I can buy in the stores overhere...thank you very much 🙏👍
@@Bianca-Bibistaarten werkt prima met PAN.
What kind of cheese does your mom use?
Ever thought of using a burger press to shape the bough?
I live in India. Is is possible to use the normal Corn flour available to us ??
well dang it. now you have me wondering if i should start making a sort of "corn wine", where it's mostly a liquid with some masa, and then add the rest of the masa to that the day i want to want to make the actual arepas.
I've never had an arepa! These look delicious. Is the texture of the dough similar to playdough? Can't wait to try this.
"venezuelan classic dish" colombians: NO
"colombian classic dish" Venezuelans: NO
it's a tale as old as time hahaha
I made this but why has mine stayed gooey in the centre almost like like polenta even after cooking for longer than almost 15 minutes per side?
I've never tried Columbian style arepas, but I love the other two styles. Queens style is my very favorite.
COlombian ;)
@@Natalia-bt7ue Thanks, that was autocorrect!
Excelente, harina PAN
I attempted these and they aren’t the best… I need that colombian flour.
Yum!
isn't it Anita Shepherd not Shepard?
It is! Thank you for pointing out the typo-fixed!
Really don't need the music in the background
Venezuelan arepas are Venezuelan,
Colombian arepas are Colombian
That's all!
seriously, can you folks TURN DOWN the background music or just omit it altogether? It is so distracting. If I want to listen to smooth jazz in the background, I can do that on my own. thanks.
There are plenty of other cooking videos that don't use music, if you prefer no music. It's their show, and they like music. I love it.
youre so cute oh my god LOL
Haha yogurt nerd😆 🤓
I made one similar to the Queens version. Check out the video in my channel fam! It’s my favorite!
Dairy free isn't cheese.
The arepas and Empandas it's Venezuela
She lost me at vegan cheese....
Gonna ain’t no word. Enough already with that nonword.
Way too much talking
I'm with some of the others and find the background music to be distracting and unpleasant. It's not needed. Let us hear the presenter unimpeded.
Ahrepas?? Anira? The fuck
Why do i hate thE way she sounds🤣
Same. Love the content though!
Internalized misogyny, maybe? It's a lifelong struggle, in my experience.
Edited to add: Here's a really excellent piece TAL did on hating women's voices. This piece focuses specifically on vocal fry (which is generational and definitely an element of Anita Shepherd's speech), but it also references other generational styles people over the years have criticized women (and not men) for using in their speech: www.thisamericanlife.org/545/if-you-dont-have-anything-nice-to-say-say-it-in-all-caps/act-two
These things called arepas taste awful. No offense. I love Latin American food- Peru, Argentina, Mexico. I just could not eat one of these things. To each his own.
Wow, maybe you had a bad batch? What didn't you like about them? Ninety-five percent of the arepas I've had have been so fantastic it's hard to understand how anyone could think they taste awful.
Edited to add: Queens style is my favorite!
It’s mind blowing that people with no respect for other cultures will always say: “ no offense” after spewing some stupid shit. Arepas are also part of what you call Latin American food, and the fact that you don’t like them, doesn’t mean that they’re “awful”. No need to be a dick, if Arepas are not your thing.
@@christianeduardo1 Obviously arepas are Latin American food. Whether you like it or not and no matter how badly it hurts your delicate feelings I am entitled to my opinion regarding arepas. That is a fact. Some people may like the taste of arepas but I think they are awful. There is nothing racist about that. It is a food not a human being, you silly clown.