Cream Cheese Arepas

Name: Cream Cheese Arepas
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 57 grams cream cheese at room temperature; 125 grams arepas flour (such as P.A.N.®); 183 milliliters milk at room temperature; 1 teaspoons salt; 1 teaspoon white sugar

Cream Cheese Arepas might be just the side dish you are searching for. This recipe makes 4 servings with 195 calories, 6g of protein, and 7g of fat each. This recipe covers 6% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have salt, arepas flour, milk, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It is a good option if you're following a lacto ovo vegetarian diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 25 minutes. Users who liked this recipe also liked Blueberry Crumble Tart with Cream Cheese Whipped Cream, Cream Puffs with Espresso Cream Fil, and How to Make Ice Cream Without an Ice Cream Maker.

Instructions

Mix milk, cream cheese, and salt in a mixing bowl; whisk together until smooth and foamy.

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Cream Cheese

Milk

Salt

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Mixing Bowl

Whisk

Add sugar and arepas flour to milk mixture; mix with a spatula until dough is soft, thick, and workable, about 1 minute.

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Dough

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Milk

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Spatula

Divide dough into 4 portions (for the 4 wells in the maker). Form each quarter into a ball and use wet hands to gently shape it into a thick patty about 1/2-inch thick. If you see little cracks on the outside, the dough may be a little too dry; add more milk.

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Dough

Milk

Heat arepas maker; lightly coat wells of the arepas machine with vegetable oil.

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Vegetable Oil

Place patties into wells of maker, close lid, and let cook through one cooking cycle of machine, about 5 minutes. For a crisper crust, flip arepas, using a wooden spoon or spatula, and repeat cooking cycle for 5 more minutes. Patties will be crusty and browned on both sides and the insides will be cooked all the way through.

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Crust