Arepas Trinidad

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[edit] Description

[edit] Ingredients

• 4 cups cornmeal
• 1/2 cup flour
• 2 teasps salt
• water to bind
• 2 tablsps butter
• 2 tablesps lard
• 3 tsps baking powder

Filling

• 1/2 lb ground Beef ( or lean Pork or Chicken, minced )
• 1/2 teasp salt
• 2 tablsps oil
• 1/2 hot pepper, minced
• minced garlic,Onion,pepper,salt,chive,thyme,- to taste

[edit] Directions

1. Season ground Beef, then brown in oil ( or other minced meat)
2. Cover and stew for about 1/2 hr - then mince again finely
3. Sift flour, salt, baking powder and cornmeal together
4. Add butter and lard and mix thoroughly with fingertips until mixture resembles bread crumbs
5. Add sufficient water to make a soft dough
6. Knead lightly, then cut into pieces the size of a golf ball, flatten to 2/8 " circles
7. Place about 1 tablesp of meat mixture on one 1/2 of the circle, dampen edge and fold over the other 1/2 of the circle to form a crescent. Squeeze edges together
8. Fry in hot oil until golden brown
9. Drain on brown paper and serve hot