arepas with salmon mix on top

arepas (couldn't find masarepa flour so this is what i did)
2c masa flour (precooked corn flour)
1 egg
2c warm water
dash of salt
- mix in a bowl
- form into balls and flatten to about 1cm/1/3inch thick - to whatever size you like
- fry in a pan with a bit of oil like a pancake

topping
salmon
1lb salmon fillets cooked until flaky - i drenched these in leftover sweet onion dressing
1/3 c mayo
1/4 c chopped cilantro
1/2 tsp minced garlic
1 tbsp lime juice
s+p to taste
- combine cooled salmon with ingredients in bowl, just chop the salmon down while mixing into nice sized chunks


....yum!! lots of yum this week. as arepas, not bad - the topping was delicious and the leftover salmon was used again later in the week on top of some chipotle tostadas...

colombian week - kind of like pandebono, kind of not

(final product...)


i tried to duplicate these wonderful, cheese filled buns that dh and i used to get from a street vendor in the candelaria district of bogota

it was just him
a grill
and these corn buns stuffed with cheese (similar to mexican queso blanco)
and aji on the side
the vendor made these tin foil swans - put the piping hot bun in and lots of space for scoops of aji (part of tomorrow's recipe)

you can see my attempts through photos and ingredients - simple ingredients - not purely authentic, but tasted pretty close....we ate all 7 of the buns i made in one sitting - 1 by the 3yr old, 3 each for dh and i - topped with aji i made several times during the week.

recipe - made 7 buns
1 c mozzarella cheese cut into 7 good sized chunks
2c masa flour (precooked corn flour)
1 egg
2c warm water
dash of salt
- mix all but the cheese with your hands in a bowl


- form into balls
- take a piece of cheese per ball and push it in

- reshape the ball so the cheese is completely covered in the dough


- lightly spray or brush with oil or cooking spray

- cooked these in the toaster oven at 350 for about 15min

- top with aji and serve

shopping list - colombia week

ugh
i should have saved a copy as printed but am running low on ink, so i wrote out my shopping list. hoping it is legible, even if scanned.

there were a few items i could not find
- goya azafron (used turmeric, garlic and cumin instead),
masarepa (used masa flour and added more moisture - so water and egg, because colombian arepas and breads and empanadas just don't seem as dry as mexican)
fish stock - seriously nowhere so i used vietnamese bouillon - one that used shrimp paste and other seafood flavours...close enough...luckily it was!

i bought items that weren't related to the week as well, but for the most part this is the shopping list for the recipes i'll be posting for the mostly colombian-themed food week...