Cachapas
Cachapas, from above
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Cachapas

Sweet corn pancakes folded around melting fresh cheese. Venezuela's roadside breakfast.

25 minTime
17 gProtein each
mildSpice
Corn on the griddle2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayVenezuelan corn pancakes folded around fresh cheese.
The original
386kcalsame
17 gproteinsame
4 gfibresame
25minutessame

Cachapas.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

4 servings
Sweet corn kernels (corn kernels)3 cups kernels
Maize flour (fine yellow cornmeal)½ cup
Milk¼ cup
Sugar1½ tbsp
Salt½ tsp
Butter2 tbsp
Mozzarellafresh, as queso de mano

Method

4 steps
  1. 1Blend corn, milk, sugar and salt to a thick, slightly chunky batter, then stir in cornmeal.
  2. 2Rest 10 minutes.
  3. 3Pour onto a buttered griddle in thick rounds and cook 3 to 4 minutes a side.
  4. 4Lay cheese on half, fold and brush with butter.
Serve it like this

Fold on a plate with cheese peeking out, butter brushed on top. Coffee alongside.

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What goes with Cachapas: a bread or rice, a side, something to drink and something sweet.

On the side Jeera aloo30 min
On the side Bengali aloo dum40 min
A little snack Tequeños50 min
To drink Masala chai10 min
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