AREPAS & GUASA SAUCE
AREPAS & GUASA SAUCE
AREPAS
Arepa is, without dispute, Venezuela’s most traditional dish. Its origins date back to precolumbian times, when the “Caribs,” a native indian tribe from the northern section of Venezuela, prepared a dough made with granulated maize, called erepa, which they then baked into thin round shaped “breads.”
Many written accounts from Spanish conquistadors during the XVI century, describe the erepa as a food prepared by diverse tribes across what we today recognise as Venezuela and Colombia.
He sold the patent to Venezuelan beer and malted drink company, Empresas Polar, which by 1960 had developed an industrial method to produce and distribute corn flour in large quantities. Harina P.A.N was thus born, immediately establishing itself as the major brand of maize flour not just in Venezuela, but also in Colombia and other countries with a culinary tradition of maize-dough dishes.
Up until 1960, the process of obtaining maize powder to prepare arepa dough was long and tedious. Maize grains had to be dried, pounded and granulated to produce the right mixture. In the 1950’s, however, a Venezuelan engineer called Dr. Luis Caballero Mejías came up with an invention that simplified the entire process.
He sold the patent to Venezuelan beer and malted drink company, Empresas Polar, which by 1960 had developed an industrial method to produce and distribute corn flour in large quantities. Harina P.A.N was thus born, immediately establishing itself as the major brand of maize flour not just in Venezuela, but also in Colombia and other countries with a culinary tradition of maize-dough dishes.
Up until 1960, the process of obtaining maize powder to prepare arepa dough was long and tedious. Maize grains had to be dried, pounded and granulated to produce the right mixture. In the 1950’s, however, a Venezuelan engineer called Dr. Luis Caballero Mejías came up with an invention that simplified the entire process.
GUASA SAUCE
Traditionally known as
Guasacaca / ,gwæ.sæ’ka.ka/
Is the Venezuelan name for avocado sauce. The traditional sauce blends avocado with a number of fresh herbs and vegetables. It is the perfect complement for arepas.