Arepa Boyacense (Sweet Cheese-Stuffed Arepas)
Thin, slightly sweet yellow corn arepas from Boyacá, sandwiched around melting fresh cheese and cooked slowly in butter on a griddle until golden. Soft, buttery and gently sweet-and-salty.
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Steps
Make the dough
Mix the corn flour, plain flour, sugar and salt in a bowl. Add the butter, hot water and warm milk, then knead for about 3 minutes until smooth and soft. Cover and let rest for 10 minutes.
- 280g corn flour
- 40g plain flour
- 3 tbsp sugar
- ½ tsp salt
- 3 tbsp butter
- 300ml hot water
- 120ml warm milk
✅ Done when: dough is smooth, soft and no longer sticky
Flatten
Divide the rested dough into 12 equal balls. Press each ball between two sheets of plastic or baking paper into a thin disc about 3mm thick and 10cm across.
- full batch the dough from step 1
✅ Done when: 12 even discs, about 10cm wide and 3mm thick
Fill
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Make the dough
Mix the corn flour, plain flour, sugar and salt in a bowl. Add the butter, hot water and warm milk, then knead for about 3 minutes until smooth and soft. Cover and let rest for 10 minutes.
- 280g corn flour
- 40g plain flour
- 3 tbsp sugar
- ½ tsp salt
- 3 tbsp butter
- 300ml hot water
- 120ml warm milk
✅ Done when: dough is smooth, soft and no longer sticky
Flatten
Divide the rested dough into 12 equal balls. Press each ball between two sheets of plastic or baking paper into a thin disc about 3mm thick and 10cm across.
- full batch the dough from step 1
✅ Done when: 12 even discs, about 10cm wide and 3mm thick
Fill
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The Story Behind the Dish
Arepas are Colombia's daily bread, inherited from indigenous peoples who ground corn long before the Spanish arrived. Each region has its own style — and in the cold highlands of Boyacá, arepas are made sweet, buttery and stuffed with fresh cuajada cheese from local dairies.
Travellers on the roads out of Bogotá stop at roadside stalls just to buy them hot off the griddle.
⭐ Why It's Famous
The sweet corn dough and salty melted cheese make a perfect pairing, unlike any other arepa in the country.
💡 Fun Fact
Colombia is said to have more than 70 regional types of arepa — from thin and crisp to thick, stuffed or made with egg inside.
Boyacá
5.54°N, -73.37°W
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