Colombia

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Colombia

9 recipes

Illustrative pandebono rolls: small round Colombian cheese breads with golden tops and a pale, tender crumb; not a verified photo of the recipe batch.

Pandebono (Erica Dinho's Colombian cheese bread)

Colombian cheese breads made from cassava starch, precooked cornmeal, queso fresco or quesito, feta and egg; this source's version makes 12 warm, round rolls.

Colombia · Modern adaptation
· Grains and starches
A golden arepa de choclo topped with white cheese, with another corn cake behind it.

Arepa de choclo

A Colombian Andean griddle cake made from fresh sweet-corn batter, cooked in butter and served with white cheese.

Colombian Andes
· Grains and starches
A bowl of smooth, orange-tan ají de maní with fine flecks on warm ivory.

Ají de maní

A spicy peanut hot sauce from the Popayán and Cauca region of Colombia, traditionally served with pipián empanadas and tamales.

Popayán and Cauca · Traditional method
Condiments
Chunky Colombian hogao tomato, onion and scallion sauce in an earthenware bowl beside a plain arepa

Hogao

A slow-cooked Colombian sauce of tomato, onion and scallion that serves as the base of many dishes and as a topping for arepas and patacones.

Colombia · Traditional method
Condiments
Fresh Colombian ají picante in a white bowl, with chopped cilantro, parsley, scallion, tomato and chile in a thin vinegar dressing; served beside a fried corn empanada.

Ají picante (Colombian table ají)

A fresh Colombian table condiment of chopped herbs, scallion and tomato in a vinegar and chile base, served beside fried and filled dishes.

Colombia · Traditional method
Condiments
Golden-orange Colombian ají de uchuvas with goldenberry seeds, chile, scallion and cilantro.

Ají de uchuvas

A sweet, tart and spicy Colombian sauce of uchuva, the yellow physalis fruit, with hot pepper, scallion, cilantro and lime.

Colombia · Modern adaptation
Condiments
Three finished plain arepas made from precooked corn flour, lightly griddled to golden brown; one is split to show its tender corn crumb.

Arepa made with precooked corn flour

This household version combines precooked corn flour, warm water and salt, then cooks thick rounds on a lightly oiled skillet or griddle. It is one source-specific arepa method, not a universal Colombian or Venezuelan formula.

Venezuela · Modern method
· Grains and starches
Golden pan aliñado loaf with a slice showing soft crumb and subtle cheese flecks.

Pan aliñado colombiano

A soft Colombian wheat loaf enriched with milk powder, butter and crumbled fresh cheese.

Colombia
Warm golden Colombian almojábanas, with a soft cheese-and-corn crumb on a ceramic plate.

Almojábanas

Small Colombian cheese breads made with precooked corn flour, queso fresco, mozzarella, eggs, milk and baking powder. This documented home version makes eight breads and is served warm.

Colombia
· Grains and starches