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Carmelised Plantain Bread
a tasty breakfast bread To kick off the The Creative Kitchen Challenge I set myself (and hopefully others) yesterday, here is a strange concoction – carmelised plantain bread. It’s a variation on my...
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Jerk-style Plantain Fries
like potato chips, but better! (and this is coming from an Irish person) So plantain is apparently known in some circles as ‘raw banana’. What the what?! Correct me if I’m wrong but I thought bananas...
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Stuffed Plantain Dumplings
hubs thought they were chickpeas at first – I think the texture threw him off Hubs and I went to Cuba about three years ago, back when I was still a pescatarian. Neither of us spoke any Spanish at the...
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Beef & Plantain Chili
the plantain acts like a slightly sweet starchy potato to give it some body The girls at Saturday’s gym session always discuss what they ate for dinner the night before. Which would be fine, except...
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Tostones (Fried Green Plantains)
served with a simple guac Tostones are green plantains, deep fried twice. They are popular in the Dominican Republic and Haiti, where obviously no-one cares about their arteries. They’re also the...
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Fish Tacos with Plantain Wraps
yes, I had to use cocktail sticks to keep mine together, but that’s because my wraps were slightly too thick “I’m not sure about this one. I may be in over my head.” That’s what I said to Hubs in the...
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Moroccan-Spiced Plantain Fries
bake or fry – fried are crispier but baked use less fat Plantain is what we eat when Hubs and I crave carby comfort but we’ve reached peak potato. It doesn’t happen often but occasionally I eat so many...
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Plantain Pancakes
I meant to photograph a stack but they disappeared too quickly I’ve done lots of things with plantain. Some decadent, some inventive, some just plain weird. But none have been quite such a hit with...
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Mofongo (fried plantain balls)
Ireland has potatoes, the Caribbean has plantains This Irish gal has come to like plantain, sometimes (shussssh) even more than potato. It’s just so versatile – wraps, breads, pancakes, fries…there’s...
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