Ok here's the desert I made after Saturday's trip out to eat. Don't reject eating a plantain, which is a variety of banana, till you try this easy recipe I made up the other day which I'm calling Piquant Plantains. Plantains have a unique flavor and are often a side dish to a main meal, but I consider this recipe a desert.
Take one well ripe plantain and slice it up in alternating diagonals, so you don't just have round slices, but more oblong or rectangular pieces. Put a little butter in a sauce pan and melt on medium heat, toss in the sliced plantain, sprinkle some ground coriander, anise seed, and a few drops of flavorful hot sauce. I used this Island Grove Jamaican Hot Sauce, which isn't overly hot but more importantly has some good flavor. Stir gently with a flexible spatula so as not to break down the slices of plantain. When the plantains are warmed through, serve immediately.
I borrowed the banana flower above from wikipedia, isn't the flower unique? The piquant plantains were really good; the hot sauce contrasts nicely with the sweet flavor of the ripe plantains. Thanks for visiting. More studio news coming up so please stop in again real soon.
I slipped up showing off the plantains on a piece of pottery, oh well, I'll do better next time, these corelle dishes were in the house when we bought it.
ReplyDeleteI love plantains with spicy food. I like that sweet and the how together.
ReplyDeleteBUT- I have never cooked any I need to give them a try!
Hi Meredith, thanks, I let this one get over ripe on the counter and just decided I didn't want to waste it, then I read after I made up the recipe that plaintains get sweeter if they are over ripe who knew, it was really good and so quick and simple to make.
ReplyDeletePlantains are so delicious, and you can prepare them a bunch of different ways. Gotta try this one.
ReplyDeletesounds delicious... i have only had plantains once as a side dish - yummy. i had to smile when i saw your corelle plate... i grew up eating on that same pattern. my parents still have them.
ReplyDeleteThat actually looks a bit like cooked sweet potatoes; I've never eaten plantains and I need to try them. Even thinking those were sweeties from the picture and without reading the title, you had my mouth watering.
ReplyDeleteI love old Corelle dishes. My mother used to have the blue pattern with the small flowers. That goldenrod pattern is neat, too. Of course, the dessert would have looked infinitely more beautiful on one of your handmade plates!
What a unique dish. It sounds wonderfully different. I'm going to have to give it a try. I hope you have a great day. Blessings...Mary
ReplyDeleteNow I am hungry. I grew up with fried plantains at least once a week. Will have to try it your way.
ReplyDeleteHi Lori, thanks, I hope you like it. I'm going to have to get these more often.
ReplyDeleteHi Michele, thanks, I was surprised as how tasty they were and that they turned sweet if overripe, it was a lucky experiment.
Hi Julia, thanks, yes it does look like sweet potatoes, which I also like, I'm pretty much willing to try anything once, ha. Those corelle dishes are indestructable and the patterns are inspiring.
Hi Mary, thanks, I was wondering what you would think of it, hope you like it.
Hi Patti, thanks, I usually just toss in whatever I grab first from the spice cabinet, with only a bit of attention to what goes with what, so far so good.
These sound so yummy! I've never made plantains, so maybe I'll give these a try. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteHi Marguerite, thanks, if you like bananas, you'll like plantains.
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