Comments on: Patecones, (Plantain Fritters)

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:44:57 +0000

I used my standard banana bread recipe (I make a lot of this stuff!) I simply replaced the bananas with leftover cooked plantains from a barbecue we had, I’ve never tried this with raw plantain although you probably could as they will cook in the oven anyway.
Here’s the recipe:
100g butter
125g sugar
2 eggs
3 mashed bananas
225g Self raising flour
Cream the butter and sugar together, then add the eggs, followed by the bananas then the flour. Pour into a 1lb loaf tin and bake at gas 4 for about an hour.
I like to add lemon zest and dried fruit to mine, dried apricots are good. You can add whatever you like really, choc chips, nuts, you name it!
I hope this helps,
Sam

By: The Hungry Cyclist

The Hungry Cyclist — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 23:33:03 +0000

Great to hear from you Sam and glad to have a fellow Plantain lover onboard. The plantain bread sounds superb! Any chance of the cake recipe Tooting market here in London is buzzing with plantain and I would love to try out the cake.
Stay dry
Tom

By: Sam

Sam — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 22:57:05 +0000

I cycled the Camino De Santiago earlier this year and know exactly what that kind of rain is like! We had no-stop driving rain from morning till night. Needless to say I was very wet and cold by the time we arrived at our destination, I’ve never seen rain like it!
I do love plantains though, I’m lucky in that I can get them easily from leicester market, I once made plantain bread using them instead of bananas in a banana bread recipe, It came out pretty good.
I love the site and can’t wait for the book.