Platanos en Gloria

If there’s one piece of fresh fruit you’re guaranteed to find in any ‘tiendita’ it’s a plantain, or ‘platano’ and contrary to what you might think the blacker their skin is the more delicious and ripe the taste. So, should you been persuaded into buying the 5 por Q5 deal outside of the demo or you cannot take any more fried plantain for breakfast, here’s a no nonsense dessert that will satisfy those of you who have a very sweet tooth when even a fresh mango wont cut it. 

I haven’t seen this served so often on the street but honestly it’s the most delicious when cooked at home and served fresh. A simple dish to indulge in when fresh fruit just wont cut it.

4 plantain (it roughly works out one per person)

one cup of orange juice (a bag from the lady on the corner would be ideal)

10-15 cloves

tbs of butter o magarina

1 teaspoon of oil

2 ramitas of canela

honey

Instructions

1.    fry a large tablespoon of butter in a large frying pan. You can use margarina but butter tastes better if you can splash out

2.    when the butter’s melted add the whole peeled plantain. Stick 2-3 cloves into the flesh of the plantain and break the two canela sticks in half and add to the pan so the spices infuse with the butter and start to brown the platano over a low heat, turning over occasionally to fry on all sides, this show take around 10 minutes.

3.    Once lightly brown on every side take out of the oil and sit on some kitchen paper to drain a little, leave for a couple of minutes.

4.    Chop up the plantain into slices as thick as you would like(not too thin)

5.    Turn the heat on and add the slices to the oil. Pour over the juice, a good dollop of honey (more if you like it super sweet) and fry the slices for another 5-10 minutes, browning a little on both sides and pouring over some of the juice when turning to get the flavor.

6.    The sauce will become a nice caramel-like sauce

7.    When cook, turn the heat off, leave to sit for a minute or two and serve on plates with a dollop of cream, sprinkle of canela powder and spoon over the sauce.

SRefined sugar free and made with fresh OJ and fruit, what else could possibly justify such indulgence?