Cuban baked sweet plantains in wine
4 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Very ripe plantains | |
| 1 | cup | Olive oil |
| ½ | cup | Brown sugar |
| ½ | teaspoon | Ground cinnamon |
| 1 | cup | Sherry wine |
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 F.
Remove peel from plantains and slice them lengthwise in half. In a large saute pan, heat oil to medium hot and add plantains. Cook them until lightly browned on each side. Place them in a large baking dish and sprinkle sugar over all. Add cinnamon and cover with wine.
Bake for 30 minutes, or until they take on a reddish hue.
Recipe from Sandy Vasquez of Honduras and Miami, FL. Recipe is from her Cuban grandmother. Tried on 09/01/90 when she taught a Cuban cooking class at The Cookbook Cottage/1279 Bardstown Rd./Louisville, KY 40204. Posted by Cathy Harned.
Submitted By CATHY HARNED On 10-03-94