Sunday, August 14, 2011

Sweet Plantain Fritters


Those of you who know Joe probably know he isn't much of a cook, unless he's grilling. Well, being a "house husband" has brought out his abilities to cook. He specializes in plantains - they are cheap and generally all recipes involve frying the buggers.

He discovered a recipe for Sweet Plantain Fritters and has run with the recipe, it is a weekend staple. They are perfect breaded and fried plantain slices served with cinnamon and sugar.

To start cooking these one must find ripe or maduro plantains, the riper the sweeter. You want them yellow going on black, I know if it were a banana you'd be NO those are bad, but that is when the plantain has finally become sweet and ready for this recipe.

This plantain is actually a little less black than you would want, but luckily it was really sweet.


Recipe - Sweet Plantain Fritters

Mix -

1 Cup flour
2 Tablespoons brown sugar
1 Teaspoon baking powder

Add

1/2 Cup water
1 Egg (already beaten)

Cut the plantains into chunks like so...

Add the chunks into the batter to coat well.

Fry until golden brown and crispy in a pan (filled with enough vegetable oil to cover entire fritter).

Lay the finished fritters on a paper towel to drain, then sprinkle liberally with cinnamon and sugar.

ENJOY!!

Oh and by the way - Joe and I are going to be parents!!

GOTCHA!! One of our geckos is pregnant! If you look closely you can see to little gecko embryos in her belly! It's pretty cool to see mother nature up close and personal. And we welcome our new little additions to the gecko family - the more bug eaters the better!!

Even if sometimes they bite off more than they can chew. Joe said our little Rosie was in a food coma for about 2 hours after eating this moth. He thought she might not make it, but she bounced back after a while!

We hope everyone is well! Go get some plantains and make some fritters! Joe will make you some if you come visit! Much love to you all!!

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