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

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