Sweet Potato And Roasted Plantain Soup With Fried Plantain And Smoked Chile Crema Food

SWEET FRIED PLANTAINS

Steps:

• Heat about 1-inch of oil in heavy-bottomed saucepan over medium heat until a deep-fry thermometer inserted in the oil registers 340 degrees F. Line a large plate with paper towels.
• Peel the plantains and discard the skins. Slice into 1/4-inch thick pieces. Fry the plantains in oil, turning occasionally, until a golden brown color, about 2 to 4 minutes. The longer the plantains fry the sweeter they are. Remove with a slotted spoon and drain on paper towels. Sprinkle the plantains with a little salt.
• Put the sugar and cinnamon in a brown bag, drop the warm plantains into the bag, and shake to coat evenly. Serve with rum whipped cream or ice cream, if desired.
• Whip the cream just until soft peaks form. Add the rum and whip again, taking care not to over whip your cream. Serve now or refrigerate until ready to serve.

PLANTAINS, SWEET POTATO AND ASPARAGUS SUCCOTASH

Steps:

• Saute all ingredients in hot pan with olive oil for 6 to 8 minutes until sweet potatoes are tender. Finish with salt, pepper and herb butter.

PLANTAIN SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat for 1 minute. Add the onions, carrots, celery, and garlic and cook until the onions are soft and browned, 8 minutes, stirring often with a wooden spoon. Add the chicken stock, plantains, cilantro, bay leaves and cumin, and bring to a boil, reduce the heat to the lowest setting and cook at a bare simmer, uncovered, until the plantains are very tender, 45 minutes.
• Transfer half of the soup to a blender and puree until smooth. *When blending hot liquids, fill the blender less than halfway full, place the lid askew and pulse the liquid at first to release some heat, otherwise, your blender top could pop! Stir the pureed soup back into the pot with the remaining chunky soup and mix well. If the soup is too thick for your taste add more chicken stock. Season with salt and pepper and serve.
• *When blending hot liquids: Remove liquid from the heat and allow to cool for at least 5 minutes. Transfer liquid to a blender or food processor and fill it no more than halfway. If using a blender, release one corner of the lid. This prevents the vacuum effect that creates heat explosions. Place a towel over the top of the machine, pulse a few times then process on high speed until smooth.

MASHED SWEET POTATOES AND PLANTAINS

Steps:

• Peel and dice the potatoes into 1 inch cubes. Place into a pot of cold water (the water should completely cover potatoes) and bring to a boil. Boil until potatoes are fork tender. Strain.
• While the potatoes are cooking, slice the plantains into 1 inch thick slices. Place some butter in a pan and pan fry the plantains until golden brown.
• Mash the potatoes and plantains together, then add milk, 2 tbsp butter, salt, and brown sugar.

SWEET POTATO BAKE WITH SHREDDED PLANTAIN AND COCONUT TOPPING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Prick the sweet potatoes with a fork and roast them on a foil lined pan for 1 hour and 15 minutes.
• Once they are cool enough to handle , peel.
• Puree the peeled potatoes in the large bowl of a food processor until very smooth.
• Add the rest of the ingredients and blend well.
• Pour into a buttered 2 quart casserole dish and bake in a 350 degree oven for 40 minutes.
• Prepare the topping while the casserole is baking.
• Peel the plantain and run them through the grater attachment on the food processor.
• Add plantain shreds into a bowl with the ginger, salt, pepper and sugar. Mix lightly with a spoon.
• Heat the canola oil in a skillet until it is hot but not smoking.
• Drop plantain mixture by tablespoons into hot oil.
• Fry about three minutes on each side. (reduce heat if they start to over brown).
• Remove to paper towel lined platter to cool.
• Once cool, crumble the plantain.
• Combine the coconut with the plantain.
• Once the sweet potato mixture has baked for 40 minutes, add the plantain mixture to the top and lightly pat. Bake another 10 minutes.

PLANTAIN SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in large saucepan over medium heat.
• Add onions, carrots, celery and garlic.
• Cook, uncovered, for 3-4 minutes, or until onions are soft but not brown.
• Add 4 cups of chicken stock/broth and bring to boil over high heat.
• Add plantains, most of the cilantro (reserve a few tablespoons for garnish), cumin, and bay leaf.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• Return to boil.
• Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer, uncovered for 40-50 minutes or until plantains very tender.
• Remove and discard bay leaf.
• Transfer half the soup to blender; puree until smooth.
• Return to the pan.
• If soup is too thick, add a little more stock/broth.
• Season with more salt/cumin if desired.

SKILLET SWEET POTATO AND PLANTAIN

Steps:

• Peel sweet potato and dice into small cubes.
• Boil potato in water; until cooked. Drain, shake off as much water as you can.
• Saute onion in 1 tbsp oil over med. heat for about 5 mins in large non-stick skillet.
• Add other 1tbsp oil and plantain to skillet, increase heat to med. high. Saute till golden brown. Add cooked sweet potatoes. Using a metal spatula, saute all three ingred. for another 3-5 minutes seasoning to taste with sea salt, pepper, and ground cayenne pepper.
• Serve with rice or in tortillas and salsa and/or guacamole. Enjoy!