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Dominica Gourmet

Dominica Gourmet

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Plantain pies Christmas tree

December 15, 2020

Plantain pies Christmas tree looks just like cupcakes.

As many of you may know, plantains are one of my favorite foods. I’m very lucky that I currently live in an area where there’s endless supply of plantains at very reasonable prices. Access and affordability allow me to continue to satisfy all my plantain cravings.

Last month, I shared with you a fried plantain turkey. Check out photos here. Today, I want to share with you this lovely plantain pies Christmas tree. It’s festive, super easy to make and delicious.

It’s very similar to the plantain pie that I created (See recipe here), but instead of one entire pie, this one offers individual pies so that family and friends can have their very own.

Here’s how I created it

Plantain pies Christmas tree

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Course Appetizer, Dessert, Side Dish, Snack
Cuisine Caribbean, Dominican, Filipino, Mexican, vietnamese

Equipment

  • Brush
  • cupcake baking pans
  • cupcake liners
  • Pizza Cutter
  • Deep frying pan
  • cutting board

Ingredients
  

  • 15 plantains sliced diagonally
  • 4 cups vegetable oil
  • 1 stick butter
  • ¾ cups sugar
  • 1 tbsp cinnamon
  • 4 packages pie dough crust

Instructions
 

  • Place sliced plantains into hot oil to fry. Don't over fry like I did this time around.
  • Place fry plantains next to a cutting board
  • In a bowl mix melted butter, cinnamon, and sugar
  • Cut pie crust dough into 2 inch sections
  • Add butter/cinnamon/sugar mixture to dough with a brush
  • Add plantains to dough on half of the dough
  • Cover the plantains with the other half of the dough
  • Roll plantains and dough and place them in cupcake liner
  • Complete this process until you have 24
  • Use the rest of the butter mixture and generously brush over plantain
  • Tent cover so it doesn't burn and place in the oven at 300°
  • Uncover for a few minutes and let it brown
  • Remove from the oven and create your tree

Video

Notes

For the lights, I used holiday collection Skittles from Walmart
Don’t fry your plantains too much. This time around I overfried them
Use overripe plantains as they will be sweeter
 
 
Keyword plantains

in Appetizers, Desserts, Snacks, Vegetarian

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Meet Mayma

Sakafete! Growing up in Dominica, food was central to socializing and in abundance. Cooking with my family was one of the highlights of my youth. We grew our produce and raised livestock, which often made it to our kitchen table. With my mother and grandmother's guidance, I discovered my passion for cooking at age 9. We used lots of verbal recipes then. Today, I share those culinary experiences with my children, using the fundamentals of Dominican cooking and making it our own. I'm not a trained cook/chef, however, as I embark on my food journey, I invite you to experience foods from the Caribbean island of Dominica. Let's cook!
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