I hadn’t seen it before and was asked for the recipe by several people. I didn’t get it out of a book – it just popped into my head as I was thinking about making tamales. And I saw Rick Bayless’ Tamales Dulces so I figured….. well, I’m lazy, let’s do something stupidly easy. I’m sure some one else has done it before but I thought you might like it for “easy things for plantains”.

I took some corn husks, moistened them so they were easy to fold. I rubbed some butter on them, peeled 1/2 ripened plantains and cut them in half. I put each half on a corn husk with a small chunk of butter and sprinkled them with grated brown sugar. I wrapped them up – kind of like a tamale – tied the wrap with a strip of corn husk and popped them onto a cookie sheet at 350 degrees for about 20/30 minutes until the plantain was soft and the butter/sugar was like caramel.

Everyone loved the presentation (and I hadn’t even thought about that) – they ate them straight out of the husks (but be careful – they drip a bunch) and our Cuban friends asked “Where did you get this recipe?”…..

Just thought I’d share since you share such WONDERFUL recipes with all of us.

Bobbi

I love your website and have shared it with my mother, who is from Mexico City.
Thanks for the delicious recipes,
Suzanne

I am ready to to your plantain cake and now I do not find the recipe in your web page! Please send it to me.

Thanks a lot!!!!!!!!

I grew up in Costa Rica and one of my best food memories is the fried platano which we had often. Another dish we had only occasionally, but which was also good, was a baked casserole called Platanos a la Gloria. Is there a Mexican equivalent for that and would you happen to have a recipe for it. It was basically platanos, sliced and baked in milk and who knows what else.

I just came across your show recently and it has become my favorite cooking show.

Thanks