I may be the slowest person in the kitchen ever. No matter how much I try to streamline the process, I seem to always end up spending all day in the kitchen. The other day my baking to-do list included potato rolls, Food Lust People Loves's carrot cake, brownies, and these plantain muffins. Knead, autolyze, cook, mash, mix, shape. It was a very long day. When I grabbed one of these muffins and took a bite, the achy feet did not seem to matter anymore. They were amazing.
When I told my friend that I was going to make plantain muffins, she seemed a bit skeptical. But I persisted. We all enjoy banana muffins, why not plantain muffins? How could that possibly be bad? It cannot be. That's the answer to that. Plantains are a breakfast favourite here. I love them twice-fried aka tostones. But the really ripe ones aren't the best for tostones as flattening them gets a bit messy. But now I have found the perfect use for them, that is, if I am not just eating them raw or fried once.
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Plantain Muffins
(adapted from Alton Brown's Banana Bread)
Yield - ~8 muffins
Ingredients
180 grams overripe plantain (I got this from 1 plantain)
100 grams brown sugar
1 egg
60 millilitre (4 tablespoons) oil
125 grams flour
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 F and thoroughly grease the wells of a muffin pan.
Mash the plantain with the one cup of sugar. Whisk together the egg and the oil then add to plantain mixture.
In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda, and salt.
Slowly combine the wet and dry mixtures, mixing until just combined. Don't overmix!
Fill each well about 2/3rds then bake approximately 18 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
Cool and devour.
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We LOVE plantains but I have never thought to bake them into muffins. Can't wait to try it, Kelly!
ReplyDeleteP.S. How was the carrot cake?
Great idea for the plantains Kelly!!
ReplyDeleteYeah, plantains, why not? They look great!!
ReplyDeleteI think using plantains is a great idea! I wonder why I've never thought of it.
ReplyDeleteAnd you can't be slower than my husband - it takes him about an hour to make a sandwich!
Kelly,
ReplyDeleteI'm slow in the kitchen, too! I'm slow at work (where I spend the day chopping and cooking) and at home. I'm glad there's good music and good company (even my own) in both places. It's like those If You Give a Moose a Muffin books--one thing leads to another and another and another.
I'll have to find plantains--it's not something I use regularly so I never think to look for them. Then again, now that we've decided to buy a Subaru I'm seeing Subarus all over the place, so perhaps once I look for plantains I'll see them everywhere.
Thanks!
Are the measurements of teaspoons and tablespoons U.S., U.K., Australia, or metric? Thank you.
ReplyDeleteI use US teaspoons and tablespoons.
DeleteLove these! I’ve made them so many times and they’re just absolutely delicious!
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