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Platanos al Horno (Baked Plantains - Guatemala)
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 ripe plantains, with black skins
2 tablespoons butter
Mix sugar and cinnamon together.
Peel the plantains and split them open lengthwise but do not cut completely through. Sprinkle them inside and out with the sugar mixture. Cut dabs of butter into the slits. Coat a baking dish with butter and add the plantains. Bake at 350 degrees F for 20 to 30 minutes until soft and brown.
Serve warm with fresh cream and honey.
Baked Plantains
4 ripe plantains
Vegetable oil
Butter or margarine, melted
Salt
Cut tip off each end of plantains. Cut lengthwise slit through peel on one side of each plantain. Rub peel of plantains with oil. Arrange plantains, cut side up, in ungreased 13 x 9-inch baking dish. Bake uncovered at 350 degrees F until tender when pierced with fork, about 35 minutes. Make 1 or 2 lengthwise cuts through peel; remove peel. Serve plantains with butter and salt.
Yields 8 servings.
