Sweet Potato Bake With Shredded Plantain and Coconut Topping

Submitted by tara portee

"This was created for Ready, Set, Cook 2006. The sweet potato bake is jazzed up by the topping of the shredded plantain. The fried shredded plantain is known as aranitas. In spanish this means, "little spiders." The little plantain threads are sticking out in all directions, thereby creating the "spidery" look."

 

• Ready In: 2hrs 30mins
• Ingredients: 15
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 3 large sweet potatoes
• 2 eggs
• 1⁄3 cup melted butter
• 1⁄2 cup sour cream
• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 3⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄8 teaspoon pepper

• TOPPING

• 2 green plantains
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄8 teaspoon pepper
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 cup flaked coconut
• 1 cup canola oil

directions

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

Reviews

[Mamas Kitchen Hope]

Really really yummy! I wish I had time to have made this during the contest but so glad that I hung on to it and tried it even though it did not make the finals. It really should have. this is delish! thanks for a great recipe!

 

[ncmysteryshopper]

Oh I really liked this recipe! The sweet potato was so creamy and delicious! I think I tasted the mixture that I poured out of the food processor and into the casserole dish a hundred times! It was sweet, but not overly sweet. The aranitas were a pleasant addition and I wish I had made more. I lost the attachment to my food processor that holds the grater on, so I grated them by hand (very slippery!).The combination of the two was pure genius! Good Luck Chef!

 

[lily29girl]

Delicious and different taste from the ordinary.Also, very pretty presentation.

 

[alleycatb]

I liked this very much but I actually enjoyed the little taste I had before the second baking better. The plantain was delicious but I think I might have liked these better side by side. Still I would recommend this recipe highly to anyone.

 

[Elmotoo]

The sweet potatoes were fabulous! I assume I was supposed to add the coconut to the shredded plantain, etc.? The mixture wouldn't hold together so I added an egg white & 2TB flour. These were a huge hit!!