Mashed Plantains With Leeks and Fresh Herbs
photo by MathMom.calif
- Ready In:
- 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- 7 cups water
- 1 cup low sodium chicken broth
- 2 large unpeeled semi-ripe plantains, ends trimmed, each cut cross-wise into thirds (yellow with black)
- 1⁄2 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 1⁄2 large leek, finely chopped (white and pale green parts only)
- 4 teaspoons fresh thyme, minced
- 2 teaspoons fresh Italian parsley, minced
- 1⁄4 cup sour cream
- 1 tablespoon ground cumin
- 1 tablespoon chopped pecans
- 1 tablespoon butter (optional)
directions
- Bring 7 cups water and broth to boil in heavy, large pot. Add plantains. Reduce heat to medium, cover and simmer until plantains are very tender and yellow-orange (some may begin to come out of peel), about 20 minutes. Drain, reserving 1 cup cooking liquid. Cool plantains 10 minutes. Remove peel using hands or small paring knife. Transfer plantains to large glass bowl. Add 1/2 cup of reserved cooking liquid and mash plantains until smooth, adding more liquid by tablespoonfuls to thin mixture, if desired. Set aside.
- Melt butter with olive oil in medium nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add leek and sauté until tender but not browned, about 6 minutes. Stir in thyme and parsley. Add leek mixture to mashed plantains; stir to blend. (Can be made 1 hour ahead. Let stand at room temperature. Microwave on high until heated through before continuing.).
- Mix sour cream and cumin into hot plantains. Season with salt and pepper. If using last tablespoon of butter, cut into small cubes. Scatter butter and pecans over; serve.
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Well, this is one I totally did not know what to expect, but it turned out to be very good. The only change I'd probably make would be not to bother with adding the reserved cooking liquid, because for me that made it a bit too "thin"--but that's just my personal taste. Thanks, MathMom, for a novel and interesting addition to my cooking repertoire.
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I live in Los Angeles County. Married 25 years. 3 kids ages 24, 21 and 12. I'm a math professor and a computer tech. The picture above is me running in the Los Angeles Marathon (the first time I did it) on March 4, 2007. I'm smiling because the picture was taken at mile 3. I wasn't smiling by the end. LOL. I've since done the Long Beach Marathon in Oct. 2007 and I did L.A. again in March 2008. The third time was the trick. I finally had a good race and I qualified to run the Boston Marathon which I did in April 2009. Now I'm into triathlon, since summer 2009.
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