🇧🇷 Brazilian Vegetarian

Plantain Escondidinho

Name: Plantain Escondidinho
Prep time: 18 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 48 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Brazilian
Ingredients: 200 ml Heavy Cream; to taste Salt; 1, sliced into rings Onion; 100 g, grated Cheese; 1 tsp Smoked Paprika; 4 Plantain; 600 g, mashed Cassava; 1 tbsp, for the dish Palm Oil

🇧🇷 Brazilian

'Hidden' escondidinho — plantain buried under a golden cassava purée crust. About 48 minutes from fridge to table.

Prep 18 min Cook 30 min Serves 4 Hard

Ingredients

Heavy Cream200 ml
Saltto taste
Onion1, sliced into rings
Cheese100 g, grated
Smoked Paprika1 tsp
Plantain4
Cassava600 g, mashed
Palm Oil1 tbsp, for the dish

Optional extras

Fresh Cilantrohandful, to finish

Instructions

1
Heat the oven to 190°C and butter or oil a baking dish.
2
Layer the onion over the base, season, then nestle in the plantain.
3
Pour the cream around the edges, scatter over the cheese and the smoked paprika.
4
Bake for 30-35 minutes until bubbling at the rim and burnished on top.
5
Rest for 5 minutes so it sets, then spoon out with the pan juices and plenty of black pepper.

Chef's tip

Every oven runs hot or cold; start checking 5 minutes early.

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Watch how it's made

Video: Escondidinho Tilápia com Banana da Terra | Gostosuras da Baiana · on YouTube