PLANTAIN DESSERT

I got this recipe thanks to my aunt who lives in Panama. Bananas are a popular ingredient in many dishes and desserts there. Before using bananas in dessert, wait a few days for them to mature and turn yellow (approximately 3 days).

Ingredients:

• 3 ripe (yellow) plantains
• 1 cinnamon bark
• 2 tbsp of date syrup
• 2 tbsp of brown sugar
• 1 tsp of vanilla extract
• 2 cloves
• 1 anise
• pinch of salt
• oil for frying
• 250 ml of water

Instructions:

1. Peel and cut the bananas in half and the halves diagonally.
2. Prepare two pans.
3. Pour oil into one and fry the sliced ​​plantains for about 3 minutes, turning them over occasionally.
4. Pour water into the second pan. Add cinnamon bark, date syrup, brown sugar, vanilla sugar, cloves, anise and a pinch of salt.
5. Cook this mixture until the bananas are fried.
6. Put the fried bananas in a saucepan of water and cook until almost all the liquid has evaporated and the bananas are shiny and brown.
7. Plantain serve with sauce (liquid) from the pan.