- Yield: 8 portions
Plantain Cup With Mango & Pineapple Salsa and Chimichurri Sauce
Recipe courtesy of Catherine DiQuinzio, Chef De Cuisine, Bonnie Briar Country Club (Larchmont, N.Y.)
Ingredients
- Tostones (Plantain Cup)
- frying oil - 3 cups (Chef's note: I used soybean oil.)
- green plantain - 1 ea.
- Mango & Pineapple Salsa
- pineapple - 1 cup, small dice
- mango - 1 1/2 cup, peeled and small diced
- red onion - 1/2 cup, brunoise
- red peppers - 1/2 cup, small dice
- jalapeño - ½ ea., remove seeds, brunoise
- cilantro - 4 Tbsp., rough chop
- lime juice - 2 bsp., fresh squeezed
- salt - 1/4 tsp.
- Chimichurri Sauce
- parsley - 1 cup, fresh
- cilantro - 1 cup, fresh
- oregano - 1 cup, fresh
- olive oil - 1/3 cup
- onion - 1/2 ea., medium diced
- garlic - 3 cloves
- lime juice - 3 tsp., fresh
- white vinegar - 2 Tbsp.
- salt - 1/2 tsp.
- white pepper - 1/2 tsp.
- red pepper flakes - 1/4 tsp.
Instructions
Procedure for Tostones (Plantain Cup)
- Heat the oil in a large skillet.
- Peel the bananas and cut them into even pieces (about 1 ¼ inch).
- Fry the plantains in oil until lightly browned.
- With the bottom of a frying pan, press the plantain until it's flat and place into a taco cup fry basket and fry into uniform cups. (Chef's note: If you have a taco cup fry basket handy, this is the easiest way to keep form Otherwise, you can form them into cups with your hand and fry them.)
- Fry the banana cups in the hot oil until golden-brown, then place them on a plate with napkins to drain the oil and sprinkle with a little salt.
Procedure for Mango & Pineapple Salsa
- · Add all ingredients together and toss in a bowl. Adjust lime juice or salt if needed.
Procedure for Chimichurri Sauce
- Add all ingredients (besides the oil) in a food processor and blend.
- Slowly add oil.
Assembly
- On the bottom of the plate, place the chimichurri sauce in the center. (Chef's note: I prefer there to be some excess oil around the chimichurri.)
- Place the plantain cup on top of the chimichurri sauce.
- Fill the plantain cup with the mango-pineapple relish.
- Garnish with micro greens.
