Preparation info
  • Serves:

    6

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Sweet Hands: Island Cooking from Trinidad and Tobago

By Ramin Ganeshram

Published 2018

  • About

Bollito means “cake” in Spanish and this simple corn cake is a good accompaniment to hearty stews or other saucy dishes.

Ingredients

  • 6 ears fresh corn
  • Pinch of salt
  • teaspoons corns

Method

  1. Grate corn off the cob into a large bowl.
  2. Place one-third of the corn in a large dishtowel and fold closed. Twist tightly in opposing directions over a sink to squeeze out excess water. Repeat with two more batches. Place squeezed corn in a bowl and add salt, cornstarch, and corn flour. Mix well.
  3. Scoop corn onto banana leaves in six equal portions and sp