Name: Baked Plantains in Gingered Meyer Lemon Syrup with Avocado-Mango Ice Cream
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 8 Plantain Chips (see Note 2); ½ recipe Avocado-Mango Ice Cream; Ginger Cake; powdered sugar; 4 whole vanilla beans; 6 ounces (170 g) kadaif phyllo dough; 4 medium-size, fully ripe plantains; 1 cup (240 ml) clarified butter, hot (see Note 1); ¾ cup (180 ml) water; 6 ounces (170 g) granulated sugar, plus more for sprinkling; Small piece of fresh ginger, approximately 1 × 2 inches (2.5 × 5 cm); ¼ cup (60 ml) Meyer lemon juice

Preparation info

8
servings

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Advanced Professional Pastry Chef

By Bo Friberg

Published 2003

About

The plantain is a starchy variety of banana with an unusual distinction: It must be cooked before being consumed. Eating a raw plantain is no more pleasant than eating a raw potato. Plantains are used mostly in savory dishes, but they also appear in dessert preparations, generally roasted, fried, or baked, as in this recipe.

I first encountered plantains on a dessert menu at the La Curva restaurant when I was teaching in Mexico City. This is also where I first tasted avocado-mango i