Hi, after a long recess (because of the belated transfer of this section to me), THE PRESIDENT'S KITCHEN is back again! This week, I will be taking you guys through the recipe for preparing plantain pie. Enjoy!
Plantain Pie Ingredients
For 12
Plantain Pies, you'll need:
For the dough:
For the dough:
·
1 over-ripe plantain
·
300g/10.5oz. plain flour (all
purpose flour)
·
125g/4.4oz. butter (NOT
margarine)
·
1 teaspoon baking powder
(optional)
·
½ teaspoon salt
For the filling:
·
Any food item that goes well with plantains (especially
fried plantains) will make a great filling for Plantain Pies. That is why I
called them Plantain Pies and not Yam Pies. So feel free to use beans porridge,
egg omelets etc as your filling.
·
200g/7oz. white puna yam
·
2 eggs
·
1 onion
·
A small piece of
red pepper
·
Salt (to taste)
·
Tools you'll need
to bake Plantain Pies
·
3.75-inch (9.5cm)
cookie cutter
·
3-inch (7.5cm)
cookie cutter
·
Muffin tray with 12
cups
·
Oven, sieve,
spatula, brush, rolling pin etc
More information
about the ingredients:
1.
Baking powder is
optional because I made this pie with and without baking powder, I did not notice any difference in the taste and texture.
2.
Set some butter
aside for greasing the muffin tray cups.
Before you prepare Plantain
Pie:
1.
Peel and cook the
yam till well done then set aside to cool down completely.
2.
Cut the onions and
red pepper into small pieces.
3. When the
yam has cooled down, cut into small cubes.
DIRECTIONS
The dough
1.
Peel the over ripe
plantain and mash with a fork. Set aside.
2.
Sift half of the
flour, the salt and the baking powder into a clean dry bowl.
3.
Cut the butter into
small pieces. Add them to the flour and mix till the butter is incorporated into
the flour.
4.
Add the mashed
plantain. Mix with a spatula till as smooth as possible. You will notice that it is
quite sticky.
5.
Start adding the
second half of the flour in small quantities, mix with the plantain and flour dough,
add more, mix ... till you get a non-sticky but
soft ball of dough. If you do not achieve
this with the quantity of flour I stated,
add more flour till you get that. Ideally
the quantity of flour you'll need depends
on how overripe your plantain is.
6. When you
are happy, cover the ball of dough with aluminum foil and leave to
rest for about 10 minutes.
The Filling
1.
Break the eggs and
beat very well.
2.
Add salt and stir.
3. Add the
pieces of boiled yam, red pepper and onions. Stir very well and set aside. It should look
like this.
Roll, Cut, Fill and
Bake
1.
Grease the insides
of the muffin tray cups with butter.
2.
When the dough has
rested for about 10 minutes, knead it a few more times.
3.
Roll it out on a
flat surface to a 3mm thickness.
4.
Cut the rolled out
dough with the 3.75-inch cookie cutter and use the cut out dough to line the cups in the muffin tray. You can make several
cuts at a time.
5.
Repeat the process
till you have lined the 12 cups of the muffin tray.
6.
Scoop the filling
into each of the cups. Leave
7.
some egg in the
bowl; you'll need it for glazing the pies.
8.
Roll out the
remaining dough and cut with the 3-inch cookie cutter. Use these to cover each
of the filled
cups.
9.
Using a brush, rub
the top of the pies with the leftover egg from the filling. This gives the pie a
golden brown look when done.
10. Bake in
a preheated oven for 30 minutes.
Oven temperatures:
·
Normal oven: 200C
(400F)
·
Fan Oven: 180C
(350F)
·
Gas mark number: 6
Serve with a
chilled drink. These pies preserve well in the freezer and will still be fresh for up to
1 month. To use, bring out from the freezer, leave
to defrost on your kitchen counter for a few
hours. Warm it up in the microwave oven for
about 2 minutes at medium heat. Perfect!
See you next Saturday!
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