DISH RESEARCH · Dessert
Empanadas de Plátano
Sweet Salvadoran plantain empanadas with a cinnamon-and-vanilla milk pudding filling.
About Empanadas de Plátano
Flourish With G shares the Salvadoran plantain empanadas taught by her mother. Her mother and grandmother once sold these sweets outside their home, giving the recipe a direct family connection.
Ripe plantains form the sweet outer layer around leche poleada. Whole milk, rice flour, sugar, cinnamon and vanilla give this pudding filling its creamy body and gentle aroma.
The oval empanadas have a golden exterior surrounding the soft plantain and milk centre. An optional light coating of sugar adds sweetness to the finished sweets.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Milk.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Empanadas de Plátano
Flourish With G's maternal Salvadoran plantain empanadas with poleada.
- Ripe sweet plantainsBase
- Cinnamon stickAromatic
- VanillaSeasoningIngredient page not linked
- Whole milkLiquid
- SugarSweetener
- Rice flourBinder
- WaterCooking medium
- Vegetable oilCooking mediumIngredient page not linked
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Ripe sweet plantains: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual25/30 ripe sweet plantains; not SBS greenplantain substitution.
- Cinnamon stick: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual31/40/45 split between boiling liquid and milk filling; removed filling stick48 retained actual food contact.
- Vanilla: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual32/40/45 generic vanilla, extract/paste form unprovided; no exact vanillaextract assumed.
- Whole milk: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. Actual33/45-46 dairy milk.
- Sugar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual34/45 required filling sugar; optional additional coating55 shared same food without making required filling sugar optional.
- Rice flour: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit38 wash and40 boiling water retained.
- Vegetable oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual50 vegetable shallow-fry oil and51 handgrease shared; exact species unknown, no soy inference.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- El Salvador
- El SalvadorCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Salvadoran Cuisine
- Salvadoran CuisineCatalogue link pending review
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