Tostones

Tostones are twice-fried green plantain slices found across Latin America and the Caribbean. This profile follows Gourmet's stripped-back preparation of unripe plantain, vegetable oil and salt, keeping its sauce chien as a separate accompaniment.

Unripe plantain gives a mild, starchy and faintly vegetal flavour rather than ripe-fruit sweetness. Double frying develops toasted notes and a savoury surface that is sharpened by a final seasoning of salt.

The flattened rounds are irregular and deep golden, with crisp ridged edges and a firm crunchy shell. Their centres retain a slightly chewy, dense plantain bite instead of becoming brittle throughout.