Plantain Tart

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http://greedygirlcooks.blogspot.com/2014/08/giant-plantain-tart.html

Ingredients

Plantain Boil

2 plantains

½ tsp. Salt

1 tablespoon Vanilla

¼ cup Sugar

Filling

Cooked plantain

½ tsp. Almond extract

1 tsp. Nutmeg

½ tsp. cinnamon

½ tsp. vanilla

1/3 cup brown Sugar

Food coloring

1 Pie crust

1 egg

White sugar

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees
Fill a small pot with water and bring to a boil
Add sugar, salt vanilla and plantains to the water, let It boil until the plantains are soft and fully cooked
Strain the liquid place the plantains in a bowl add almond extract, nutmeg, vanilla, brown sugar and cinnamon mash the mixture into a smooth paste and allow to cool
Beat one egg and roll out the pie crust into a large circle
Fill half the pie crust with the cooled plantain filling leaving a ½ inch space at the edges
Brush the edges with the egg fold over the pie crust and crimp the with a fork
Slice three air holes in the top brush the entire thing with the egg wash and sprinkle liberally with white sugar on top.
Bake until golden brown

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