> I finally tried this last night. Delish, even though I probably
> got half of it wrong. For one thing, I did not have adobo on hand
> (I made do with salt and pepper). I've never bought adobo, I don't
> even know where to get it. Any brand/type you recommend?

If your supermarket has a Spanish food section, you can probably get some
packaged by Goya.



"J Krugman" > wrote in message
...
> In > "Foxy Lady" >
writes:
> >Take your greenish plantains (what we call "pintos" in Puerto Rico becaue
> >they have splotches of lighter green or yellow on the skin and they're
> >softer to the touch), peel them, and cut them in half right down the
> >middle... you'll have 2 pieces that look like horns <smile>...
>
> >Place them, individually, in a piece of aluminum foil big enough to fold
> >over and twist the ends... make a deep cut in the platano but not all the
> >way down... sprinkle a dash of adobo seasoning with pepper on it and put
> >some queso de bola (Edam cheese) or sharp cheddar cheese in the cut...
add a
> >couple of pats of butter to this (or 3 or 4 if they're big platanos) and
> >wrap it up... make sure the neds are twisted tight and the top of the
> >platano with the cheese faces up...
>
> >Place the platano packs in a baking pan and cook it at 350 degrees until
you
> >can pierce it with no resistance... just make sure you don't pierce it
> >straight through or the yummy stuff will leak out... when it's done let
it
> >stand for a few minutes and enjoy!
>
> I finally tried this last night. Delish, even though I probably
> got half of it wrong. For one thing, I did not have adobo on hand
> (I made do with salt and pepper). I've never bought adobo, I don't
> even know where to get it. Any brand/type you recommend? Also,
> I used Piave (my latest favorite) for the cheese. I must confess
> that I was uncertain about the cheese part, because, although I
> love cheese in practically every form, amazingly enough I'd never
> had cheese on plantains before. Now I wish I had put *more* cheese
> into the plantains! I did have a hard time stuffing cheese into
> the cut; I'm tempted to just pile the cheese on top of the plantains
> next time.
>
> Very tasty. Thanks!
>
> Jill