News Americas, NEW YORK, NY: This week we journey to Cuba and spotlight on the delicious Sofrito Salsa And Tostones, that can be served as a snack or an appetizer. Here’s how you can make it at home.
INGREDIENTS
- Tostones
- 2 green plantains
- vegetable oil (for frying)
- salt
- Salsa
- 2 tomatoes, diced & seeded
- 1/4 cup small diced onion
- 1/2 avocado, small diced
- 3 cloves garlic, press
- 3 culantro leaves, minced
- 1 tablespoon white vinegar
- salt to taste
- 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
METHOD
Salsa
- Combine all ingredients, except olive oil and avocado, in a bowl and stir together until well combined.
- Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes to let flavors develop.
- Right before serving add avocado & extra virgin olive oil, stir gently until well combined.
Tostones
- Peel plantain and cut diagonally into 1-inch slices.
- Fry the plantain slices over medium heat, until golden in color and soften. Drain them in a plate lined with paper towels.
- If you don’t have a tostonera, which is a press for making tostones, take a paper bag and place a plantain slice on it.
- Fold the bag over on the plantain slice and using a can, saucer or whatever you have on hand, press down on the plantain slice to flatten.
- Dredge the flat plantains in a bowl of salted water and drop back into the frying pan. Stand back because it will spit at you.
- Fry until golden and crisp, transfer to a plate lined with paper towels and sprinkle with salt.
- Serve with sofrito salsa.
Bon Appetite
