Baked Stuffed Plantains with Cheese & Guava (Plantanos con Queso y Bocadillo)

I have been wanting to make stuffed plantains for awhile, and now I have been able to.  This took longer to cook than I anticipated.  They turned out sweeter than I was hoping for and didn´t taste salty as we hoped.  But, they were still good.

 

Servings:  4 appetizers

Ingredients:

• 2 very ripe plantains (the peel needs to be basically black)
• 2 oz of Mexican cheese (queso), very thin and small slices
• guava paste (called bocadillo)
• butter

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 400 F.

Very, very ripe plantains

• Cut ends off the plantains and carefully peel.
• Cut plantains in half & thoroughly butter the plantain halves.

• Place in baking dish.
• Bake for 45 min., turning the plantains about half way through.

• Remove plantains from oven and slice down carefully lengthwise without going all the way through the plantain.

• Place queso in the slit.  You can really stuff this with a lot of cheese.

• Sparingly put guave paste in the slices of the queso.  If you put a lot, this will be super sweet.

• Bake for about 15-25 min.  Cheese and guava should be melted.  Ours took about 23 min.

• Serve hot as an appetizer or a side.