Guava and Plantain Pudding

Recipe from A Date with Plantain

Ingredients

• 2 black over-ripe plantains

• 115g/4oz sultanas

• 1 tsp mixed spice

• 1 tsp grated nutmeg

• 1tsp cinnamon

• 1 tsp vanilla extract

• 1 tin guava halves, drained, de-seeded and chopped

• 2 tbsp rapeseed oil

• 150g/5oz plain flour

• 2 tsp baking powder

Method

1. Preheat oven to 180°C / fan 160°C / 350°F / gas 4.

2. Peel, slice the plantain lengthways and remove the seeds. Place in a bowl and mash with a fork. Add the sultanas, mixed spice and nutmeg, vanilla extract, guava and rapeseed oil and gently mix. Sieve in the flour and baking powder and gently mix again.

3. Pour into a greased loaf tin and bake in a pre-heated oven for about 50-60 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean.

4. Serve warm with ice-cream or mascarpone.

5. It’s equally scrummy with freshly sliced mango, tinned pear halves and blueberries or...