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Boniato Plantain Smash  

Note from Cheri:
This recipe comes to us from chef Gianni Respinto of Darrel & Oliver's East City Grill in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Gianni likes to serve this as salad plate, combined with his Black Bean and Pineapple Salsa and Macadamia and Banana Crusted Chicken.

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3 pounds boniato
2 semi-ripe plantains
1 vanilla bean
1/4 cup milk
1/4 stick of butter
salt and pepper to taste

Peel boniato and plantains. Cut into small pieces, place in a small saucepan and cover with cold water. Bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer and let cook for 15-20 minutes or until tender. Drain and pass through a potato ricer while still hot (or use an electric beater to mash along with the milk butter mixture. Mix with the milk and butter and adjust the seasonings.

While boniato and plantains are cooking:
Place milk and butter in a small saucepan. Split vanilla bean in half and scrape seeds into milk. Put the rest of the bean in the milk and bring to a simmer. Turn off heat. Remove the whole pieces of vanilla bean just before mixing milk mixture with boniato and plantains.




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