Guanimes Recipe

Ingredients:

• 3 green plantains
• 1/2 cup coconut milk 
• 3/4 cup sugar 
• 1 tsp salt 
• Plantain leaves for wrapping

Procedure:

Remove plantain skins. Soak plantains in water for thirty minutes. Remove from water, rinse and dry the plantains. Grate the plantains into a paste. Blend in the coconut milk, salt and sugar. Form each guanime in sausage shape, about 5 inches long and no more than one inch thick. Place on a piece of plantain leaf, folding the leaf at the edges, and wrap with thread. Simmer in chicken broth or water for around thirty minutes. Serve warm.