[Recipe + Video] No Frying Piononos (Baked Ripe Plantain Rolls)

In piononos de plátanos maduros, savory cheese and ham come to a pretty awesome pairing when rolled up in the sweet ripe plantain and broiled to caramelized perfection.

Course Party

Cuisine Dominican, Latino

Keyword easy pionono, no fried pionono, pionono recipe, rollo platano maduro recipe

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes

Total Time 30 minutes

Servings servings

Calories 403kcal

Author Clara Gonzalez

Ingredients

2 tablespoons vegetable oil for frying
2 plantain (ripe, yellow) peeled
¼ pound Prosciutto or Serrano ham very thinly-sliced [110 g]
¼ pound cheddar very thinly-sliced [110 g]
1 tablespoon minced parsley for decoration (optional)

Instructions

Preparing: Pre-heat the oven to 450ºF [230ºC]. Grease two mini-muffin baking trays with the vegetable oil.
Making rolls: Cut the plantains into as thin slices as you can. Cut the ham and cheese into strips roughly the same size as the plantain slices.
Place a plantain slice on top of a slice of ham, then top with a slice of cheese. Roll as tightly as possible. Place in the tray.
Baking: Cook in the oven for 20 minutes until the rolls turn golden brown.
Sprinkle with the parsley. Serve hot.

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Notes

Since they are supposed to be served hot, you can place them unbaked in the fridge, then bake when it's time to serve them.

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