Cartola from Pernambuco

Name: Cartola from Pernambuco
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Brazil
Ingredients: 4 plantain, ripe, cut into thick lengthwise slices; 2 tbsp butter; 200 g coalho cheese, cut into 1 cm slices; 3 tbsp sugar; 1 tsp ground cinnamon

Plantain fried in butter with melted coalho cheese on top and cinnamon sugar: the most Pernambucan dessert.

Time: 20 min
Difficulty: Easy
Per serving: R$4.40
Servings: 4 servings

Dish photo

Ingredients

for 4 servings

4plantainripe, cut into thick lengthwise slices
REGIONAL SWAP
No plantain?
4 very firm silver bananas (banana-prata), cut lengthwise, with 2 minutes less in the pan; they are sweeter and softer
Produce aisle of any supermarket
Changes the flavor a little
2 tbspbutter
200 gcoalho cheesecut into 1 cm slices
REGIONAL SWAP
No coalho cheese?
200 g of regular Minas cheese in slices, which melts more and does not need as much browning; it is softer and less firm
Regular Minas cheese at any supermarket
Changes the flavor a little
3 tbspsugar
1 tspground cinnamon

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Cartola is the dessert that mixes sweet and savory the Recife way: plantain fried in butter, golden coalho cheese on top and a shower of cinnamon sugar. It takes five ingredients, 20 minutes and one skillet.

Method

Mix the sugar and cinnamon in a shallow dish and set aside.
2
- In a large skillet, melt the butter over medium heat.
- Fry the plantains for 3 to 4 minutes per side, until golden and tender.
Top each plantain slice with a slice of coalho cheese, cover the skillet and leave for 2 minutes, until the cheese softens and starts to brown at the edges.
Carefully move to plates, sprinkle with the cinnamon sugar and serve while still warm.

Tips

The riper the plantain, the sweeter the cartola. If your skillet is small, fry in two batches so the plantains brown instead of steaming. A drizzle of honey on top works too.

Brazil · Pernambuco · per serving

Nutrients per serving

Calories

90 kcal

Protein

0 g

0% of kcal

Carbohydrate

10 g

43% of kcal

Fat

6 g

57% of kcal · fiber 0 g

Where the calories come from

protein0%
carbohydrate43%
fat57%

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By food

Nutrients of each food, per serving
Food	Qty.	kcal	Share of calories
butter	7.1 g	52	57%
sugar	9.5 g	37	41%
ground cinnamon	0.7 g	2	2%

Calculated with 3 of 5 ingredients. No data for: coalho cheese, plantain.

Source: TACO (Unicamp) and USDA FoodData Central. Approximate values. Not medical or nutritional advice.

Cartola from Pernambuco

Ingredients

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Method

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Nutrients per serving

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