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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Latin American >> South American >> Venezuelan

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. In a heavy 8 to 10 inch skillet, melt 3 tablespoons of butter over moderate heat. | 2. When the foam subsides, drop in the sliced plantains and cook, turning frequently, until the slices are golden brown or both sides. | 3. Transfer the plantains to a double thickness of paper towels to drain. | 4. In a small bowl, mix the grated cheese, sugar and cinnamon and set aside. | 5. In a large bowl, beat the egg whites with a whisk or a rotary or electric beater until they are stiff enough to form unwavering peaks on the beater. | 6. In a separate bowl, beat the egg yolks until they are thick and lemon colored, then with a spatula fold the whites into the yolks. | 7. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. | 8. Grease the bottom and sides of a deep 1 quart baking dish or mold, then sprinkle in 1 tablespoon of flour or bread crumbs, tipping the dish to spread the flour or crumbs as evenly as possible. | 9. Turn the dish over and rap it sharply to remove any excess. Ladle about a quarter of the egg mixture into the dish, and spread it with the back of a spoon. | 10. Cover with a layer of plantains--using about one third of the slices. | 11. Sprinkle with 2/3 cup of the cheese mixture and dot with 1 tablespoon of butter. | 12. Repeat the layers two more times, ending with the egg mixture. | 13. Dot with the last tablespoon of butter and place in the middle of the oven. | 14. Bake for 35 minutes. | 15. Serve hot directly from the baking dish, or let the cake cool for 5 minutes or so and unmold it onto a platter in the following fashion: | 16. Run a knife around the edge of the dish and dip the bottom in hot water for a few seconds. | 17. Cover the dish with an inverted platter and, grasping dish and platter together, turn them over. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
butter	7	tablespoons		598.5	27.4995	18.7005	50.4
plantain	2		peeled cut cut	436.76	114.1662	4.654	1.3246
queso blanco	2	cups	grated grated	731.6	5.9708	48.0968	57.3716
sugar	3	tablespoons		165.18599999999998	41.3172	0.0	0.0
cinnamon	1	teaspoon	ground	-	-	-	-
egg white	3			51.48	0.7227	10.790999999999999	0.1683
egg yolk	3			164.22	1.8309	8.0886	13.5354
flour	1	tablespoon		36.1425	7.9128	0.5876	0.1402

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.