Guava & Plantain Pudding

Ingredients

• 2 black over-ripe plantains
• 115g/4oz sultanas
• 1 tsp mixed spice
• 1 tsp grated nutmeg
• 1tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 tin guava halves, drained, de-seeded and chopped
• 2 tbsp rapeseed oil
• 150g/5oz plain flour
• 2 tsp baking powder

Method

1. Preheat oven to 180°C/fan 160°C/350°F/gas 4.
2. Peel, slice the plantain lengthways and remove the seeds. Place in a bowl and mash with a fork. Add the sultanas, mixed spice and nutmeg, vanilla extract, guava and rapeseed oil and gently mix. Sieve in the flour and baking powder and gently mix again.
3. Pour into a greased loaf tin and bake in a pre-heated oven for about 50-60 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean.
4. Serve warm with ice-cream or mascarpone.
5. It’s equally scrummy with freshly sliced mango, tinned pear halves and blueberries or....