Apitsi (Savoury plantain cake)

Ingredients

• 2 plantains - over-ripe - black skin
• ¼ scotch bonnet chilli (de-seeded if you wish)
• 2cm/1 inch ginger, peeled, freshly grated
• 2 onions, roughly chopped
• 120g/4oz plain flour
• Pinch of salt

Method

1. Preheat oven to 200°C/fan 180°C/390°F/gas 6
2. Peel the plantain then put the flesh in a blender with the chilli, ginger and onion, roughly blend then tip into a bowl.
3. Mix in the flour and salt.
4. Stir 3 tablespoons of rapeseed oil into the mix then spoon into a greased and lined baking tin. Bake in a preheated oven for about 40 minutes, until a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean.