HW. Cooking up a Story. Mangu con lo 3 golpes

The dish that I chose that is important to our culture is called Mangu con los 3 golpes. Mangu is a form of making plantains. In this case you boil them and mash them. Los 3 golpes refers to whats complementing the plantains, which is fried salami, cheese, and eggs. Usually you add onions as well but since I was making this for myself I didn't add onions and I cooked the eggs in butter instead of oil. Well this is a very important meal to my culture because back in the Dominican Republic this is basically the main breakfast that everyone eats. It is mainly eaten for breakfast but basically any Dominican will eat this for which ever meal of the day. The DR is mostly a farming country, we raise a lot of cows, chickens, pigs, and plant a lot of plantain trees. That is why there is an abundant supply of plantains, eggs, cheese, and salami in the DR and that is why we tend to eat this food a lot. Of course because it is delicious and filling as well. The only times I've prepared this dish is when I cook for my brother or friends when we are hungry and we do not want to order food. Plus it always makes us happy. I'm happy to be cooking for my brother or friends that I've known for many years and they're always happy to eat one of my home cooked meals which they say is always delicious.

Ingredients

·         Green Plantains (2)

·         Eggs (1)

·         Salami (2 slices)

·         White cheese for frying (3 slices)

·         Cooking oil (2 ounces)

·         Butter (4 tbsp.)

·         Salt (1 tbsp.)

·         Water (approximately 59 oz.)

·         Lemon (1 oz. lemon juice)

·         Ice cubes (3 cubes)

·         Sugar (2 tbsp.)

Steps

1   Peel plantains

2   Cut plantains into quarters (cut half vertical and other half horizontal).

3   Place plantains into pot of boiling water (32 oz.)

4   Add 1 tbsp. of salt

5   5 minutes after water is boiling, add 8oz. of cold water

6   Repeat step 5.

7   Let water boil for 10 minutes

8   Turn off heat

9   Pre heat pan on high heat 5 minutes

1 Add 2 tbsp. of butter. Let butter melt across the pan

1  Crack open an egg onto pan. Add pinch of salt to egg.

1 Scramble egg till cooked

1  Once pan is cleaned. Add 2 oz. of cooking oil and preheat on medium heat.

1  Once oil is heated, add the 3 slices of cheese

1  Flip once underside is golden

1  Remove cheese from pan once other side is golden

1  Then add the slices of salami

1  Flip once underside is darker.

1  Remove from pan once other side is darker.

2  Now back to the plantains. Remove water from pan.

2  Add 2 tbsp. of butter

2  Mash plantains

2  Remove plantains from pot

2  Squeeze 1 oz. of lemon juice into cup

2  Add 11 oz. of water

2  And 2 tbsp. of sugar

2  Stir

2  Add ice cubes

2  EAT!