Po'e

Baked banana and vanilla pudding with coconut cream.

Ingredients

• 6 Ripe bananas
• 1 cup Tapioca flour
• ½ cup Sugar
• 1 Vanilla pod
• 1½ cups Coconut cream
• 4 Banana leaves
• ¼ tsp Salt

Method

1. Mash the bananas — Mash the very ripe bananas completely smooth.
2. Make the batter — Mix with the tapioca flour, sugar, vanilla seeds and salt into a thick sticky paste.
3. Line and fill — Line a dish with banana leaves and spread the mixture in.
4. Bake — Cook at 180°C for 45 minutes until set and slightly caramelised on top.
5. Cool — Let it cool so it firms enough to cut.
6. Po'e is ready — Cut into squares and pour cold coconut cream over.

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