How to Prepare Delicious Piononos

Piononos. Piononos Bakery come from the heart of Maria Luisa Benavides. Piononos are small pastries traditional in Santa Fe, a small town adjacent to the city of Granada, Spain. A pionono has two parts: a thin layer of pastry rolled into a cylinder, drenched with different kinds of syrup which give the pionono a sweet and pleasant texture, and crowned with toasted cream.

Real piononos are made just as Silvia said. Maybe this is a variation but defenitely not the original. For an actual Pionono recipe go to foodtv.com, their recipe is much closer to the real thing. You can cook Piononos using 8 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Piononos

1. You need 4 of ripe plantain.
2. It's of Quarter kg Minced meat.
3. Prepare 1 tsp of Garlic and ginger paste.
4. Prepare 1 of medium diced onion.
5. You need 3 of Blended scotch bonnet.
6. It's 2 of eggs.
7. It's of Seasonings.
8. It's of Oil for frying.

There are many version of pionono. There are ones stuffed with cheese, others stuffed with crabs(yum). Then comes the debate of what the batter should be, eggs alone or a just flour and water. Recipe of pionono, a delicious sweet of Granada.

Piononos instructions

1. Slice the ripe plantain vertically and fry it in hot oil until golden brown.
2. In a heated pan add in small amount of oil, diced onion, ginger and garlic paste, scotch bonnet and stir fry for 2 minutes, add in the minced meat, seasonings and continue stir frying for few minutes until the the meat is well cook..
3. Break the eggs and beat.
4. In a nonstick cupcake pan, spray cooking oil, add in the plantain and roll to cup, add in the savoury meat filling then top it with the beaten eggs and bake it for 10 minutes.
5. .

The pionono is a traditional sweet of Granada specifically from the municipality of Santa Fe. If you ever have the opportunity to visit the beautiful province of Granada do not leave without tasting this delicious sweet. This is the quality every bakery in Miami should have. From cakes to cupcakes, mousses, pastries. As you walk in, there's only a very small countertop with samples.

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