Hero Recipe Feature

Congrats Chef Alfonso – the winner of our Bon Appetit Hero recipe contest!

Join us in the Cafe’s as we honor Alfonso by featuring his delicious recipe | PLATANOS MACHOS CAPEADOS

Get to know Alfonso:

“My mother used to cook platanos machos capeados when I was a kid. I loved this dish because, although I never understood why, she would always cook them when she was in a good mood. This recipe brings me very special memories from my childhood because my mother was a very hard working person who found the time to make this delicious dish.

One day, I told my wife about my mother’s recipe, she did not believe that plantains could taste so delicious and called me a liar. So I made the dish for her to prove how amazing it is. After taking her first bite she was absolutely blown away by how flavorful it was and wanted to learn the recipe right away. For the first two years after learning how, my wife would make them on a regular basis. Now she makes them when she is in a good mood just like my mother used to. It makes me very happy that my mother and now my wife share the same feelings about cooking platanos machos capeados.”

To download the recipe and make it at home, click HERE.