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Plantain Pies

Also known as Plantain Pies (Ukpo Ogede / Yam and Egg Pies)

Small pies filled with mashed plantain or with yam and egg, baked or fried. Distinct from plantain moi moi, which is already in the book.

Plantain Pies, Nigerian cooking

Ingredients

  • Pastry as for meat pie, or mashed ripe plantain mixed with a little flour for a plantain crust
  • Filling: mashed ripe plantain with pepper and onion, or mashed yam with scrambled egg
  • Oil for frying, or egg wash for baking

Method

  1. 01

    Prepare a thick, seasoned filling and cool it.

  2. 02

    Wrap in pastry, seal, and bake at 180°C or deep-fry until golden.

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