Easy Banana Pastillas Recipe

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 kg ripe banana (saba)

• butter or margarine

• 300 g sugar

HOW TO COOK:

1. Start by slicing ripe saba bananas crosswise, 3 cm thick.

2. In a cooking pot, place sliced bananas and let it boil.

3. Grind the boiled sliced bananas until it is mashed.

4. Add 1/2 cup water for every 2 cups banana and mix thoroughly.

5. In a pan, combine the sugar and the banana mixture.

6. Let simmer under low fire.

7. Stir constantly until a clear mixture is obtained with the desired consistency.

8. Transfer to a mixing board lined with waxed paper.

9. Flatten and even up the mixture with rolling pin until 1 cm thick.

10. Add the butter and sprinkle with sugar.

11. Slice into 4 cm x 1 cm pieces.

12. Let it cool then wrap in candy wrapper. Serve and enjoy!

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