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Is it possible to fry or bake plantains without oil or sugar and have them taste as sweet and moist as with oil or sugar?

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Fran Costigan - Desserts With a Difference

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Question

Sharon Cheek

Is it possible to fry or bake plantains without oil or sugar and have them taste as sweet and moist as with oil or sugar?

Answer

Well, they're going to taste different. taste as sweet and moist probably not but I would suggest air frying the plantain I think that you know, an air fryer is just thick of infection of an on steroids really

Fran Costigan

Director of Vegan Pastry

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Fran Costigan is internationally renowned as the authority on vegan desserts. Trained at the New York Restaurant School and Natural Gourmet Institute, Fran was a chef in both traditional and vegan pastry kitchens before moving into teaching over 20 years ago. A lifelong chocoholic and long time vegan, Fran’s latest book, Vegan Chocolate: Unapologetically Luscious and Decadent Dairy Free Desserts, (Running Press 2013) is for all who madly, deeply love chocolate desserts, whether or not dietary considerations are an issue. Her previous cookbook, More Great Good Dairy-Free Desserts Naturally (Book Publishing Company 2006) is the basis of the Costigan Vegan Baking Boot Camp Intensive®. For more information, www.francostigan.com.