Making banana bread, smoothies, and ice cream are great ways to repurpose them. However, pan-frying overripe bananas is the unexpected way to cook with bananas you need to try. The riper your ...

Make the dressing: Place all of the dressing ingredients in the bowl of a blender. Whizz until smooth. Season, to taste, with salt and pepper. Set aside. Peel the plantain and cut into 12–14 slices.

These thinly sliced burro bananas or plantains are fried until deeply golden and crispy and salty, excellent with a Cubano sandwich and a mamey milkshake. Cut the ends off and peel the bananas.