Day 7- Turrón

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TODAY'S RECIPE: Turrón (sweet fried bananas)
Blog Commentary: I was in a sweet banana, frying type of mood. The hubs and I decided to go grocery shopping to stock up on the filipino ingredients and actually asked someone who knew how to make a bananaque. You might remember my disastrous attempt to make a bananaque. I asked my mom what she used and she told me she used plantains. I guess you can use those too, but the recipe didn't require the plantains so I tried to find something that resembled a banana in the saba variety (not plantains). It was a little hard to cut. (I gotta get my Cutco chef's knife from back home). It was a little slippery. However, this turned out pretty well. It was a lumpia, part II type of experience.I'm think I'm good w/ the frying now. As you can see from below, the original author's recipe doesn't have measurements. I just tried to guess how much I needed when I made this. Oh, and I pan friend, instead of deep. A little longer, but I liked saving the oil.
Reference:http://www.nibbledish.com/people/lealea/recipes/classic-filipino-turon
ORIGINAL RECIPE:	JO'S RECIPE:
TURRON Ingredients	TURRON Ingredients
ripe bananas water mixture of brown and white sugar spring roll wrapping	bunch of ripe bananas (saba variety) 2 cups of water 1/4 cup mixture of brown and white sugar pack of spring roll wrapping
TURRON Procedures:	TURRON Procedures:
1.Quarter long bananas, by cutting them in half, then cut them lengthwise. 2. Dip them in water. 3. Mix a little golden brown sugar and white sugar together and sprinkle over top wet bananas. 4. Wrap in spring roll wrapping. 5. (Optional) Tap some water on spring roll and sprinkle sugar mixture over top. This will create less "clean" but sugary tops. 6. Deep fry until golden and transfer to paper towel on a plate to absorb oil.	1.Quarter long bananas, by cutting them in half, then cut them lengthwise. 2. Dip them in water. 3. Mix a little golden brown sugar and white sugar together and sprinkle over top wet bananas. 4. Wrap in spring roll wrapping. 5. (Optional) Tap some water on spring roll and sprinkle sugar mixture over top. This will create less "clean" but sugary tops. 6. Heat the pan under meadium heat and fry sides (4-5 mins on each flattened side, about 2 mins for the 2 smaller sides) , on theuntil golden and transfer to paper towel on a plate to absorb oil.
VIDEO:
Video Commentary: This was such a fast cooking experience that I tried to doing ANOTHER dish afterwards as a bonus. a macapuno ball candy. The only recipe that I found was this one: http://www.filipinovegetarianrecipe.com/fruit_preserves/macapuno_balls.php which wasn't too helpful because I basically got a mush of sweetness in a big pot. So mad. So anyone out there that has a good step by step recipe, please comment!. Next: Pork BBQ