I have a question about a food... and its killing me! Please help!

[Hillbilly]

Definitely Queso de hoja...that is how it is served...

HB

 

[Jacob Tyndale]

Alright then thank you guys for your help, it was probably Queso de hoja from the look of things. Thanks

 

[AlterEgo]

Queso de hoja isn't watery though.... and one would know that it was a cheese..... he said they told him it had something to do with platanos..... odd. It was served in a cube? I've only ever seen it in a round ball.....

AE

 

[james]

It is often cut into cubes to either eat with a cracker or more often than nought to eat in little cubes off a plate as a picadera.

 

[Jacob Tyndale]

Maybe it wasn't that then, because what I had was really wet...

 

[AlterEgo]

Was it wet like a pudding???? Maybe majarete??

 

[Jacob Tyndale]

No, it was like a white sponge that was full of milk... lol

 

[dv8]

ut fres queso de hoja is watery, wet looking. and after it was squashed with all other cheeses it comes out kinda squarish.

 

[sush]

now im confused, you said plantains, now milk hummm where were you??? maybe is something they sell at that place, maybe some kind of sweet? but i still think it was queso de hoja, i just dont know where the plantains came from... or perhaps they didnt have any plates and they served it to you in a plantain "hoja"..... you know to make it look more dominican. maybe?

 

[tmnyc]

Hello, I am new here but only to ask about a "cheese" that I tried on the rode while vacationing in the DR. I put "cheese" in quotes because, if I can remember, the driver of our taxi said we should stop and try this food. He described it as a cheese, but it was made of plantains or the peel of the plantains (or something along these lines) and that's pretty much all I know of the food. oh, also another thing, it was like a wet sponge... Please if you can help me figure out its name or how to make it or a picture of it or something, that would be great. PLEASE!! It's killing me! If you have any more questions please just ask.

What you had is called "pastelon de platano maduro"
Roughly like a "Shepard's pie" but instead of mash potatoes it has sweet (ripe) plantains, cheese, and meat... layered.

 

[Chuck T]

What you had is called "pastelon de platano maduro"
Roughly like a "Shepard's pie" but instead of mash potatoes it has sweet (ripe) plantains, cheese, and meat... layered.

man does that sound good , I assume pork ? what kind of cheese ?

 

[Aguaita29]

You must have had "Pasteles en hoja"= Dominican Tamales!

 

[Jacob Tyndale]

lol guys... no no no! It was just a cube of spongy white milky "cheese" made from bananas or plantains... not a whole meal... but you can stop trying cause it COULD have been a local thing... so yea.

 

[Mr_DR]

lol guys... no no no! It was just a cube of spongy white milky "cheese" made from bananas or plantains... not a whole meal... but you can stop trying cause it COULD have been a local thing... so yea.

I didn't know dominicans made spongy white milky cheese from bananas or plantains,

as far as dominican cheese, The most popular are queso de freir, queso geo, queso de
hoja and queso de mipalo..hehe just kidding about de last one.

we may not know exactly you ate, but we for sure know what you were drinking..lol

 

[sush]

I didn't know dominicans made spongy white milky cheese from bananas or plantains,

as far as dominican cheese, The most popular are queso de freir, queso geo, queso de
hoja and queso de mipalo..hehe just kidding about de last one.

we may not know exactly you ate, but we for sure know what you were drinking..lol

hahahahahahahaha that was a funny one!

 

[dv8]

man does that sound good , I assume pork ? what kind of cheese ?

simple stuff: boil ripe platanos, mash, put about half of that in an oven dish. for a filling you can have cooked minced meat (pork/beef) or grated cheese (any, really). then the rest of platanos and some grated cheese on the top. pop in the oven until goldenish on the top (all ingredients are cooked anyways). serve hot.
i am sure chiri - who is a cooking master here on dr1 - has more elaborated and much tastier recipe but i allowed myslef to simplify

 

[Chuck T]

that sounds delish dv and would go great followed by my micro waved baked apple. yummy

 

[AlterEgo]

Hmmm..... in some places they sell fresh dulce de leche, in various flavors, that might also fit the bill....... we never leave Ocoa without it....

AE