Plantain Mash with Bacon

Ingredients

• 6 slices bacon minced
• 0.5 cup chicken stock see 
• 1 tablespoon garlic minced
• 1 teaspoon coarse ground pepper black
• 1.3 cups heavy cream 
• 1  onion minced
• 4  to 5 plantains ripe roughly chopped
• 1 teaspoons salt 

Equipment

• bowl
• dutch oven

Directions

1. Heat a Dutch oven over medium-high heat and add the onion, garlic and bacon. Cook until the bacon is crisp, about 12 to 15 minutes. Stir in the stock and 1 cup of the heavy cream. Reduce the heat to medium-low and add the plantains. Simmer the mixture until the plantains are tender, about 5 to 8 minutes.
2. Add the remaining 1/4 cup of heavy cream and the salt and pepper. Mash together until well combined.
3. Transfer to a serving bowl and serve.
4. Add a little more stock if the mash is too dry.