What?? A dessert in only 10 minutes?! Stock your kitchen with these 5 ingredients and you will have a quick, delicious dessert ready to go: bananas, sugar, sea salt, vanilla ice cream and caramel corn. Simply start by dipping the cut side of the bananas in sugar and cook them in a non-stick skillet until caramelized, about 3-4 minutes. (Or keep the grill on for another version, Grilled Bananas with Buttered Maple Sauce and English Toffee*****see below) Finish with a few flakes of sea salt, a scoop of ice cream and salty-sweet caramel corn. Serve these Burgers, chips, salad and your BBQ is complete.
Brûléed Bananas With Cashew Caramel Corn
4 servings
¼ cup sugar
4 bananas, unpeeled, split lengthwise
Vanilla ice cream, for serving
1½ cups caramel corn with cashews, roughly chopped
Spread sugar on a plate. Dip cut sides of bananas into sugar, pressing to help it adhere. Heat a nonstick skillet over medium-high. Working in 2 batches, add bananas to skillet, sugar side down, and cook, undisturbed, until golden brown, 2 to 3 minutes. Transfer, cut side up, to plates.
Serve topped with ice cream, caramel corn and a bit of salt.
Adapted from: Real Simple
Grilled Bananas with Buttered Maple Sauce and English Toffee
Serves 4
1/2 cup unsalted butter
8 firm bananas, still in the peel, not green but not brown either
1/2 cup maple syrup
1/2 cup your favorite English toffee bar, crumbled
Mint leaves for garnish, optional
Clean your grill grate of any remnants of dinner. Heat grill to hot. You want the first 1/8 inch of the bananas to cook and caramelize, but not the whole banana.
Leaving the peels on your bananas, use a sharp knife to halve them lengthwise down the middle, from tip to tip.
Place the butter into a small sauce pan and place it on a hot spot on the grill. Let the butter melt. Lightly butter the cut side of the bananas and set them aside.
Add the syrup to the butter and let it come to a boil. Stir it around to combine and then move it to an area to simmer.
Grill the bananas. About 2-3 minutes. Once they are caramelized, turn them over and let the peel side cook for 30 seconds or so. This makes them easier to peel.
Peel the bananas gently, plate, sauce, and garnish with toffee.
Adapted from: Food 52
