A nice bowl of almond butter porridge
with roasted bananas helps me to get my blood sugars up and running and to stay focused until lunchtime.
Not only are they good for decoration, but I love having a chunk or two of
roasted banana in every slice.
So when I saw a recipe
for roasted banana ice cream I knew I had to pair it up with the perfect chocolate topping.
I love that feeling of still warm,
roasted bananas melting in my mouth joined by the nutty flavour of the almond butter and the crunchy roasted pecans.
Super-ripe mashed bananas and finely - chopped dates mimic banana bread's sweet, almost - caramel - like,
roasted banana flavor, while the half moon slices add visual interest.
What started out as chocolate stout cupcakes somehow turned into maple whiskey muffins,
then roasted banana whiskey muffins, then raw banana cream pie, and now: banana cream tartlets.
One Year Ago: Cinnamon Raisin Swirl Bread Two Years Ago: Rum Raisin Oatmeal Cookies, Cucumber Zucchini Cream Cheese Slices, Banana Rum Bread, and Vanilla Bean Cardamom Peach Pie Three Years Ago: Grilled Apricots with Honey Greek Yogurt, Malted Chocolate Cupcakes with Toasted Marshmallow Filling, Coconut Pancakes, and Rocky Road Cookies Four Years Ago: Whole Wheat Banana Pancakes, Cinnamon Chocolate Chip Banana Bread, and
Maple Roasted Bananas with Cinnamon Whipped Cream
Banana cakes, previously: My 22nd birthday cake, an over the top affair with banana cake, almond dacquoise, coffee pastry cream, and chocolate Italian meringue
buttercream Roasted banana and salted chocolate cupcakes Classic banana cake with speculoos glaze
The menu is as diverse, colorful and tempting as the city itself with offerings ranging from cold smoked tuna tartare curried goat and gnocchi to roasted drum and
roasted banana zeppole.
So far the team has developed recipes for standard offerings such as vanilla and strawberry and specialty favorites such
as roasted banana and mocha swirl — a combination of chocolate and cappuccino.
They can't just be banana cupcakes because
roasting the bananas take these to a different place than non-roasted bananas would.
Kinetic sculptor Tim Prentice of Cornwall offers wall - mounted works, Weston artist Joseph Fucigna's sculpture is made of plastic coated fencing, while Hamden installation artist Howard El - Yasin uses materials that are usually discarded like dryer lint and
roasted banana peels.
By that I mean, if I make chicken noodle soup for instance, I like to roast the chicken with nice seasonings before adding it to the stock, I like to
roast my bananas before making banana nut bread, I like to fry my chickpeas before including them in a nice pasta salad.
I can't do the whole butter thang but I've found that
roasting bananas in maple syrup is mighty tasty, too.
Comforting Desserts are a must and include Peanut Butter Donuts with jelly and
roasted banana ice cream; Salted Caramel Panna Cotta with caramel popcorn, chocolate and caramel cream; Triple Chocolate Dream with mousse, cake & bar and orange caramel; and Oreo Ice Cream Sammy with chocolate whoopie pie cookie.
One Year Ago: Boiled Cider and Pumpkin Molasses Bread Two Years Ago: Vanilla Bean Malt Cake and Cinnamon Raisin Swirl Bread Three Years Ago: Pumpkin Espresso Bread, Triple Coconut Cookies, Caramel Apple Granola, Chewy Vanilla Bean Bars, and Chai Spiced Rice Pudding Four Years Ago: Pumpkin Granola, Chocolate Cherry Bread, Pumpkin Spice Latte, and Oatmeal Raisin Crisps Five Years Ago: Banana Bread,
Maple Roasted Bananas, Berry Crumble, and Chocolate Avocado Cupcakes
She's the kind of girl who loves banana everything... banana cream pie, banana boats, a pancake loving nannerpuss and
roasted banana cupcakes.
The chocolatey banana cocoa drink can ordered hot or cold, and is made with chocolate, whipped cream, banana sponge cake, and topped with chocolate sauce and chunks of sugar -
roasted bananas.
So I decided to take my mom's classic banana bread and
roast the bananas.
In a large bowl mash
the roasted bananas.
Pour the flour mixture into
the roasted bananas, followed by the milk mixture and sugar.
Roast the bananas, with the skins on, for the last 15 minutes of cooking time.
Roast bananas for 12 minutes.
Layers of caramel sauce, nutella,
roasted banana and chocolate crumble, covered in sugar.
It's funny because i've been making
a roasted banana icecream this afternoon.
In the past it would peel and roast 2,000 pounds of bananas a week to make
its roasted banana gelato and bring in crates of watermelon for employees to scoop the meat from the husk.
While I'm all about fried bananas over here, oven -
roasted bananas could be just as nice (though I'm not sure how crunchy they'll get)(which is what I love about fried bananas).
Roasting the bananas before using them in these little cakes also lends a delicious caramel flavour — it brings out the natural sweetness in the bananas so this recipe doesn't have too much sugar in it (if you don't include that delicious caramel sauce, that is).
First you tempted me with the Cookies & Cream brownies... then
the Roasted banana brownies....
In the hot days of summer, try them with
the roasted banana ice cream.
I've decided to use
a roasted banana and sub the vanilla protein powder with cinnamon roll flavored whey protein for your recipe this morning... fingers crossed that I don't muss it up!
My personal favorite was
the roasted banana with fried garlic, pickled shallot and cilantro blooms: