Butterscotch sauce with burnt-butter bananas and ice cream
serves
4
Butterscotch and burnt butter bananas
This deliciously gooey and moreish dessert shows just how versatile butter and bananas can be.
Ingredients (7)
- 1/2 firmly packed cup (125g) brown sugar
- 150g unsalted butter, chopped
- 1/2 cup (125ml) pure (thin) cream
- 4 firm, ripe bananas
- Juice of 1/2 lemon
- 8 small scoops vanilla ice cream
- 1/2 cup (75g) salted peanuts, roughly chopped
Don't forget you can add these ingredients to your Woolworths shopping list.
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1.Place 4 dessert bowls in the freezer to chill.
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2.Place sugar and 100g butter in a saucepan over medium heat and cook, stirring, for 2-3 minutes until sugar dissolves. Whisking constantly, slowly add cream (mixture may spatter), then cook for a further 1 minute or until smooth and combined. Remove from heat, add 1 tsp salt flakes and stir to dissolve. Set aside and keep warm.
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3.Melt another 25g butter in a frypan over medium heat until foaming. Peel 2 bananas and slice lengthways. Add half the lemon juice and banana slices to the pan. Cook on each side for 1-2 minutes until bananas are softened and light golden, but still holding their shape. Set aside and keep warm. Repeat with remaining 25g butter, lemon juice and bananas.
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4.Remove the bowls from the freezer and place 2 scoops of ice cream in each. Add 2 banana slices to each bowl, then top with warm butterscotch sauce and chopped peanuts to serve.
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