CHOC CHIP & BANANA PUDDING W/GLOSSY CHOC SAUCE (STEAMED)

Choc Chip & Banana Pudding W/Glossy Choc Sauce (Steamed) image

This is another lovely dessert from my Chocolate cookbook by Christine McFadden & Christine France. These girls never fail me! This 1 is steam-cooked in a 4-cup bowl. My steamer is oblong-shaped & will not accept a 4-cup rd bowl, so I have made it in 4 individual dessert bowls & 8 ramekins. Adjusted cooking time for these sizes is noted below. The taste of banana & choc is pleasingly subtle here & combines w/an almost gingerbread flavor that reminds me of my mom. Serve it warm w/the choc sauce as suggested below. You are going to love this!

Provided by twissis

Categories Dessert

Time 2h30m

Yield 4 Pudding Wedges, 4 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 12

Ingredients

1 1/4 cups self-rising flour
6 tablespoons unsalted butter (or margarine)
2 ripe bananas
6 tablespoons sugar
1/4 cup milk
1 egg (beaten)
1/4 cup chocolate chips (or chopped unsweetened chocolate)
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup water
6 ounces chocolate (chopped into sml pieces)
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
2 tablespoons brandy (or orange juice)

Steps:

Prepare a steamer or half fill a saucepan w/water & bring to a boil. Grease a 4-cup deep bowl.
Sift flour into a bowl & rub in the unsalted butter or margarine till the mixture resembles coarse breadcrumbs.
Mash bananas in a bowl. Stir them into the flour & butter mixture. Then add the sugar & mix well.
Whisk milk w/the egg in a measuring cup or sml bowl & beat into the pudding mixture. Stir in the choc chips or chopped chocolate.
Spoon the mixture into the prepared bowl & cover lightly w/a double thickness of foil. Steam for 2 hrs & add water as needed.
While the pudding steam cooks, prepare the glossy choc sauce as follows:.
Place sugar & water in heavy saucepan & heat gently. Stir occ w/a wooden spoon till all sugar has dissolved.
Stir in the choc till melted & add butter the same way. DO NOT LET THE SAUCE BOIL. Stir in brandy or orange juice & set aside, but do not chill.
When pudding has finished cooking, allow it to cool slightly, run a knife around the top of the pudding to loosen it & turn it over onto a serving dish.
Serve warm w/the sauce ladled over ea individual serving.
NOTE: For 4 individual servings in dessert bowls or 8 ramekins, divide batter equally in the 4 (or 8) containers, cook in steamer for 1 hr & test w/toothpick. If not done, cook an add'l 10 min & remove from steamer to cool slightly b4 serving. Enjoy!

Nutrition Facts : Calories 876.3, Fat 50.8, SaturatedFat 31.1, Cholesterol 116.1, Sodium 536.5, Carbohydrate 106.5, Fiber 10.3, Sugar 57.4, Protein 12.8