CHOCOLATE, SALTED CARAMEL & BANANA MESS

Chocolate, salted caramel & banana mess image

Swap the berries of an Eton mess with banana, and turn the traditional cream dessert into a banoffee-like treat

Provided by Good Food team

Time 25m

Number Of Ingredients 11

Ingredients

½ vanilla pod , scraped of seeds
150ml double cream
2 ready-made meringue nests, crumbled into chunks
2 bananas , sliced
2 tbsp caster sugar
3 tbsp double cream
1 tbsp butter
pinch of sea salt flakes
2 tbsp full-fat milk
1 tbsp double cream
50g dark chocolate , broken into small pieces

Steps:

To make the salted caramel, put the sugar and 2 tbsp water in a small heavy-bottomed saucepan. Place on a low heat and swirl gently until the sugar has melted. Turn up the heat and let the sugar bubble and caramelise to a nutty brown. Take off the heat and pour in the cream, butter and salt flakes - do this carefully, as it may spit. Gently stir together until smooth and glossy.
For the chocolate sauce, bring the milk and cream to the boil in a small saucepan. Put the chocolate bits into a bowl. Pour over two-thirds of the milk and cream mixture, stirring until melted and smooth. Adjust the consistency with the remaining hot milk mixture.
Put the vanilla seeds into the cream and whip until just holding soft peaks. Fold the meringues and banana slices into the cream, leaving a few slices for garnish. Put in serving dishes and drizzle with the two sauces. Top with the remaining banana slices. Serve immediately.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 938 calories, Fat 71 grams fat, SaturatedFat 44 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 70 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 69 grams sugar, Fiber 2 grams fiber, Protein 5 grams protein, Sodium 0.5 milligram of sodium