TOFFEE & SESAME BANANAS

Toffee & sesame bananas image

Traditional toffee bananas are deep-fried, but this is a lighter version, served with caramel sauce

Provided by Ching-He Huang

Time 20m

Number Of Ingredients 6

Ingredients

6 large bananas , peeled and quartered
8 tbsp light muscovado sugar
2 tbsp butter
200ml double cream
2 tbsp sesame seeds , toasted
good-quality vanilla ice cream, to serve

Steps:

Toss the bananas in 2 tbsp of the sugar. Heat a griddle to medium, then cook the bananas, a few pieces at a time, until sticky and showing griddle marks. Keep warm in a low oven.
For the sauce, put the remaining sugar, the butter and cream into a saucepan and stir over a gentle heat until the sugar has melted. Stir in the sesame seeds. Can be made up to a day ahead. To serve, put a few pieces of banana into 8 serving dishes, spoon over some of the caramel, then top with a scoop of ice cream.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 312 calories, Fat 19 grams fat, SaturatedFat 10 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 37 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 35 grams sugar, Fiber 1 grams fiber, Protein 2 grams protein, Sodium 0.09 milligram of sodium