Toffee Banana

A delicious and simple dessert made with bananas. Yes, fried bananas wrapped in a golden coat of homemade toffee.

This dish may fall under the category of Medieval food joke. It looks like it's something not so vegan friendly but it's actually a dessert.

Yes, January is turning into a whole month of desserts.  Oh well, what a way to start the new year...

I N G R E D I E N T S

1/2 cup self-raising Flour (for a homemade version mix: four, baking powder and salt) 

1/4 cup Corn Starch

90 ml cold Water

Vegetable Oil for deep frying

2 ripe Bananas;  thickly sliced diagonally

2/3 - 1 cup white Sugar

Sesame Seeds;  for garnish

a bowl of ice water

P R E P A R A T I O N S

To make the batter, whisk together the self-raising flour and cornflour, then add the water and mix until smooth. Stir in 1 tsp of vegetable oil.

Fill frying pan or deep-fryer one-third full of vegetable oil and heat to 190°C. Toss the banana slices in the extra cornstarch to lightly coat them all around.  Using a skewer, dip each banana slice in the batter. Cook in the hot oil, in batches, until golden and crisp. 

Let the bananas then drain on paper towel.

Place the sugar in a frying pan over medium heat and cook, shaking the pan occasionally, until a caramel forms. 

Remove the caramel from the heat, then working quickly and one at a time, add the fried banana to the caramel and turn to coat. Drop into a large bowl of iced water to "set" the caramel. Drain immediately, then sprinkle with white sesame seeds.  Serve with fresh fruit.

       Nina