Name: The Perfect Banana Split
Ingredients: chocolate; ice cream; cream; ripe banana; hot chocolate sauce; whipped cream; toasted flaked almonds; vanilla bean

Frances Bissell

The Perfect Banana Split

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Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Modern Classics

By Frances Bissell

Published 2000

About
Recipes
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Appealing to the child in all of us, the banana split is one of the easiest ways to finish a meal. And good ingredients make it into a real treat.

Ingredients

You Need

For each person, one ripe but not over ripe banana, two scoops of the best and strongest vanilla ice cream (I recommend Hill Stations Strong Vanilla Bean), whipped cream (optional), hot chocolate sauce (which you can make yourself by melting 8 oz Valrhona chocolate in 2 tablespoons cream), and toasted flaked almonds for decoration.

Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

In a shallow glass dish arrange the banana, split down the middle, and add the ice cream. Top with the whipped cream and, if using, pour the hot chocolate sauce over the top. Scatter the almonds on top of that.

Alternatives

Serve the chocolate sauce separately, and for those who do not like their chocolate ration this way, heat some luxury caramel spread (dulce de leche) and offer it instead.