Super-star bananas on toast

Name: Super-star bananas on toast
Yield: Serves 2
Ingredients: 20 g butter; 130 g granulated sugar; 6 tbsp double cream; a pinch of salt; 1 tbsp rum; 1 vanilla pod, split and seeds scraped; butter for frying; 2 small bananas, split lengthways; 2 thick slices of brioche; a handful of hazelnuts, peeled and roughly chopped (see Tip); 1 tbsp brandy; Vanilla Ice Cream to serve

Preparation info

Serves
2

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Prue

By Prue Leith

Published 2018

About

This is probably the naughtiest dish in this book. But it’s also unbelievably good and for a once-in-a-blue-moon treat, it’s worth every calorie.

Ingredients

For the caramel

130 g granulated sugar
20 g butter
6

Dessert
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

Method

For the caramel, place the sugar and 6 tablespoons of water in a medium-sized saucepan and allow to dissolve over a medium heat. Do not stir the caramel, but swirl the pan gently. Once the sugar has dissolved, boil rapidly until the caramel is a rich golden brown. Remove from