Nutty Banana Split
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Difficulty:
easy
Difficulty
Preparation:
50 min.
Preparation
ready in 3 h. 50 min.
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Ingredients
for
4
- For the hazelnut brittle
- 1 cup sugar
- ½ cup Golden syrup
- 1 cup shelled Hazelnuts
- Oil (for the baking tray)
- ⅛ cup butter
- ½ tsp baking soda
- For the banana split
- 5 ozs plain Chocolate (for cooking)
- ⅔ cup cream
- 4 Banana
- 2 Tbsps lemon juice
- 12 scoops Vanilla ice cream
- 2 Tbsps chopped Walnut
Preparation steps
1.
For the brittle, add the sugar and syrup to 125 ml water in a saucepan and bring to the boil, stirring. Boil over a high heat, without stirring, until it forms a pale caramel (145°C/295°F with a confectioner's thermometer).
2.
Mix the nuts with a pinch of salt and grease a baking tray with oil.
3.
When the caramel reaches the desired temperature, add the nuts, bring to the boil and boil for a further 2-3 minutes. Take off the heat and stir in the butter and bicarbonate of soda. Pour onto the baking tray, leave to cool and then break into chunks.
4.
For the banana split, melt the chocolate in a bowl over hot water with 3 tbsp cream. Whip the rest of the cream to between semi-stiff and stiff. Slice the bananas on the diagonal and drizzle with lemon juice to prevent browning.
5.
Arrange the sliced bananas on four plates. Place three scoops of ice cream on each plate, top with whipped cream and drizzle with the chocolate sauce. Serve sprinkled with the nut brittle.
