I love bananas, fresh or grilled ! Pair them with chocolate you get a dessert that is exotic and rich. The vanilla ice cream on the side just makes this sublime. See why this recipe could be the perfect dessert for a date night on my Valentine’s Recipes with Latino Passion.
Ingredients
4 firm-ripe bananas
1/2 stick (1/4 cup) unsalted butter, melted and cooled
1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/4 pound (about 1 1/2 tablets) Mexican chocolate such as Nestle Abuelita, chopped
1 cup half-and-half
1 cinnamon stick
Aniseed
Preparation
Peel bananas and halve lengthwise. In a shallow baking pan large enough to hold bananas in one layer stir together butter and brown sugar and add bananas, tossing gently to coat. Transfer bananas with a metal spatula to an oiled rack set 5 to 6 inches over glowing coals and grill until browned and cooked through, about 2 minutes on each side. (If bananas are difficult to handle you may grill them on 1 side only.)
In a heavy saucepan heat chocolate and half-and-half over low heat, stirring frequently, until chocolate is melted. Serve sauce warm and garnish with a stick of cinnamon and aniseed
Serve bananas with vanilla ice cream on the side and drizzle with chocolate sauce.
¡Buen Provecho!
Paula studied architecture and now makes a living as a freelance writer,traveler and amateur photographer.She started her writing & publishing career as the editor of Bebé y Mamá, the first parenting magazine in Guatemala.She is the founder of www.GrowingUpBilingual.com and www.365thingsswfl.com and writes articles in Spanish and English for both magazines and the web on travel,food and bicultural and bilingual parenting .
When she is not on a plane or road trip she likes to create recipes inspired in the flavors of her native Guatemala.
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I have eaten bananas like this before and I loved them. Now my family on the other hand, that’s a different story!
I’d like it all for the anise which I’d leave out!! Thanks for sharing!
Oh man – oh man that looks so very yummy!! I know what recipe I am trying this weekend!! Thanks so much for sharing.
Very interesting recipe – Never had anything like it.
Que ricas cosas en tu blog. No debo de estar antojandome a las 10pm 😉
Wow, this looks delicious. Love your site, I grew up bilingual. My parents are from Peru and I grew up in the MIdwest. Now, I’m living in Texas with my husband. He’s also from the Midwest, so our kids will be bilingual, too. 🙂
Yum thanks for sharing these at our linky party. They look great.