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Caramelised Bananas with Serves 4
Hot Chocolate Sauce and Whipped Cream
4 large bananas
¼ cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
Whippedcream,toserve
Hot chocolate sauce
100gdarkchocolate,chopped
30gwhitemarshmallows,chopped
150ml thickened cream
1. Preheat frypan on setting 4.
2.Cutbananasinhalflengthways,leaving
the skin on. Sprinkle the combined sugar
and cinnamon over the cut bananas. Press
gently into the banana.
3.Placebananas,cutsidedownandcook,
uncovered,forabout6minutesoruntilthe
sugar has caramelised and the banana has
softened. Serve bananas with hot chocolate
sauce and whipped cream.
4.Tomakethehotchocolatesauce,combine
all ingredients in a small saucepan and
cook,stirring,overalowheat,until
melted.
Spiced Rhubarb and Berry Compote Serves 4-6
2bunchesofrhubarb,cutinto2cmpieces
500gfrozenmixedberries
¾ cup sugar
1 cinnamon stick
3 whole cloves
1 teaspoon grated orange rind
1. Combine all ingredients into the frypan.
Cook,stirringgently,onsetting8until
the sugar dissolves. Cover and cook on
setting 5 for about 15 minutes or until the
rhubarb is tender.
2.Servehotwithicecream,custardorwith
your favourite pudding.
Crème Caramel Serves 6
1 cup caster sugar
½ cup water
¹⁄
³
cupcastersugar,extra
3 eggs
2 egg yolks
250ml cream
250ml milk
1vanillabean,seedsscraped
1. Combine sugar and water in a small
saucepan. Stir over a low heat until the
sugar has dissolved. Increase heat; boil
withoutstirring,untilthetoffeeturnsa
golden colour.
2.Removefromheat,oncethebubbleshave
subsided,pourinto6individual1-cup
capacity metal moulds. Allow to cool.
3.Beateggsandextrasugaruntillightand
creamy.
4.Heatmilk,cream,vanillabeanandseeds
until almost boiling. Whisk hot milk into
eggmixture.Pourmixturethrougha
strainer.
5.Pourmixtureintomoulds.Placemoulds
into frypan. Pour enough boiling hot
water to come halfway up the sides of the
moulds.
6.Cook,covered,onsetting6forabout15
minutes or until the custard has set.
Note: Be careful when removing lid to check
custard that no water from the lid goes into
the moulds.
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