Tuesday, 26 June 2012

Caramel Banana Puff Pastries and Ice-Cream

Ingredients (serves 4)

  • 1 sheet (25 x 25cm) frozen puff pastry
  • 1 egg, lightly whisked
  • 125g unsalted butter
  • 100g (1/2 cup, firmly packed) brown sugar
  • 125mls (1/2 cup) thin cream
  • 4 ripe bananas Vanilla ice-cream, to serve

Method

  1. Preheat oven to 220°C.
  2. Remove puff pastry from the freezer and lay on a cutting board. Cut sheet into quarters and then each quarter in half to form 8 triangles in total.
  3. Place on a baking tray and brush with a little whisked egg. Bake in the preheated oven for 10 minutes or until puffed and golden. Remove from oven and cool on tray.
  4. Meanwhile, combine butter, sugar and cream in a small saucepan and stir over medium heat until well combined. Slice bananas, add to the caramel sauce and cook over medium heat for 2 minutes until bananas are slightly softened and sauce is heated.
  5. To serve, place a scoop of ice-cream onto serving plates, spoon over caramel bananas and decorate each with two triangles of puff pastry.

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