Sticky Toffee Bananas and Custard

Submitted by English_Rose

"This scrumptious pudding is a grown-up version of a childhood favourite, a winning combination."

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• oil, for frying
• icing sugar
• 4 bananas, peeled

• For the sticky toffee sauce

• 100 g unsalted butter
• 100 g dark brown sugar
• 100 ml whipping cream

• For the custard

• 6 large eggs
• 125 g caster sugar
• 450 ml whipping cream
• 1 vanilla pod, split in half and seeds scraped
• 1 tablespoon cornflour, dissolved in a little water

directions

1. Make the custard first by whisking together the eggs and sugar in a bowl. Heat up the cream with the vanilla pod until nearly boiling.
2. Add a quarter of the hot cream to the eggs and whisk in before adding the rest.
3. Pour the mixture into a clean, thick-bottomed pan and stir with a wooden spoon over a low heat until it coats the back of the spoon, around 10-20 minutes.
4. Stir in the cornflour and pass the custard through a sieve.
5. Heat a frying pan until very hot. Add a dash of the oil followed by sieved icing sugar. Cook stirring to create a dark brown caramel.
6. Quickly add the whole bananas and cook until golden brown.
7. Remove the bananas from the pan and set to one side.
8. To make the toffee sauce, add the butter, cream and brown sugar to the pan, mix together and bring to the boil.
9. Return the bananas to the pan and cook in the sauce for a further 20 seconds or so. Transfer to a serving plate and serve with the custard.

Reviews

[nicholas.smither]

My mother makes this for me all the time but she slices up the bananas places them first in the bowl with the custard poured over the top.