Upside Down Banana Split

Submitted by Topher

"A flip on an old tradition that I found online."

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 4 bananas
• 8 scoops chocolate ice cream
• 1 cup whipped cream
• 4 vanilla wafers, biscuits (optional)

• creme anglaise

• 1⁄4 cup caster sugar
• 100 ml milk
• 150 ml cream
• 1 vanilla pod, split and seeds scraped
• 3 egg yolks

directions

1. Make the sauce by dissolving the sugar in the milk and cream along with the vanilla pod and seeds.
2. Bring just to the boil and whisk into the yolks, then strain. Stir briefly over a pot of simmering water to thicken if necessary.
3. Press baking paper onto the surface to prevent a skin forming, leave to cool and refrigerate.
4. Cut each banana in half and place in a bowl.
5. Top with ice cream, pour over a ladle of crème anglaise, add a dollop of cream and a wafer. Serve immediately.