Doce De Banana Sweet Banana Food

FRIED SWEET BANANAS

Steps:

• Cut each banana half into 3 or 4 pieces.
• Mix sugar and cinnamon together in a shallow bowl.
• Melt butter in a skillet over medium-low heat; add banana slices and cook until golden brown, 5 to 10 minutes. Transfer banana slices to a paper towel-lined plate. Coat banana slices, 1 at a time, with cinnamon-sugar.

SWEET BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• In a small bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and vanilla pudding mix. In a large mixing bowl, beat sugar and shortening until light, scraping sides of the bowl often. Add the eggs one at a time, beating smooth after each addition. Mix in the milk.
• Add flour mixture and mashed bananas alternately to creamed mixture, beating until smooth after each addition. Fold in nuts if desired. Pour batter into a lightly greased 8x4 inch loaf pan.
• Bake in a cold, (non-preheated) oven set to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Bake for 50 minutes, then cover with foil to prevent burning and bake for additional 10 to 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted into the crown comes out clean. Leave in pan for 10 minutes, then remove from pan and cool.

BANANA COMPOTE (DOCE DE BANANA)

Steps:

• Place the sliced plantains, sugar, water, the spices, and the lime or lemon juice in a large, heavy-bottom aluminum pot over medium-low heat. Agitate the pot to mix everything. Let cook uncovered over medium-low heat until bananas are brown and soft (approximately 1 hour for this quantity of plantains).
• Let the compote cool down completely before storing in a sterilized, dry, and sealed glass jar. Remove the cloves and refrigerate. It can be eaten by itself, with a hint of heavy whipping cream on top, with toast, or used as a topping for ice creams, pancakes and waffles.
• Note: Consum these preserves within one week.

DELICIOUS SWEET AND BUTTERY BANANAS

Steps:

• Melt butter in a skillet over medium heat, and let the butter heat until fragrant and very lightly brown. Add the bananas and stir constantly until the banana pieces sizzle and begin to caramelize, about 5 minutes. Turn down the heat to medium-low, sprinkle with maple sugar, and stir gently until the sugar melts. Sprinkle with cinnamon and serve.

DOCE DE BANANA (SWEET BANANA)

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in a saucepan.
• Cook slowly over low heat for 2 hours. If the syrup becomes too thick, thin with a little water.
• Cool for 10 minutes before serving.

SWEET SESAME BANANAS

Steps:

• In a dry skillet, toast the sesame seeds until golden. Set aside.
• Squeeze lime juice over banana slices and set aside.
• In a heavy saucepan, heat the sugar and water over a slow, even heat until the temperature reaches about 235*F. on a candy thermometer and the mixture forms threads. The syrup should be thick and bubbling.
• Remove from the heat.
• Butter a sheet of waxed paper.
• Dip the banana slices into the syrup, place them on the waxed paper.
• sprinkle them with the sesame seeds.
• Serve immediately. Enjoy!

DIRTY BANANA

Steps:

• Fill a sling glass to the rim with crushed ice.
• Put a small amount of crushed ice in the blender container.
• Pour aged rum of cuban type, banana liqueur, coffee liqueur, cream and milk over the crushed ice.
• Close the lid on the blender and run until the drink is smooth. Add some more liquid if it's too hard, and more ice if it's too runny.
• Pour the drink into the sling glass.
• Garnish with a banana (slice).

CHINESE TOFFEE BANANA

Steps:

• Prepare a batter by mixing together egg, flour, cornflour, custard powder and a little water (to make a runny batter).
• Heat oil in a wok, dip the banana pieces in the batter and deep fry.
• Remove, drain excess oil and keep aside.
• In a separate pot, cook the castor sugar along with water and oil till it turns golden in colour.
• Dip the friend banana pieces in the sugar syrup to coat evenly.
• Remove drain excess syrup and keep aside.
• Sprinkle sesame sees on top and dip in ice water for a few minutes.
• Remove and serve.

TAIWAN SWEET BANANAS IN COCONUT MILK & SAUCE

Steps:

• In medium stockpot add bananas, coconut milk, ginger, five spice and powdered sugar.
• Simmer, turning bananas gently. Cook 15 minutes.
• Note: After the above is cooked, for a wonderful sauce over gingerbread or vanilla ice cream, do the following:
• Taiwan Sweet Sauce.
• 2 tsps cornstarch in 1/2 cup cold water, dissolve. Mash the bananas. Add the cornstarch mixture to the coconut milk and mashed bananas. Stir contantly so it will not burn. Stir until thick and glossy. Chill. Spoon over dessert.

BANANA-DULCE DE LECHE PIE (BANANA-CARAMEL PIE)

Steps:

• To make dulce de leche, place the unopened can of sweetened condensed milk in a saucepan, and add enough water to cover half-way up the can. Place the saucepan over medium-high heat and bring to a boil. Cook for 3 hours, adding more water as necessary. Remove from heat and cool.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Combine the graham cracker crumbs with the butter in a mixing bowl until evenly blended. Press the crumb mixture evenly into a 9 inch pie plate.
• Bake pie crust in preheated oven until lightly browned, 10-15 minutes. Remove from oven, and cool on a wire rack.
• Open the can of dulce de leche, and pour half, or about 3/4 cup, over the pie crust. Slice the bananas and arrange half in a layer over the dulce de leche filling. Pour the remaining dulce de leche over the bananas. Top with remaining banana slices.
• Pour the whipping cream into a mixing bowl, and beat until soft peaks form. Add the sugar and vanilla extract; continue beating until stiff peaks form. Spoon the whipped cream over the bananas. Chill at least 1 hour before serving.