Grilled Bananas With Rum Ice Cream And Mexican Hot Chocolate Sauce Food

GRILLED BANANAS WITH MEXICAN CHOCOLATE SAUCE

Steps:

• In a medium saucepot on medium heat, melt the Mexican chocolate with the heavy cream. Whisk constantly until the chocolate is fully melted, and take care not to burn the chocolate. Turn the heat off and reserve.
• Preheat a gas or charcoal grill, or a stovetop grill pan, over medium-high heat.
• In a medium mixing bowl, mix the sugar with the cinnamon until evenly incorporated. Toss the bananas with the sugar-cinnamon mixture until fully coated. Transfer to the grill, flat-side down. Grill until the bananas are browned and the sugar is caramelized, about 2 minutes per side. Transfer the bananas to a serving platter. Drizzle with the Mexican chocolate sauce, sprinkle with some shredded coconut and serve with vanilla ice cream.

HONEY-RUM GRILLED BANANAS

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine rum, honey and cinnamon; set aside. Cut bananas in half lengthwise, leaving the peel on. , Place bananas cut side down on grill. Cover and grill over medium heat for 3 minutes. Turn and brush with honey mixture. Cover and grill until tender, 5-6 minutes. Peel bananas. Serve immediately with ice cream.

RUM BANANA SAUCE

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, combine the brown sugar, butter, cream and maple syrup. Cook and stir over medium heat until sauce is smooth, 4-5 minutes. Stir in bananas; heat through. Remove from the heat; stir in extract. Serve with ice cream.

CARAMELIZED BANANA WITH RUM SAUCE

Steps:

• Melt butter in a 10-inch heavy skillet over moderately high heat until foam subsides, then sauté banana, cut sides down, shaking skillet, 1 minute. Remove skillet from heat (away from flame) and sprinkle brown sugar around banana, then pour rum around banana. Return skillet to heat and continue to sauté, shaking skillet occasionally, until sugar begins to melt, about 30 seconds.
• Add water, nutmeg, cinnamon, and a pinch of salt and cook over moderate heat, shaking skillet occasionally, until sauce is slightly thickened, 1 to 2 minutes.
• Serve banana hot, sprinkled with nuts.

GRILLED BANANAS WITH HONEY-RUM GLAZE FOR CAMPING OR AT HOME

Steps:

• In bowl, blend rum, honey and cinnamon. Reserve (I do this before we go and put it in a tupperware container).
• Over direct heat grill bananas, cut-side down for 3 min, or until bananas get obvious grill marks.
• Turn bananas and brush with honey-rum mixture. Continue grilling, with lid down, for five minutes or until bananas are cooked throughout.
• Remove and serve immdiately with ice cream.

CINNAMON-GRILLED BANANAS WITH MEXICAN CHOCOLATE

Steps:

• Slice bananas in half lengthwise and crosswise so each banana yields four pieces. Set aside.
• Combine sugar and cinnamon, and sprinkle on cut sides of bananas. Let bananas sit for 5 minutes.
• Place peeled bananas cut-side down in buttered sauté pan. Cook for 2 minutes;turn over and let cook 2 more minutes.
• Arrange two banana halves on each serving plate.
• Top each serving with two scoops of your favourite ice cream.
• Sprinkle each with 1 tablespoon crumbled chocolate.
• Serve immediately.
• If Mexican chocolate is not available, use a semi-sweet dark chocolate.

GRILLED BANANAS WITH RUM ICE CREAM AND MEXICAN HOT CHOCOLATE SAUCE

Steps:

• Prepare grill.
• Peel bananas and halve lengthwise. In a shallow baking pan large enough to hold bananas in one layer stir together butter and brown sugar and add bananas, tossing gently to coat. Transfer bananas with a metal spatula to an oiled rack set 5 to 6 inches over glowing coals and grill until browned and cooked through, about 2 minutes on each side. (If bananas are difficult to handle you may grill them on 1 side only.)
• Serve bananas like a banana split with ice cream and chocolate sauce.
• To make rum ice cream:
• In a 2 1/2- to 3-quart heavy saucepan combine cream and milk. Scrape seeds from vanilla bean into cream mixture, dropping in bean. Add zest and bring mixture just to boil.
• In a large metal bowl whisk together brown sugar and yolks until combined well. Add hot cream mixture to yolk mixture in a slow stream, whisking, and return custard to pan. Cook custard over moderately low heat, whisking constantly, until thickened and coats back of a wooden spoon, about 3 minutes. (Do not let custard boil or it will curdle.)
• Pour custard through a very fine sieve into cleaned metal bowl and cool slightly. Stir in rum and chill, covered, until cold. Freeze custard in an ice-cream maker. Makes about 1 1/2 quarts.
• To make Mexican hot chocolate sauce:
• In a heavy saucepan heat chocolate and half-and-half over low heat, stirring frequently, until chocolate is melted. (The sauce will have a very thin consistency, like that of hot chocolate.) Serve sauce warm. Makes about 1 cup.

GRILLED BANANA SPLIT SUNDAES

Steps:

• To make the hot fudge sauce, combine all the ingredients in a small saucepan and melt together. Remove from the heat before it reaches boiling point and set aside.
• Braai the bananas over medium-hot coals until they start to soften. The sugar will burn quickly so keep a close eye on them.
• When the bananas are grilled, serve with scoops of vanilla ice cream and whipped cream, drizzle with the hot fudge and add the strawberries and cherries.
• Serve immediately.

GRILLED BANANAS

Steps:

• Build a charcoal fire or preheat a gas grill.
• Slice the bananas, in their skins, in half crosswise and then lengthwise so each banana yields 4 pieces. Set aside on a clean platter. In a small bowl, combine the sugar and cinnamon. Drizzle the honey on the cut sides of the bananas and sprinkle them with the cinnamon sugar. Let the bananas sit for 5 minutes.
• Place the bananas, cut side down, on the center of grill. Grill for 2 minutes or until grill marks appear. Using a pair of tongs, turn them over and cook for 5 more minutes, or until the skin pulls away from the bananas. Remove the bananas from the grill and serve them immediately, on top of vanilla ice cream and drizzled with bourbon or liqueur, if desired.