Sesame Toffee Food

TOFFEE & SESAME BANANAS

Steps:

• Toss the bananas in 2 tbsp of the sugar. Heat a griddle to medium, then cook the bananas, a few pieces at a time, until sticky and showing griddle marks. Keep warm in a low oven.
• For the sauce, put the remaining sugar, the butter and cream into a saucepan and stir over a gentle heat until the sugar has melted. Stir in the sesame seeds. Can be made up to a day ahead. To serve, put a few pieces of banana into 8 serving dishes, spoon over some of the caramel, then top with a scoop of ice cream.

SESAME TOFFEE

Steps:

• Spread sesame seeds on baking sheet; bake in 350F oven for 15 minutes or until golden.
• Reserve half of the seeds; sprinkle remaining seeds over well-greased 13x9 cake pan; set aside.
• In saucepan, bring butter, sugars and water to a boil, stirring constantly.
• Cook, stirring often, until candy thermometer reaches soft-crack stage of 285F and when 1/2 tsp syrup dropped into very cold water separates into threads that are hard but not brittle.
• Immediately remove from heat; stir in baking soda.
• Pour over sesame seeds in prepared pan; let cool 5 minutes.
• Sprinkle with reserved sesame seeds, pressing lightly into toffee.
• Let cool until firm; break into pieces.
• Store toffee between sheets of waxed paper in an airtight container; keeps for about 1 month.