Baked Banana Cereal Dessert with Dark Chocolate drizzle

Dear : The lovely readers…

 

Its been a while since I wrote any new recipes…

Few days ago I walked by kitchen stuff and got myself a blow torch.

I had always wanted blow torch since forever….It seems so versatile…

It comes handy in almost any dessert, not to add the rustic feel it gives, and the seductive smell of caramel!

Oh how I love them!So, I decided to make a very healthy dessert inspired by caramelized banana that is normally served with ice cream.

However instead of using ice cream, I am using skim vanilla yoghurt with bold dark chocolate drizzle to give the depth and oomph that is definitely addicting!

However I feel so dumb toward the “execution” I just realized that the torch did not come with the butane!!! I was so ready to whip the dessert that it almost made me cry. I thought well … this is just another challenge on getting good ideas to make it work. So for those who does not have blow torch…don’t worry this recipe works almighty fine!

 

Ingredients: ( 2 servings)

 

3 bananas ( you can slice it thinly to let it baked more evenly)

3 tsp sweet condensed milk

Oil spray

A pinch of salt

1 tbsp brown sugar

Drips of vanilla extract

5 tbsp of vanilla yoghurt  ( unsweeatened)

A cup of any left over cereal, crushed  to your preferred textured ( I used the oatmeal crisp that comes with almods, and crushed it coarsely with pinch of salt )

1 tbsp of nutela chocolate

1 block of dark chocolate ( Bakers)

4 tbsp of skim milk

 

“The execution”:

1. Put the sliced banana nicely on a tin foil
2. Drizzle  the banana with the  sweet condensed milk ( this will help to glue the cereal)
3. Coat the drizzled banana with the cereals
4. Spray  some oil lightly  to make it crispy
5. Bake for 10 minutes at 300F,
6. Mean while you are waiting, we are going to make a deep dark chocolate sauce with the  4tbsp of skim milk, nutella, and also the dark chocolate block. Let it melt on a  low temperature.  Ideally a double bath is a perfect way for melting  chocolates ( a glass bowl on top of a bowling pot) This will avoid the chocolate being burnt. Otherwise, you can always use regular pans but put a very low temperature ( I don’t suggest this).  Voila your chocolate sauce should be slightly bitter. You can always add sugar to sweeten the sauce to your palate.
7. Now another thing we should get ready for  is the yoghurt. I like to put a slightly acidic base to balance out the sweetness in the banana, as well as to give an awesome substitution for the fatty ice cream. Yoghurt is healthy for your tummy  and it taste yummy!so why not?

So mixed the 5tbsp of yoghurt with drips of vanilla extracts to enhance the aroma.

 

8. Take out and drizzle with brown sugar and put it back on slightly higher       temperature to make it caramelized ( this is where blow torch can come handy)
9. When everything is done, you can  start the fun part: composing  your plate. The yoghurt as the base,the banana, and then the chocolate sauce drizzle. You can almost add nuts such as hazelnut or almonds or fresh strawberries. Otherwise it would taste awesome already!

 

Happy eating, I hope you love it. By the way, you have fulfill 1.5 servings of bananas just eating this dessert! Not too mention the hearty good ingredients it contains!

 

 

Passion + Patience

Gastrobutterfly

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