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Be Bold With Bananas is the title of a Banana Recipe Book that was given away as part of a supermarket promotion over twenty-five years ago. This book contains more than 100 recipes that use bananas as one of the ingredients. It contains recipes for Main Dishes, Side Dishes, Salads, Desserts, Baking, Tarts, Drinks, Jam, Chutney and Sauce.

Over the years, I have used many of the recipes from the book and the purpose of this thread is to share some of them with members and visitors to this group.

Be aware that this recipe book uses imperial measures, but where possible, I have shown approximate metric conversions. Remember that 1 Standard Imperial Cup = 225 ml, whereas 1 Standard Metric Cup = 250 ml. Likewise, 1 ounce = approximately 28 grams and 1 pound = approximately 450 grams. Where metric conversions have been shown, the original imperial measures are displayed in brackets.

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A Banana Recipes Index is provided on the last page of this thread following the final Banana Recipe.

NOTE: These recipes have been migrated from the old XNC2 group @ MSN.

BANANA BREAD PUDDING

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Ingredients

4 bananas, peeled and sliced
juice and grated rind of 1 lemon
2 thick slices of bread, buttered
¼ cup smooth apricot jam
2 eggs
1 cup milk
¼ cup sugar
½ teaspoon mixed spice
1 tablespoon butter

Procedure

Mix the banana, lemon juice and grated rind.
Cut bread into cubes.
Place alternate layers of bread, bananas and jam in a greased casserole.
Beat the egg, milk, sugar and mixed spice and pour it over the pudding.
Dot with butter.
Allow to soak for 15 minutes.
Bake in a moderate oven 180°C (350°F) for 30 minutes.
Serve with a custard or a tasty sauce.

Serves 4.

BANANA CHICKEN

Ingredients

1 chicken
flour
6 rashers bacon
3 large bananas
¼ cup lemon juice
1 tablespoon butter
salt and pepper to taste

Procedure

Prepare the chicken.
Sprinkle with salt and pepper and rub in a little flour.
Cover the breast with the bacon.
Peel the bananas and quarter, dip in lemon juice and place inside the chicken.
Pour over remaining lemon juice and dot with butter.
Wrap in foil and bake for 2 hours in a medium oven 190°C (375°F) or until meat is tender.
Fold back foil and allow chicken to brown.

Serves 6-8.

BANANA MEAT LOAF

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Ingredients

900 grams (2 lb) minced meat
1 tablespoon chopped onion
2 teaspoons salt
¾ teaspoon pepper
2 thick slices bread, soaked in water
1½ cups mashed banana (about 5 bananas)
2 teaspoons prepared mustard
3-4 hard-boiled eggs

Procedure

Mix together all the ingredients except the eggs.
Place half the meat mixture in a greased loaf-tin.
Shell the hard-boiled eggs and arrange, lengthwise, down the centre of the dish.
Add the rest of the meat mixture and press down firmly.
Bake for 1 hour in a moderate oven 180°C (350°F)
This loaf can be eaten hot or cold and should be sliced before serving.

Yields 10-15 slices.

Serves 5.

POTATO & BANANA NESTS

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Ingredients

6 bananas
2 tablespoons lemon juice
2 tablespoons melted butter
1 tablespoon apricot chutney
¼ teaspoon salt
mashed potato

Procedure

Mash bananas and mix with the lemon juice, butter, chutney and salt.
Cook for approximately 7-10 minutes, stirring constantly.
Pipe mashed potato in round or oval nests.
Fill each nest with 1 tablespoonful of the banana mixture.

Serves 3-6.

BANANA CRUMPETS

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Ingredients

1½ cups plain flour
1½ teaspoons baking power
½ teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon sugar
2 eggs
1 cup milk
2 tablespoons melted butter
1 cup chopped bananas
¼ cup lemon juice
½ cup sweetend, whipped cream

Procedure

Sift together the dry ingredients.
Beat the eggs, add the milk, butter and dry ingredients and mix until smooth.
The batter should have the consistency of thick cream.
Place teaspoonfuls in a slightly greased hot frying pan, leave room for spreading.
When bubbles appear, turn quickly with a knife and brown other side.
Place a tablespoonful of chopped banana sprinkled with lemon juice in the middle of each crumpet.
Push a cherry in at the top end of a toothpick and pin the two opposite sides of the crumpet together with the other end of the toothpick.
Squirt a starlet of cream into the opposite openings thus formed.

Makes about 15 crumpets.

CURRIED BANANA

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Ingredients

2 onions, chopped
2 tablespoons butter
1 tablespoon curry powder (or to taste)
1 cooking apple, peeled and coarsely grated
1 tablespoon apricot jam
2½ tablespoons vinegar
¼ teaspoon salt
1 cup water
4 bananas

Procedure

Brown the onion in butter.
Stir in the curry powder and fry for a few minutes longer.
Add remaining ingredients, except bananas.
Cover pan and cook gently for approximately 10 minutes.
Halve the bananas lengthwise and pack them in sauce.
Cook gently for a further 10 minutes.
Arrange bananas in the centre of a serving dish, surround with cooked rice and hard-boiled egg-halves.
Garnish with tomato and green-pepper rings.

Serves 2.

BANANA SAUSAGES

Ingredients

6 bananas
¼ cup lemon juice
6 Vienna sausages
6 rashers bacon
6 pineapple rings

Procedure

Peel the bananas and dip them in lemon juice.
Cut each banana in half lengthwise, and place a sausage between the two halves.
Wrap a rasher of bacon round each banana sandwich and secure with a wooden toothpick.
Cut a hole in the centre of each pineapple ring, and press a banana-sausage into each.
Place on a greased baking dish under the grill for 5 to 7 minutes.
Serve for lunch or dinner.

Serves 6.

FRIED BANANAS

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Ingredients

6 bananas
1 egg
½ cup fine breadcrumbs
½ teaspoon salt

Procedure

Cut bananas into 2.5 cm (1 inch) slices.
Dip into the slightly beaten egg and salt, and roll in breadcrumbs.
Deep fry in hot fat or oil until brown.
Drain on absorbent paper and serve hot.

Serves 3.

INSTANT BANANA PUDDING

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Ingredients

6 bananas
½ cup cinnamon-sugar
2 tablespoons butter

Procedure

Slice bananas lengthwise and place in abuttered casserole.
Sprinkle generously with cinnamon-sugar and dot with butter.
Bake for 20-25 minutes in a moderate oven 180°C (350°F).
Half a cup of orange juice and one cup of coconut may be poured over before baking if desired.
Serve hot with custard.

Serves 3-4.

BANANA CUSTARD

Ingredients

2½ tablespoons cornflour
¼ cup sugar
¼ teaspoon salt
½ cup cold milk
1½ cups boiled milk
2 eggs, separated
5 bananas, quartered
¼ cup lemon juice

Procedure

Mix together the cornflour, sugar, saltand cold milk until it forms a smooth paste.
Stir in the boiling milk and pour into a saucepan.
Bring to the boil, and boil for 3 minutes, stirring constantly.
Beat egg yolk, add a little of the boiling mixture and return to the saucepan.
Boil again.
Remove from heat.
Dip bananas in lemon juice and stir into the custard.
Beat egg whites until stiff and fold into the custard.
Serve in a glass bowl.
Decorate with banana slices, dipped in lemon juice, halved cherries and mint leaves.

Serves 4.

BANANA JELLY

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Ingredients

1½ packets red jelly
¾ cup boiling water
¼ cup sweet red wine
1½ cups milk
6 ripe bananas
2 tablespoons sugar

Procedure

Dissolve jelly in boiling water and allow to cool.
Stir in the wine and milk.
Mash bananas and blend with sugar.
Fold mashed bananas into jelly as soon as the jelly begins to set.
Pour into a mould which has been rinsed in cold water.
Allow to set.
Un-mould and decorate with banana slices and cream.

Serves 5-6.

BANANA DUCK IN ORANGE SAUCE

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Ingredients

3 tablespoons lemon juice
1 medium duck
salt and pepper to taste
2 cups orange juice
¼ cup rum (optional)
2 tablespoons grated orange rind
2 bay leaves or lemon leaves
3 bananas, sliced

Procedure

Sprinkle the lemon juice on the outside and the inside of the duck.
Rub in the salt and pepper.
Place in a casserole.
Roast in a warm oven 215°C (425°F) for 30 minutes, basting from time to time with its own fat.
Reduce heat to 180°C (350°F) and continue cooking for another hour.
Drain off the fat.
Add orange juice, orange rind, bay leaves (or lemon leaves) and rum to the duck.
Continue roasting in a medium oven until the duck is tender and brown.
Baste continually with the sauce.
For a particularly grand sauce, add 1 tablespoon chopped nuts and 1 tablespoon Van der Hum liqueur.

Serves 6.

BANANA FRITTERS

Ingredients

1 cup plain flour
1½ teaspoons baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon sugar
1 egg, beaten
¾ cup milk
1 tablespoon melted butter
ripe bananas

Procedure

Mix the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar in a mixing bowl.
Make a hollow in the centre and pour in the rest of the ingredients excluding the bananas.
Slowly stir to form a smooth batter.
Use small ripe bananas - halve them lengthwise, and sprinkle with lemon juice.
Dip into the batter, making sure that the entire banana is covered.
Deep fry in hot oil for approximately 3 minutes until golden brown.
Drain, then dust with castor sugar.
Serve with honey and lemon wedges or cinnamon-sugar.

Makes about 12 fritters.

BANANA NUT CAKE

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Ingredients

1½ cups plain flour
½ cup sugar
½ teaspoon baking powder
¾ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
¼ teaspoon salt
½ cup soft butter
⅓ cup plain butter or sour milk
1 cup banana, mashed
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
⅔ cup chopped nuts

Procedure

Sift together the dry ingredients.
Beat together the remaining ingredients, except the nuts, and stir gradually into the dry ingredients.
Fold in the nuts.
Line the base of two 20 cm (8 inch) cake tins with grease-proof paper.
Grease the paper as well as the sides.
Spoon in the mixture.
Bake for 30 minutes in a moderate oven 180°C (350°F).
Turn out, allow to cool, fill and decorate to taste.

Yields about 12 slices.

BANANA MUESLI

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Ingredients

2 tablespoons lemon or orange juice
½ cup sliced banana
2 ripe apples, coarsely grated
4 tablespoons oats
4 tablespoons condensed milk
½ teaspoon grated lemon rind
⅔ cup water
2 tablespoons chopped nuts

Procedure

Pour the lemon juice over banana and apple, stir well.
Mix with the remaining ingredients and beat thoroughly with a wooden spoon.
The mixture should be light and creamy.
Spoon into individual bowls, sprinkle with chopped nuts and decorate with banana slices.
Whipped cream may be added.

Serves 1-2.

BANANAS & HAM

Ingredients

3 bananas
1 tablespoon lemon juice
6 slices ham
1 tablespoon prepared mustard

Cheese Sauce Ingredients

2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons flour
½ teaspoon salt
pinch cayenne pepper
1 cup milk
½ cup grated Cheddar cheese

Procedure

Peel the bananas and cut in half, lengthwise.
Dip each banana slice in lemon juice to prevent discoloration.
Spread prepared mustard on one side of each slice of ham and, with the mustard on the inside, roll round the banana halves.
Secure with toothpicks.
Arrange the banana rolls in a greased baking dish and cover with cheese sauce.

Cheese Sauce Procedure

Melt the butter in a saucepan and stir in the dry ingredients.
Add the milk and bring to the boil stirring constantly.
When sauce is smooth and thickened, stir in the grated cheese.

To Finish

Pour the sauce over the ham rolls.
Bake in a moderate oven 180°C (350°F) until brown — approximately 15 minutes.
Serve for lunch with a mixed salad.

Variation — Instead of the cheese sauce, cover the ham rolls with a tin of sweetcorn.
Sprinkle the top with grated cheese before browning.

Serves 2-3.

ICED BANANA

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Ingredients

6 ripe bananas
4 tablespoons castor sugar
juice of 1 orange
juice of ½ lemon
½ cup cream, whipped
½ cup custard, made with egg yolk
2 egg whites

Procedure

Mash bananas with sugar.
Mix it with cream and cold custard.
Fold it into the stiffly beaten egg white.
Spoon into ice trays and allow to freeze.
Use as an ice-cream.

Serves 5.

BANANA FLAN

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Ingredients

1 cup plain flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
½ cup milk
1 tablespoon butter
2 eggs, separated
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla essence

Filling Ingredients

10 ripe bananas
1 tin sweetened condensed milk
½ cup walnuts
2 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons lemon juice

Procedure

Mix dry ingredients.
Boil milk and add butter to it.
Beat the egg-yolks together with 2 tablespoons of the milk.
Add sugar and beat thoroughly.
Fold in the dry ingredients and stir into the milk mixture.
Beat the egg whites until stiff and fold it with the vanilla essence into the mixture.
Pour into 2 very small or 1 large greased flan tin and bake 20 minutes in a warm oven 200°C (400°F).

Filling Procedure

Caramelize the sweetened condensed milk by boiling the tin for 2-3 hours in water.
Slice the bananas and sprinkle them with the sugar and lemon juice.
Mix the banana and sweetened condensed milk and pour into the cold flan cases.
Sprinkle with chopped walnuts.
Chill and decorate with whipped cream and cherries.

Yields about 12 portions.

MIXED BANANA SALAD

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Ingredients

2 cooked potatoes, diced
1 diced, small cucumber
1 cup cooked peas
1 slice pineapple, coarsely chopped
1 banana, sliced
½ cup cayenne pepper
1 teaspoon salt
lettuce
tomato

Procedure

Mix together the vegetables and fruit.
Season with salt and cayenne pepper.
Moisten with mayonnaise.
Place spoonfuls on individual lettuce leaves.
Garnish with strips of red tomato and serve with more mayonnaise.

Serves 2.

BANANA CANDLES

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Ingredients

3 bananas
2 tablespoons lemon juice
6 pineapple rings
2 tablespoons mayonnaise
3 glacé cherries

Procedure

Halve the bananas crosswise, dip in lemon juice and place each half, end uppermost, in a pineapple ring.
Drip mayonnaise down the sides of the bananas.
Using a toothpick, fix half a cherry on top of each banana.
It will resemble a burning candle in its holder.
Place each “banana candle” on a small plate, lined with lettuce leaves.
Orange slices can be used instead of pineapple rings.

Serves 6.

BARBECUE BANANAS

Ingredients

bananas
brown sugar
cinnamon
nutmeg
butter

Procedure

Place each peeled banana on a square of heavy aluminium foil.
Squeeze over lemon juice, and sprinkle generously with brown sugar.
Dust lightly with cinnamon and nutmeg.
Dot with butter.
Wrap each banana securely in its foil, neatly sealing the ends.
Grill for 7-9 minutes alongside the meat over the embers.
Serve in foil.

CRUMBED BANANAS

Ingredients

1 egg
¼ teaspoon salt
3 bananas
1 tablespoon lemon juice
breadcrumbs

Procedure

Whisk the egg throughly.
Stir in the salt and lemon juice.
Halve the bananas lengthwise and dip in egg.
Roll in breadcrumbs.
Deep fry for approximately 2 minutes.
Dish up immediately with meat.

Serves 2.

BANANA FOAM

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Ingredients

1 packet jelly
1 cup boiling water
1 cup cold water
1 tin sweetened condensed milk
juice of 1 lemon
4 ripe bananas

Procedure

Dissolve jelly in boiling water and addcold water.
Chill.
Whisk the jelly as soon as it begins to set.
Stir in the sweetened condensed milk, lemon juice and mashed bananas.
Decorate with banana slices, cherry halves and sprigs of mint.
Serve with custard.

Serves 6.

CURRIED MEAT WITH BANANAS

Ingredients

2 tablespoons butter or fat
2 medium-sized onions, sliced
1 clove garlic
2 tablespoons curry powder (or to taste)
900 grams (2 lb) chuck steak or chicken
6 peppercorns
3 bay leaves
1 cup water
3 ripe tomatoes, skinned
4 bananas, peeled and chopped
½ cup sultanas
¼ cup vinegar
1 large apple, grated
2 tablespoons apricot jam
1 tablespoon salt

Procedure

Heat the butter or fat in a saucepan.
Add the onion and garlic and brown slightly.
Stir in the curry powder and allow to cook for a few more minutes.
Cut the meat into portions and place in a casserole together with the peppercorns and bay leaves.
Add the curry mixture.
Add the water, cover and cook for 2 hours at 150°C (300°F).
Remove the casserole from the oven and stir in the remaining ingredients.
Cook for a further hour.
Serve with rice, apricot chutney and a tomato salad.

Serves 4.

BANANA OAT COOKIES

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Ingredients

1½ cups plain flour
½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
¾ teaspoon cinnamon
½ teaspoon salt
¾ cup butter or margarine
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1¾ cups oats
1 cup mashed banana (3-4 bananas)
½ cup chopped nuts

Procedure

Sift the flour, bicarbonate of soda andsalt together.
Cream the butter or margarine and sugar, and add the egg.
Beat thoroughly.
Stir in the oats, bananas, and nuts.
Stir in the dry ingredients.
Place the dough using two teaspoons about 4 cm (1½ inches) apart on an ungreased baking tray.
Bake for 15 minutes in a hot oven 200°C (400°F).
Remove the cookies from the tray and let cool on a cake rack.

Makes about 24 cookies.

BANANA JAM

Ingredients

12 fairly ripe bananas, approximately 1120-1345 grams (2½-3 lbs) when peeled
4 cups sugar
¾ cup lemon juice
½ teaspoon salt

Procedure

Peel and slice the bananas.
Arrange alternate layers of bananas and sugar in a preserving pan.
Sprinkle over with lemon juice and salt.
Leave for about 1 hour to form a syrup.
Heat very slowly to prevent burning.
Boil for approximately 20-25 minutes.
Test as for jam.
Bottle when hoiling hot, in sterilized jars.
Seal/screw the lids on immediately.

BANANA CRUMBLE

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Ingredients

18 sweet plain biscuits, crushed
⅓ cup melted butter
¼ cup sugar

Filling Ingredients

3 bananas
2 tablespoons lemon juice
18 marshmallows
1 cup cream
2½ tablespoons castor sugar
½ teaspoon vanilla essence

Procedure

Mix all the ingredients and press firlyinto a pie dish.
Chill thoroughly in the refrigerator.

Filling Procedure

Slice bananas and sprinkle with lemon juice.
Cut marshmallows into small pieces.
Whip cream with sugar until stiff and stir in the vanilla.
Fold banana and marshmallows into the cream.
Spoon into the pie crust and decorate as desired.

Yields 12 portions.

BANANA CHUTNEY

Ingredients

Banana Chutney (1) —

12 bananas, peeled
225 grams (½ lb) sultanas
1 cup sugar
1 tablespoon curry powder (or to taste)
2 sticks cinnamon
2 cups white vinegar
1 tablespoon salt
2 large onions
¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper

Banana Chutney (2) —

12 bananas
225 grams (½ lb) dates
1 cup sugar
2 teaspoons curry powder (or to taste)
½-1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
2 medium-sized carrots, grated
2 tomatoes, skinned and sliced
1 tablespoon salt
3 cups vinegar
1 tablespoon ground ginger

Banana Chutney (3) —

36 bananas
3 onions
2 cloves garlic
3 green peppers
225 grams (½ lb) sultanas
1 bottle vinegar
¼ teaspoon mace
2 teaspoons ground ginger
1 tablespoon salt
1½ teaspoons ground cinnamon

Procedure

Mince fruit and vegetables.
Cook together with the remaining ingredients until it forms a thick pulp.
Stir frequently to prevent burning.
Spoon the mixture, boiling hot into jars and seal.
The chutney should not come into contact with a metal lid.
Place wax paper between lid and jar.
Delicious served with cold meat, curries, or as a sandwich filling.

PRESERVED BANANAS

Ingredients

1½ cups sugar
1 cup water
2 tablespoons lemon juice
¼ teaspoon salt
6-8 bananas

Procedure

Dissolve sugar in water and bring to boil.
Stir in the lemon juice and salt.
Peel bananas and slice into rounds or lengths.
Place the bananas in boiling syrup and cook without lid for 5-7 minutes - depending on the ripeness of bananas.
The bananas must not disintegrate.

Meanwhile sterilize the jars and lids as follows —

Place the clean jars and lids in a cold oven.
Turn oven on to 125°C (250°F) and leave for at least 15 minutes to heat thoroughly.
Use new rings and sterilize by pouring boling water over them.
Use a dry cloth to remove each jar from the oven.

To Finish

Fill jar with bananas, pour on syrup until it overflows.
Place a ring on jar and screw tight.

Makes about 1200 ml (2 pints) of preserved bananas.

BANANA MERINGUE TART

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Meringue Shell Ingredients

4 egg whites
⅛ teaspoon salt
½ cup sugar
⅛ teaspoon cream of tartar

Filling Ingredients

1 packet instant caramel pudding
2 cups milk
6 ripe bananas, sliced
⅛ teaspoon salt

Procedure

Using a pencil, raceon grease-proof paper a circle of 20 cm (8 inches) in diameter.
Do not use butter or wax paper, as it sticks.
Grease the paper with oil and dredge with flour.
Beat the egg whites until frothy.
Add salt and cream of tartar and beat again.
Add the sugar gradually, beating all the while.
Beat until stiff.
The last of the sugar will have to be folded in, since the mixture will now be too stiff to beat further.
Spoon the mixture into a forcing bag with a star tube at the end and squeeze the meringue over the pencil line.
Fill the inside with a meringue layer 1.5 cm (½ inch) thick.
Pipe a wreath of continuous stars all along the edge over the first layer to form the edge of the shell.
Bake 2-2½ hours in a very cool oven 125°C (250°F) until the meringue shell has dried out all round.
Place on a plate and fill with the filling.

Filling Procedure

Make the caramel pudding, using the milk, according to the instructions on the packet.
Fold in the banana and salt.
Leave to cool.
Spoon the filling into the shell when required.
Decorate with banana slices, green and red cherries, and cream rosettes.

Yields 8 slices.

MARSHMALLOW & BANANA TART

Ingredients

4 cups corn flakes
2 tablespoons sugar
⅓ cup soft butter
225 grams (½ lb) marshmallows
2 teaspoons instant coffee
½ cup hot water
1 cup cream
2 cups banana slices
2 tablespoons lemon juice

Procedure

Crush the corn flakes to crumbs and mixevenly with sugar and butter.
Press crumbs evenly over sides and bottom of a greased 23 cm (9 inch) pie dish.
Cool thoroughly in the refrigerator.
Heat the marshmallows, instant coffee and hot water in the top of a double boiler.
Boil slowly until marshmallows have dissolved, stirring constantly.
Allow to cool until mixture begins to set.
Whip cream and fold it, together with banana, into the coffee mixture.
Pour into pie crust.
Allow to cool thoroughly in the refrigerator.
Decorate with banana slices and whipped cream.

Yields 12 portions.

BANANA & GINGER TART

Ingredients

4 cups corn flakes
2 tablespoons sugar
⅓ cup soft butter (for pie case)
4 ripe bananas, mashed
2 tablespoons lemon juice
2 tablespoons butter (for filling)
¼ cup castor sugar
2 eggs, beaten
¼ cup chopped crystallised ginger

Procedure

Crush the corn flakes to crumbs and mixwith sugar and butter (for pie case).
Press crumbs evenly over sides and bottom of a greased 23 cm (9 inch) pie dish.
Cool thoroughly in the refrigerator.
Place the banana, lemon juice, butter (for filling) castor sugar and eggs in the top of a double boiler.
Heat and stir constantly until the mixture thickens.
Remove from stove and fold in the ginger.
Fill a pie shell with the mixture.
Decorate with whipped cream.

Yields 12 portions.

BANANA & CONDENSED MILK TART

Ingredients

½ tin sweetened condensed milk
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 egg, separated
1 cup mashed banana
1 baked pie shell, 7 inches (approx 18 cm) diameter
coconut

Procedure

Mix together sweetened condensed milk, lemon juice, beaten egg yolk and mashed banana.
Stiffly beat the egg white and fold it into the mixture.
Spoon into baked pie shell.
Bake for approximately 20 minutes in a medium oven, 180°C (350°F).
Remove the pie from the oven, sprinkle with coconut and brown under the grill.

Yields 10 portions.

BANANA PANCAKES

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Ingredients

8 tablespoons plain flour
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 egg
1 cup milk
1 tablespoon melted butter

Filling Ingredients

4-6 bananas, mashed
2 tablespoons lemon juice
4 tablespoons mashed canned apricots or apricot jam
4 tablespoons whipped cream

Procedure

Sift together the dry ingredients.
Beat egg and milk together and stir in the dry ingredients.
Make a thin smooth batter.
Stir in butter and beat thoroughly.
Cook pancakes in the usual way and keep warm on a plate placed over boiling water.

Filling Procedure

Mix the bananas, lemon juice and apricot jam or mashed apricots.
Fold in the cream.
Place one tablespoonful of this filling in each pancake.
Fold over, dust with castor sugar or icing sugar and serve immediately.

Makes 15-20 pancakes.

BANANA JELLY CUSTARD

Ingredients

1 packet lemon jelly
1 cup boiling water
1 cup milk
3 eggs, separated
½ cup sugar
3 large bananas, mashed
2 tablespoons apricot jam

Procedure

Dissolve the jelly in boiling water andcool.
Prepare a custard, using milk, egg yolk and sugar.
Allow to cool.
Mix the jelly, custard, mashed banana and apricot jam.
As soon as the mixture is partially set, fold it into the stiffly-beaten egg white.
Serve with cream or custard.

Serves 6.

BANANA BREAD & BUTTER PUDDING FOR ONE

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Ingredients

2 thin slices bread, buttered
1 banana, cut into thin slices
1 egg, beaten
1 tablespoon sugar
1 cup milk
¼ teaspoon vanilla essence
¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg

Procedure

Make a sandwich with the bread and banana slices.
Cut the sandwich into cubes and arrange in a greased casserole.
Beat the egg, sugar, milk and vanilla essence and pour it over bread.
Sprinkle with the ground nutmeg.
Put the vasserole in a pan of bot water and bake 30 minutes in a moderate oven 180°C (350°F).

Serves 1.

BANANA SAUCE

Ingredients

3 medium onions, sliced thinly
1 tablespoon butter
3 cups boiling water
2 tablespoons flour
1 tablespoon curry powder (or to taste)
1 teaspoon mustard, prepared or dry
3 tablespoons sugar
½ cup water
½ cup vinegar
salt and pepper to taste
8 bananas, quartered

Procedure

Brown onions in butter.
Add 3 cups boiling water and cook gently until the onion is soft.
Blend flour, curry powder, mustard, sugar, ½ cup of water and vinegar to form a smooth paste.
Stir it into the boiling onion mixture.
Cook for approximately 3 minutes until done, stirring constantly.
Season with salt and pepper.
Stir in the quartered bananas.
Serve with meat, fish, or hard-boiled eggs.

Serves 6-8.

SPICED BANANAS (1)

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Ingredients

1¼ cups vinegar
⅔ cup sugar
1 stick cinnamon
4 cloves
3 bananas

Procedure

Boil vinegar, sugar, cinnamon and cloves together until the syrup thickens slightly — approximately 5 minutes.
Cut bananas into quarters and add to the syrup.
Boil slowly for a few more minutes.
The bananas should not disintegrate.
Remove bananas and place on an attractive glass dish.
Serve with roast beef, with or without the sauce.

Serves 3.

SPICED BANANAS (2)

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Ingredients

1 cup dry red wine
1 cup brown sugar
½ cup pineapple juice
2 sticks cinnamon
14 cloves
⅛ teaspoon grated nutmeg
6 bananas

Procedure

Bring to the boil all the ingredients except bananas.
Cook slowly for 8 minutes until the sauce thickens slightly.
Cut bananas into 2.5 cm (1 inch) slices and add to the syrup.
Cook 5-7 minutes.
Serve with grilled chops, roast meat, or curry dishes.

Serves 4.

BANANA & APPLE COFFEE CAKE

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Ingredients

1 cup brown sugar
¾ cup butter
¼ cup walnuts, halved
3 cups flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
⅔-1 cup milk
1 cup raw grated apple
1 cup sliced banana
4 tablespoons cinnamon-sugar

Procedure

Mix the brown sugar with a ¼ cup of thebutter and spread evenly on bottom of 23 cm (9 inch) cake tin.
Press the walnut halves into this, to form a pattern.
Sift together the flour, the baking powder and the salt and cut in the remaining butter with a knife.
Rub it in lightly with finger-tips.
Cut in the milk, using a knife, to form a soft, pliable dough.
Roll the dough into an oblong on a floured pastry board, approx 50 cm (20 inches) long and 25 cm (10 inches) wide.
Arrange the fruit on the dough and sprinkle with cinamon-sugar.
Roll up like a jam roll.
Press ends together and cut the roll into 20 2.5 cm (1 inch) slices.
Place the slices flat on the sugar and butter mixture in the pan.
Bake for 30 minutes in a warm oven 215°C (425°F), until golden-brown.
Turn out and serve warm with coffee.

Yields 20 slices.

BANANA SALAD MOULD

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Ingredients

1½ tablespoons gelatine
½ cup cold water
1 cup boiling water
½ cup lemon juice
½ teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons sugar
1 cup sliced banana
½ cup cooked green peas
½ cup canned pineapple cubes
½ cup grated apple

Procedure

Soak the gelatine in the cold water anddissolve over boiling water.
Stir in the lemon juice, salt and sugar.
Let it cool.
Fold in the remaining ingredients as soon as the gelatine mixture begins to thicken.
Pour into a wet mould and allow to set in the refrigerator.
Turn out onto lettuce leaves.
Decorate with tomato wedges, banana slices dipped in lemon juice and sprigs of parsley.

Serves 4.

BANANA & FISH SALAD

Ingredients

3 ripe bananas
½ cup pineapple cubes
1½ cups tinned fish, flaked
4 tablespoons chopped celery
1 tablespoon chopped gherkins
½ teaspoon salt
mayonnaise
2 tablespoons lemon juice

Procedure

Mix the fruit, fish and vegetables.
Season with salt and moisten with mayonnaise.
Spoon onto lettuce leaves and garnish with banana sprinkled with lemon juice and tomato slices.
Serve as a lunch or light supper dish.

Serves 3-4.

RICE & BANANA SALAD

Ingredients

2 cups minced, cooked rice
½ cup banana slices
1 tablespoon chopped, green sweet peppers
1 tablespoon chopped, red sweet peppers
Salt to taste
¼ cup mayonnaise
2 tablespoons chutney
1 teaspoon finely chopped onion
2 hard-boiled eggs, coarsely chopped

Procedure

Mix all ingredients together and place spoonfuls on whole lettuce leaves.
Arrange in a shallow salad bowl.

Serves 2-3.

BANANA SAMBAL

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Ingredients

3 apples
¼ cup lemon juice
4 bananas
1 cup sultanas
¼ teaspoon salt

Procedure

Grate the unpeeled apples, using a coarse grater.
Sprinkle each apple with lemon juice after grating.
Slice bananas, mix with grated apple and the rest of the lemon juice, sultanas and salt.
Serve with meat and curries, and baked potatoes.

Serves 2.

STEWED BANANAS

Ingredients

6 firm bananas
1 cup dry white wine
1 tablespoon melted butter
2 tablespoons flour
⅛ teaspoon grated nutmeg
⅛ teaspoon cinnamon
⅛ teaspoon ground cloves

Procedure

Peel the bananas and arrange in a casserole greased with butter.
Pour over the wine and stew for 25 minutes.
Blend butter, flour and spices with a little water and slowly pour it over the bananas.
Cook for a further 3 minutes.
Serve as a vegetable.

Serves 3.

SWEET POTATOES (KUMERA) WITH BANANAS

Ingredients

2 tablespoons lemon juice
1½ cups sliced banana
4 cooked sweet potatoes (Kumaras) cut into strips
4 tablespoons brown sugar
1 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons butter
¼ cup boiling water

Procedure

Pour the lemon juice over banana slices.
Grease a casserole with butter and arrange alternate layers of sweet potato (kumara) and banana.
Sprinkle with sugar, season with salt, and dot with butter.
Top with a layer of sweet potatoes (kumaras).
Pour over the boiling water and bake 35 minutes in a moderate oven 180°C (350°F).

Serves 4.

PORK CUTLETS WITH BANANAS

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Ingredients

4 pork cutlets
1 tablespoon oil
4 cloves
2 bananas, sliced
1 tablespoon butter
2 sweet potatoes (kumaras), peeled and sliced
2 tablespoons brown sugar

Sauce Ingredients

¾ cup tomato purée
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 finely chopped onion
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
salt to taste

Procedure

Mix together all sauce ingredients.
Marinate the cutlets in the sauce for 1-2 hours.
Insert a clove into each cutlet.
Place the cutlets in a casserole, greased with oil.
Cover with the bananas and sweet potatoes (kumaras).
Sprinkle with sugar, dot with butter and bake in a moderate oven 180°C (350°F) until the meat is brown and tender.

Serves 4.

SPANISH STEW WITH BANANAS

Ingredients

2 onions, sliced into rings
¼ chilli, finely-chopped
2 carrots, cut into thin slices
1 turnip, chopped
1 crushed clove of garlic
1 teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon pepper
2 tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon roasted ground coriander
450 grams (1 lb) thick-rib of mutton or pork
juice of 1 orange
2 cups cooked dried-beans
3 bananas, sliced
2 cups tomato purée

Procedure

Fry the onion, chilli, carrot, turnip and garlic with the salt, pepper and coriander in butter.
Add the meat and orange juice.
Cover the saucepan and simmer slowly until the meat is nearly cooked.
Add the beans, bananas and tomato, and cook for a further 20 minutes.
A few spoons of cream added to the stew will improve the flavour.
Serve with rice and a mixed salad.

Serves 4.

BANANA NUT LOAF

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Ingredients

⅓ cup butter
⅔ cup sugar
2 eggs
1¾ cups plain flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
¼ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
½ teaspoon salt
1 cup mashed banana (approximately 4 bananas)
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
½ cup coarsely chopped mixed nuts

Procedure

Cream butter and sugar.
Beat in the eggs, one at a time.
Sift together the driy ingredients and stir it alternately, with the mashed banana, into the batter mixture.
Stir in the vanilla essence.
Fold the chopped nuts into the mixture.
Bake in a loaf tin for 1 hour in a medium oven 180°C (350°F).
Allow to cool and store in an airtight tin.
This loaf is at its best after the third day of storage.

Yields 8-10 slices.

BANANA WAFFLES

Ingredients

2 cups plain flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
2 eggs, separated
1¼ cups cold milk
6 tablespoons melted butter
1 cup mashed bananas

Procedure

Sift together the dry ingredients.
Beat together the egg-yolks, milk and butter and stir into dry ingredients to form a thin batter.
Fold in the stiffly-beaten egg-whites and the mashed banana.
Bake in a waffle iron.
Serve with syrup or honey and a teaspoon of whipped cream.

Makes 8-10 waffles.

BRANDIED BANANAS (BANANA FLAMBÉ)

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Ingredients

10 bananas
lemon juice
castor sugar
melted butter
brandy

Procedure

Peel bananas and pack them in a row in a greased casserole.
Sprinkle with lemon juice and castor sugar and pour over melted butter.
Bake in a medium oven 180°C (350°F) until golden-brown.
Pour over ½ glass of brandy, set alight, and bring flaming to the table.
Serve with whipped cream.

Serves 5.

BANANA SUPREME

Ingredients

6 bananas
1½ tablespoons butter
⅛ teaspoon salt
½ cup sugar
½ cup dry white wine
1 tablespoon lemon juice
3 eggs, separated

Procedure

Cook the bananas in their skins until tender.
Peel and mash.
Melt butter, salt, and sugar in the warm mash.
Stir in the wine, lemon juice and beaten egg yolks.
Fold in the stiffly beaten egg white.
Place in a greased casserole and bake for 25 minutes in a moderate oven 180°C (350°F).

Serves 4.

MIXED FRUIT PUNCH

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Ingredients

grated rind of 4 lemons
5 cups sugar
10 cups boiling water
5 teaspoons tea leaves
juice of 6 lemons
juice of 7 oranges
3 cups grated pineapple
2 cups grapefruit juice
1 cup grapefruit segments
1 cup banana slices
1 cup strawberries

Procedure

Place in a saucepan the grated rind, sugar and 5 cups of boiling water.
Boil for 5 minutes and strain.
Pour the rest of the boiling water over the tea leaves.
Leave for 5 minutes and strain, then chill.
Combine all the ingredients.
Taste in order to correct for sweetness.
Add three bottles lemonade water if desired immediately before serving.

Yields approximately 24 glasses.

BRANDY LIQUEUR

Ingredients

banana slices
brandy

2 cups sugar
½ cup water

Procedure

Fill jam-jar three-quarters full with banana slices.
Top up with brandy.
Screw on air-tight lids and allow to stand for 1 month.
Shake from time to time.

To Finish

Dissolve 2 cups sugar in ½ cup of water.
Boil for 5 minutes, and allow to cool.
Pour the banana and brandy through a sieve.
Sweeten the brandy with syrup to taste.
Fill bottles, cork and use.

This is a delicious liqueur.

FRESH FRUIT DRINK

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Ingredients

2 cups sugar
2 cups water
1 cup skinned seedless grapes
1 cup grated pineapple
1 cup sliced banana
juice of 10 large oranges
juice of 4 lemons

Procedure

Dissolve sugar in water and boil for 10minutes without stirring.
Allow to cool.
Stir in the fruit and fruit juice.
Chill for 30 minutes in refrigerator.
Serve with ice-cold soda water.
This drink may be strained if desired.

Yields approximately 24 glasses.

QUICK BANANA CAKE

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Ingredients

2 cups plain flour
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1 teaspoon salt
⅓ cup soft shortening
½ cup butter — or sour milk
1 cup mashed banana
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
⅓ cup milk
1 egg

Procedure

Line two 20 cm (8-inch) cake tins with grease-proof paper and grease the base and sides.
Place all ingredients except bananas in a mixing bowl.
Beat for 3 minutes with a wooden spoon until the mixture is smooth and without lumps.
Stir in mashed banana.
Pour into prepared tins.
Bake 25-30 minutes in a medium oven 180°C (350°F).
Remove from oven.
Leave in the tins for 3-5 minutes to cool slightly.
Turn out and cool thoroughly.
Use a tasty filling and decorate with whipped cream and sliced bananas.

Yields 8-12 portions.

The following Banana Recipes are posted to this thread....

On Page 1:

BANANA BREAD PUDDING
BANANA CHICKEN
BANANA MEAT LOAF
POTATO & BANANA NESTS
BANANA CRUMPETS
CURRIED BANANA
BANANA SAUSAGES
FRIED BANANAS
INSTANT BANANA PUDDING
BANANA CUSTARD
BANANA JELLY
BANANA DUCK IN ORANGE SAUCE
BANANA FRITTERS
BANANA NUT CAKE
BANANA MUESLI
BANANAS & HAM
ICED BANANA
BANANA FLAN
MIXED BANANA SALAD

On Page 2:

BANANA CANDLES
BARBECUE BANANAS
CRUMBED BANANAS
BANANA FOAM
CURRIED MEAT WITH BANANAS
BANANA OAT COOKIES
BANANA JAM
BANANA CRUMBLE
BANANA CHUTNEY (3 VERSIONS)
PRESERVED BANANAS
BANANA MERINGUE TART
MARSHMALLOW & BANANA TART
BANANA & GINGER TART
BANANA & CONDENSED MILK TART
BANANA PANCAKES
BANANA JELLY CUSTARD
BANANA BREAD & BUTTER PUDDING FOR ONE
BANANA MILKSHAKE FOR ONE
BANANA MILKSHAKE FOR TWO
BANANA SAUCE

On Page 3:

SPICED BANANAS (1)
SPICED BANANAS (2)
BANANA & APPLE COFFEE CAKE
BANANA SALAD MOULD
BANANA & FISH SALAD
RICE & BANANA SALAD
BANANA SAMBAL
STEWED BANANAS
SWEET POTATOES (KUMERA) WITH BANANAS
PORK CUTLETS WITH BANANAS
SPANISH STEW WITH BANANAS
BANANA NUT LOAF
BANANA WAFFLES
BRANDIED BANANAS (BANANA FLAMBÉ)
BANANA SUPREME
MIXED FRUIT PUNCH
BRANDY LIQUEUR
FRESH FRUIT DRINK
QUICK BANANA CAKE

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Special Interest Forums => The Crockpot => Topic started by: Kiwithrottlejockey on February 16, 2009, 12:58:45 pm