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Nico's carmelised banana split with coconut cream

Nico's carmelised banana split with coconut cream
Nico's carmelised banana split with coconut cream

A zesty and indulgent dessert to wow your dinner guests.

Ingredients

  • 1 can of full fat coconut milk (left in the fridge overnight)
  • 3 lemons (skin and pith removed frozen overnight)
  • 2 limes (skin and pith removed & frozen overnight)
  • 3 ripe bananas
  • Drizzle of honey
  • Sprinkle of icing sugar
  • Handful of chopped unsalted peanuts
  • A few mint leaves to garnish

Method

  1. Make sure you clean your grill before you start the dessert. A cut lemon or onion is
  2. great for this.
  3. Remove the skin and pith from 3 lemons and 2 limes & freeze overnight.
  4. Take the coconut milk out of the fridge and scoop off the cream that has set at the top. Put it in a blender with the frozen citrus and blend. Keep cold until ready to serve.
  5. Slice down the length of the curved side of the banana and open up, leaving it in the
  6. skin.
  7. Brush the exposed banana with vegetable oil and sprinkle with icing sugar
  8. Over a medium heat, grill the banana skin side down for about 4-5 minutes. Flip over to
  9. caramelise the other side for about 30 seconds.

To serve:

  1. Serve the banana in the skin with the citrus cream on top and a sprinkle of the chopped
  2. peanuts.
  3. Drizzle with honey and tear some mint leaves over to garnish.