Photo: Choc-Nanner-Nut Custards Recipe
Ingredients
- 20 vanilla wafers (recommended: Nilla Wafers)
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- Pinch salt
- 3 teaspoons butter, melted
- 1 banana, peeled and chopped
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons roughly chopped salted peanuts
- 2 tablespoons mini chocolate chips
- 2 egg yolks
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 1/8 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
- Special equipment: food processor, 2 (6-ounce) heart shaped ramekins
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
In a food processor pulse vanilla wafers until reduced to crumbs. Continuing to pulse, add 1 teaspoon of the sugar and salt, then slowly drizzle in butter until completely combined. Divide mixture in half and pour into ramekins. Using the bottom of a small glass, press the crumbs into the ramekins to make a crust on the bottom. The crust should be about 1/4-inch thick.
In a medium bowl combine banana, brown sugar, peanuts and chocolate chips. Divide this mixture in half and place in the bottom of each ramekin. In the same bowl, whisk together yolks, heavy cream, vanilla, zest and remaining 1 teaspoon of sugar until sugar is dissolved. Pour evenly into both ramekins and bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.
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By foodandwinemavens
on June 28, 2011
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The concept is a good one (what's not to love about chocolate with banana but much is left to be desired. My main complaints: bland, too sweet, the chunks of mushy hot bananas are not appetizing, and the ramekins MUST be put into a water bath or you get a quiche-like consistency instead of custard-like. I modified the recipe and came up with a delicious easy dessert that everyone at my dinner party loved. In a blender, add the bananas, all the custard ingredients (cream, vanilla, yolks, half the brown sugar, and sea salt to taste. Add a bit of madeira if you have it. Poor it all into the ramekins and follow the baking instructions but be sure to put the ramekins into a water bath. After they're done and cooled, put them into the refrigerator. The color is not very appealing so I added homemade whipped cream on top with shavings of chocolate and chopped roasted hazelnuts. The whipped cream on top also made it much more creamy.
By cwesolek
Eugene, OR
on June 23, 2011
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I made this as dessert for Fathers Day dinner on Sunday - amazingly easy to make and everyone loved it!!! Thank you Sunny!
By rachellm010_124...
Tampa, 48
on June 22, 2011
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I just made this today and I loved it !! Thank You Sunny !
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