Banana Recipes

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BANANA CAKE
 
Ingredients

 
2 cups plain flour
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup soft shortening
½ cup butter - or sour milk
1 cup mashed banana
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
1/3 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.

 

 

 
 

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FRESH FRUIT DRINK
 
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.

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BANANA SUPREME
 
Ingredients

6 bananas
1½ tablespoons butter
1/8 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.

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BRANDIED BANANAS
(BANANA FLAMBÉ)
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.

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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.

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BANANA NUT LOAF
Ingredients



1/3 cup butter
2/3 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.

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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.