7.8 Additional recipes
7.8.1 Golden mousse
- Combine 1 cup mashed ripe bananas, 2 tablespoons orange juice, 1/4 cup shredded
coconut, 3 tablespoons brown sugar, a few grains salt, and 1/8 teaspoon grated orange
rind.
- Whip until stiff 1 cup heavy cream.
- Fold whipped cream into fruit mixture and turn into freezing tray. Freeze rapidly without
stirring until firm.
7.8.2 Orange gingered bananas
- Combine in a small saucepan 1/4 cup orange juice and 1/2 teaspoon cornstarch. Cook
and stir over medium heat until boiling.
- Add 1/4 cup orange juice, 1 1/2 teaspoons honey, and 1 1/2 teaspoons chopped
crystallized ginger and cook, stirring, until thoroughly heated.
- Place 2 peeled, green-tipped bananas in a shallow baking dish and cover with sauce.
- Bake at 350deg about 15 minutes or until the bananas are tender (but not soft), basting
with the sauce several times.
7.8.3 Coriander banana nut bread
- Blend together in a large bowl 12
3 cups sifted all-purpose flour, 3/4 cup sugar, 1
tablespoon baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon baking soda, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 2 teaspoons
ground coriander.
- Mix in 1 cup chopped unblanched almonds and set aside.
- Melt 1/3 cup shortening and set aside to cool.
- Mix until well blended 1 large well-beaten egg, 1/4 cup buttermilk, and 1 teaspoon
vanilla extract.
- Blend in 11
4 cups mashed ripe bananas and the shortening.
- Make a well in center of dry ingredients and add banana mixture all at one time. Stir only
enough to moisten dry ingredients.
- Turn into greased 9 × 5 × 3-inch loaf pan and spread to corners.
- Bake at 350∘ F about 1 hour or until a wooden pick comes out clean when inserted in
center of bread. Immediately remove from pan and set on rack to cool.