9.9 Additional recipes
9.9.1 Banana Dream Pizza
- Preheat oven to 400∘ F. In a large bowl, combine 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, 2 tsp
baking powder, and a pinch of salt. Add 4 Tsp softened sweet cream butter and blend.
Add 3/4 cup warm milk and mix well. If the dough is still sticky, add a small amount of
flour.
- Form the dough into a ball. Knead it on a floured surface until it is smooth. Roll out the
dough and place it in an oiled, 16-inch pizza pan. Bake for 15-20 minutes, or until the crust
is light brown.
- In a nonmetallic bowl, mash 4 bananans. Add 1 teaspoon lime or lemon juice and 6
tablespoons honey; mix well.
- Slice 2 bananas horizontally and place the slices in water to cover. Add 1 teaspoon lime
or lemon juice to prevent discoloration.
- Spread the banana mixture on the crust.
- Drain the sliced bananas and blot them with paper towels. Place them in a circular pattern
on the banana mixture. Baste the banana slices with 3 tablespoons melted butter.
- Bake for 20–30 minutes at 400∘ F until the crust is golden brown.
- Remove from the oven and top with 1 quart vanilla ice cream and 1/2 cup chopped
macadamia nuts while still hot. Serve immediately.
9.9.2 Banana mallow pie
- Combine 2 cups vanilla wafer crumbs and 1/3 cup melted butter. Press into 9-inch pie
plate and bake at 375∘ F for 8 minutes.
- Prepare a 3 1/8 ounce package vanilla pie filling using 1 3/4 cup milk. Cover surface
with transparent wrap and chill.
- Fold 1 1/2 cups mini-marshmallows and 1 cup Cool Whip into pie filling.
- Slice 2 bananas into pie crust, pour filling over bananas, and chill several hours or
overnight.
9.9.3 Bananes rôties
- Preheat oven to 375∘ F.
- Place 6 (peeled) bananas in a baking dish.
- Sprinkle bananas with juice of 1/2 lemon.
- Pour 2 tablespoons melted butter and 2 tablespoons dark rum over the bananas. Sprinkle
with 2 tablespoons brown sugar.
- Place in oven for 10 minutes.
- Pour on 2 more tablespoons melted butter and 2 more tablespoons dark rum and bake
for 5 minutes more.
- Serve at once, spooning some sauce over each banana.
9.9.4 Banana curried chicken
- Fry 2 chopped onions in 50 ml cooking oil until light brown.
- Add 1/4 cup cake flour and mix well. Add 1 (cup?) chicken stock gradually while
stirring.
- Add 1 cup raisins, 1 teaspoon salt, 2 pounds cooked, boned chicken, 5 sliced bananas,
2 grated apples, 2 tablespoons grated lemon rind, 1 tablespoon sugar, 1 1/2 tablespoons
curry powder, 1 bay leaf, 4 peppercorns.
- Cover saucepan and simmer for 20 minutes.
- Remove bay leaf. Add 1 cup cream and heat just before serving.
- Serve on a bed of rice. Decorate with pineapples if preferred.
- Thanks to Turbana Corporation
(www.turbana.com).