Sep 11

Brunch - Banana ricotta pancakes

This is a recipe that has made it into my handwritten recipe book – a sure sign of a quality recipe :D

This is a great recipe for a hearty brunch – I recommend serving with some fresh strawberries, although I didn’t have any at the time the photo was taken, and a cup of tea or coffee.  If you have a porch or deck I recommend taking it outside and enjoying at a leisurely pace in the sunshine.

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Banana Ricotta Pancakes
Posted September 8, 2010 by Leah in Posted In:
I believe this was originally a Tobie Puttock recipe - but don't quote me on that!

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Details
  • Prep Time:
    10 min
  • Cook Time:
    10 min
  • Ready Time:
    20 min

Ingredients

  • 120 grams Ricotta
  • 2 Ripe bananas
  • 1 Egg
  • 1 tbsp Brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup Self Raising Flour
  • pinch Cinnamon
  • pinch Nutmeg
  • Butter (for pan)
  • Maple syrup and icing sugar to serve

Directions

  1. Mash ricotta in a large bowl with a fork.
  2. Add bananas, sugar, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg and egg.  Mash until well combined.
  3. Heat butter in a non-stick frying pan over high heat.
  4. When it starts to sizzle, reduce the heat to medium and add a ladleful of the mixture.
  5. Cook 2-3 minutes or until base is golden brown and bubbles appear on the surface.
  6. Carefully flip over and cook until golden brown on the other side.
  7. Serve immediately drizzled with maple syrup and icing sugar.  Particularly nice served with fresh strawberries.
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Sep 05

Warm Chocolate and Banana Tart

bananapie This recipe is from a blog I recently discovered called “Citrus and Candy”. If this recipe is anything to go by, the author is some kind of diabolical pastry-chef genius.  Also, I would love to be able to take photo lessons from her!

Imagine rich chocolate ganache.  Add in a homemade pie shell.  Then consider the additional of caramelised banana…and raisins (or in my case, sultanas) soaked in rum.  Now do you see what I’m talking about?  This recipe is larger-than-life.  As a result, it’s a little bit time consuming, and a little bit fiddly.  No element is particularly hard, but it takes time.  And the recipe stretches over two pages.  So, this is not a quick dish to throw together before a bbq – it’s a labour of love.  But it’s worth it.

As the recipe is so long, I won’t attempt to reproduce it here.  If you’re interested, click here.  One thing to note – prepare the pastry first as this is the most time consuming element.   You can even do this the night before to save some stress on the day.

If you can’t be bothered making it, you might have to just ask me very nicely to bring it along when you next have a dinner party…

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Apr 20

Guest post on Gastronomy Gal - Banana Bread

This is just a super quick post to let you know my recipe for healthy banana bread is being featured over at Gastronomy Gal as part of her month of healthy recipes.

Check it out here.

Thanks for the chance to do a guest post Eliza!

20.04.10 | Of: , , | In: Food | 2 comments