Warm Banana Fritters a la Mode
Way back when I was 9 years old, we stayed in England for about 9 weeks while my father took some law school courses. I have so many memories of that summer; the castles, the gardens with huge roses, the ancient buildings, the sea air, and of course, the food! The English have wonderful, delectable desserts.
There was a cute little restaurant that had awesome warm blackberry pie with warm, thick rich custard sauce poured over the top. I have been able to easily recreate that recipe with Marie Calendar’s Razzleberry Pie and homemade warm custard.
Another food memory was eating banana fritters at a restaurant near the Southampton Garden Maze. I have attempted to recreate the recipe a few times. Sometimes I sautee the bananas and use a touch of warm maple syrup over them, other times I go for the full fat!
This time I prepared a batter, sliced then dipped the bananas in the batter, then fried them in hot oil. It wasn’t exactly what I remembered, but it was ooooo! so good.
Here’s the recipe I used, courtesy of Food.com:
Ingredients:
Servings
- 1 1/4 cups flour
- 1 1/4 teaspoons salt
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/3 cup milk
- 2 tablespoons melted shortening (I always use real butter!)
- 2 bananas
Directions:
Prep Time: 20 mins
Total Time: 24 mins
- Sift 1 cup flour with sugar, salt and baking powder.
- Mix egg and milk.
- Add to flour mixture gradually, stirring until smooth.
- Add shortening.
- Peel bananas, cutting crosswise into halves or quarters.
- Roll in remaining flour.
- Cover with batter.
- Fry in hot, deep fat (375°F) for 4-6 minutes.
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