Nic's Super Awesome Banana Split

Due to my winning the spot-the-chef competition, I'll be swapping eggs for bananas.

Ingredients (per person)

1 banana
200g mixed berries
250g cream
crushed ice
2 tsp vanilla essence
Chopped nuts to decorate


Method

Put 150g of the berries, the crushed ice, and 150g cream into a blender, and blend until an ice-crean consistancy is formed. Freeze for 4-6 hours until firm.

Whip remaining cream with vanilla essence and let stand to absorb the flavour.

Slice the banana lengthways and place into a bowl. Top with 2-3 scoops of the berry 'ice cream' and the whipped cream. Decorate with chopped nuts to taste.

The ultimate summer treat! Yummy!

 

WHITE CHOCOLATE MOUSSE

4 Eggs + 8 Yolks
180g Icing Sugar
15 Gelatin sheets
500g White Chocolate Buttons
1.25L Thickened cream
600g Mixed Berries
1 cup Toasted Flaked Almonds
1 tsp Vanilla Essence


1) Whip eggs, yolks & icing sugar together until light & fluffy.

2) Whip 1 litre of cream to soft peaks and set aside.

3) Bring remaining 250ml of cream and vanilla essence to the boil in a small saucepan then pour over chocolate, stirring well to make a ganache.

4) Soften the sheets of gelatine in cold water & drain off any excess water. Add to the ganache.

5) Pour the ganache and gelatine into the egg mix and stir until combined.

6) Fold in the cream and keeping some berries for garnishing add mixed berries and put into moulds.

7) Refrigerate overnight until set and serve with almond flakes and berries sprinkled over the top.


You can use any type of berry you like, I really like using frozen mixed berries as they are easy to keep on hand, even out of season. Just remember to let them defrost first on some paper towel to remove the excess juices.