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I've grilled all varieties of peaches, plums, nectarines and apricots. I've also exposed slabs of pineapple to the dying heat of a barbecue. But never, in all my grilling life, have I stuffed bananas with chocolate and put them over the coals. And now, having been shown that it's a possibility, I am kicking myself that this ingenious idea never occurred to me.
This recipe comes from Andreea of Glorious Food and Wine. She got the idea during a recent trip to Champagne, when she was served a similar dessert and now she's played with it and made it her own. The instructions are simple. Just slice open a fairly firm banana length-wise, making sure not to open it at either end. Then stuff it with chocolate (Andreea alternates between dark and milk, but you can do whatever you like). Place it on the grill as the coals die down. You'll know they're ready to be eaten when the peel is black, the banana is soft and the chocolate is all melty. I imagine that you could do this in the oven, at a low temperature, if you don't have a grill.
Andreea, thanks for sharing such a wonderful idea!
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8-13-2008 @2:13PM colddaye said... I remember a variation of these in boy/girl scouts - but we used chocolate and either marshmallows or peanut butter and wrapped them in foil...it's been a few years. What else can you stick in a banana?
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8-13-2008 @3:26PM Kris said... We make these all the time when camping.
They are called banana boats.
We normally wrapped them in foil so that they could be put on the coals.
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8-13-2008 @4:23PM Anthony said... another variation I did while camping was to de-core green apples, place chocolate in the hollow and wrap it in foil before throwing it in the embers
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8-13-2008 @5:25PM Andreea said... marisa, my pleasure :)
let me know when you try them out. am curious now to try it in doors, in the oven
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8-13-2008 @7:26PM ABT said... For this alone I wish I had a barbecue.
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8-13-2008 @8:30PM App said... I can't think of any fruit that doesn't taste good on the grill...and then you add chocolate? This I have to try.
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8-25-2008 @3:45PM Marjorie said... I am about to make a combo fruit pie (cherry, peach & apricot). I froze the fruit at the height of the season. How should I defrost it and for how long before I prepare it for the pie? Thanks.
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