Caramel recipe for 2 people, takes only 10 mins; recipe has vanilla pod, double cream, meringue, banana, caster sugar, double cream, butter, sea salt, milk, double cream and dark chocolate.
Chocolate, salted caramel & banana mess
Course: Caramel
Servings
2
servings
Prep time
15 mins
Ingredients
- Dark Chocolate: 50g dark chocolate, broken into small pieces
- Milk: 2 tbsp full-fat milk
- Butter: 1 tbsp butter
- Caster Sugar: 2 tbsp caster sugar
- Sea Salt: pinch of sea salt flakes
- Banana: 2 bananas, sliced
- Double Cream: 150ml double cream
- Vanilla Pod: 1/2 vanilla pod, scraped of seeds
- Meringue: 2 ready-made meringue nests, crumbled into chunks
Directions
- To make the salted caramel, put the sugar and 2 tbsp water in a small heavy-bottomed saucepan. Place on a low heat and swirl gently until the sugar has melted. Turn up the heat and let the sugar bubble and caramelise to a nutty brown. Take off the heat and pour in the cream, butter and salt flakes - do this carefully, as it may spit. Gently stir together until smooth and glossy.
- For the chocolate sauce, bring the milk and cream to the boil in a small saucepan. Put the chocolate bits into a bowl. Pour over two-thirds of the milk and cream mixture, stirring until melted and smooth. Adjust the consistency with the remaining hot milk mixture.
- Put the vanilla seeds into the cream and whip until just holding soft peaks. Fold the meringues and banana slices into the cream, leaving a few slices for garnish. Put in serving dishes and drizzle with the two sauces. Top with the remaining banana slices. Serve immediately.
