Campfire Banana

I love camping! The simplest dessert to cook in the middle of nowhere is a campfire banana. Our kids love it. Our kids love it. We cut a banana, stuff bits of chocolate in it, wrap it in tin foil and then chuck it in the fire to bake.

This recipe is a simple and easy one to do for large parties. Pairs well with your favourite rum.

Ingredients

 1 banana per person

Dulce de leche

2000 mls Milk
500g Sugar
8g Bicarb
7g Seasalt

Vanilla ice cream

2000 mls milk
500mls cream
125g milk powder
45g dextrose
60g honey
400g sugar
18g milk stabiliser
4g xanthan gum
50g vanilla paste

Directions

Prepare the ice-cream & caramel in advance, fire up the charcoal BBQ really hot and blacken the bananas directly on the charcoal. Charcoal the banana directly over the coals, and the guests would then peel the charcoaled banana at the table and eat with the salted milk caramel and ice-cream.

 

Dulce de leche

  1. Whisk together sugar, bicarb, and seasalt.
  2. Bring milk to a simmer. Whisk the dry ingredients into the milk.
  3. Continue to heat, but be aware as it will foam suddenly.
  4. Skim the foam until you can see only the milk on a rapid boil.
  5. Continue to occasionally skim. Reduce down till 106c.
  6. Blend in the blender (or mix in a mixer) to make it smooth. Should make approximately 600mls.

 

Vanilla ice cream

  1. Heat the milk, cream, and honey in a pot to 80c.
  2. Whisk milk powder, dextrose, sugar, milk stabiliser, xanthan gum, vanilla paste.
  3. Hand blend dry ingredients into the wet ingredients. Let sit in the fridge overnight.
  4. Hand blend together again the next day. Portion and freeze.
  5. Churn before serving.

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