Fried Bananas with Brown Sugar, Miso, and Butter #recipe by @LeslieKarst

 

This dessert came about because I had a plethora of bananas on hand, and also needed a dessert to serve our pals, fellow MLKer Leslie Budewtitz and her husband Don (aka “Mr. Right”), who were visiting Hilo from Montana. It’s similar to other fried banana desserts, but I decided to add some miso as a way to give it a boost of umami, which I haven’t seen in any other recipes.

 

You have to prepare the dish à la minute—i.e., right before service—but if you have all your ingredients ready, it comes together in about five minutes. I also had on hand some Japanese egg cake a friend had given us, but something like pound cake (or even vanilla ice cream!) would work fine as the accompaniment to the bananas.

Fried Bananas with Brown Sugar, Miso, and Butter

(serves 4)

Ingredients

2 tablespoons butter

4 smallish or 3 large bananas

2 tablespoons brown sugar

2 teaspoons red miso

1 tablespoon lemon juice (not pictured)

2 tablespoons brandy (not pictured)

4 slices pound cake (or something similar)

candied/praline pecans (or something similar), for garnish

 

Directions

Peel and cut the bananas into slices, longways. Melt the butter over medium-high heat in a large skillet, then add the bananas.

 

Fry until they start to brown, then add the brown sugar, miso, lemon juice, and brandy. 

 

Continue to cook, stirring until the miso is melted into the sauce and everything thickens up. (Add water if it’s too thick.)

Serve the bananas over the cake, sprinkled with the pecans. (See photo at top.)

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