Coconut banana fritters with lime & honey syrup

Recipes

Coconut banana fritters with lime & honey syrup

Serves 6

INGREDIENTS

1 cup rice flour, plus extra for dusting

¼cup caster sugar

¼cup shredded coconut

2 tablespoons sesame seeds 8oz coconut milk

½ cup water

4 large bananas

Syrup

½cup water

½cup sugar

2 tablespoons honey

1 star anise

Grated rind and juice of 1 lime

METHOD

1.To make the syrup, place water, sugar, honey, star anise and lime rind into a saucepan. Bring to the boil over medium high heat, stirring occasionally. Reduce to a simmer and cook until reduced by half and thick and syrupy. Remove and stir in lime juice; cool completely.

2.Combine rice flour, sugar, coconut and sesame seeds in a large bowl.

3.Stir in coconut milk and water to form a smooth batter the consistency of thick cream.

4.Fill deep fryer with 4 quarts of oil. Preheat to 350°F.

5.Peel and halve bananas lengthways. Dust with extra rice flour, shaking off excess.

6.Coating one at a time, dip banana halves into batter and gently lower the 2 halves into the hot oil. Cook 2–3 minutes or until golden. Remove and drain on paper towel. Repeat with remaining banana and batter, making sure to reheat the oil between batches.

Serve hot bananas drizzled over with syrup and a scoop of ice cream.

Home made apple turnovers

Makes 8

INGREDIENTS

1lb green apples (about 4)

1 cinnamon stick

2 tablespoons brown sugar Pinch ground nutmeg

1 tablespoon butter

2 sheets frozen butter puff pastry, thawed Cinnamon sugar to serve

MEthOD

1.Place apples into a saucepan with cinnamon stick and add enough water to come half way up. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, for 8–10 minutes or until softened and all the water has evaporated.

2.Stir in sugar, nutmeg and butter and continue cooking until thickened and completely soft and broken down. Transfer to a bowl and chill in the refrigerator until cold.

3.Cut each sheet of pastry into 4 squares and fill one half of each square with

a large heaped tablespoon of apple mixture. Brush edges with water and fold over pastry to form a rectangle.

4.Using a fork, press around the edges to seal.

5.Fill deep fryer with 4 quarts of oil. Preheat to 375°F and deep fry two apple turnovers at a time for 2½ minutes, turning over half way.

6.Drain on paper towel and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar. Repeat with remaining apple turnovers, making sure to reheat the oil between batches.

Serve hot with vanilla ice cream.