Banana Bread With Strawberry Compote |
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Prep Time: 25 Minutes Cook Time: 1 Minutes |
Ready In: 26 Minutes Servings: 8 |
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A terrific brunch from Party! Simple and Delicious Party Food. Ingredients:
4 1/2 ounces butter, softened, plus extra for greasing |
1/2 cup superfine sugar |
1/4 cup brown sugar |
3 eggs |
1 teaspoon vanilla extract |
3 large ripe bananas |
2 cups self-rising flour, less 1 tablespoon |
1 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg |
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon |
1/2 cup brown sugar |
2 oranges, juice of |
1 grated orange, rind of |
1 cinnamon stick |
2 1/2 cups fresh strawberries, thickly sliced |
mascarpone or plain yogurt |
confectioners' sugar, sifted for dusting |
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350°. Grease a 9X4X11 in loaf pan and place a piece of parchment paper on the bottom of the pan.
2. Beat together the sugars and butter until light and fluffy. Add in the eggs, one at a time, incorporating well after each addition then add the vanilla extract. Peel and mash bananas. Stir into the butter mixture. Add the flour, nutmeg cinnamon until just combined. Do not over-beat.
3. Pour mixture into pan and bake for 1 hour, 15 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the bread comes out clean. Remove from the oven and let stand for 5 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack.
4. Made the compote while bread is baking by mixing the first four of the compote ingredients together in a medium sized pan and bringing to a boil Add fruit and return to a boil. Remove from heat, pour into a heatproof bowl, and let cool.
5. Serve slices of banana bread with a spoonful of mascarpone or yogurt and spoon over either warm or cold compote. Fish with a light dusting of confectioners' sugar.
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