Bramasole

Banana Fritters with chocolate sauce

Serves 6

Ingredients

200g self-raising flour
2 tsp baking powder
½ tsp ground cinnamon
¼ tsp ground nutmeg
30g golden caster sugar
Zest of 1 lemon
1 egg
300ml milk
1 litre vegetable oil, for deep-frying
6 bananas
Golden icing sugar, to dust

For the chocolate sauce
125g dark chocolate
125ml double cream
25g unsalted butter

In a large bowl combine the flour, baking powder, spices, sugar and lemon zest. Make a well and add the egg and the milk a little at a time, mixing well until you get a smooth batter. Leave the batter to rest while you make the chocolate dip.
o make the chocolate dip, place the dark chocolate in a bowl and heat the double cream in a saucepan. Pour the hot cream over the dark chocolate and stir gently until the chocolate has melted. Add the butter and keep stirring until glossy.
Heat some vegetable oil for deep frying in a deep fat fryer or wok to 180°C. Cut the bananas in half lengthways and half again horizontally. Dip the banana pieces into the batter and coat well.
Gently place the battered banana pieces into the hot oil and fry until golden brown. Lift out and drain on kitchen paper, then dust with icing sugar and serve with the chocolate sauce.