Baked Honey Bananas
Crispy baked honey bananas with crunchy pastry edges! Bananas, as a low-fat nerve food, are a sweet highlight for an Asian menu.
Ingredients
- 2 egg whites
- 40 g Butter
- 80 g cane sugar (4 tbsp)
- 0.5 tsp cinnamon
- 3 sheets filo dough (about 30 x 40 cm)
- 4 firm bananas
- 1 Lime
- nutmeg
- 2 tbsp liquid honey
- 30 g chocolate (70% cocoa)
- 4 tbsp yogurt (1.5% fat)
Instructions
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1.
Separate the eggs, set aside the yolks for another use. Melt 30 g butter and let it cool. In a small bowl whisk with the egg whites. Mix sugar and cinnamon together.
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2.
Cut the dough sheets in half so you have six rectangles about 15 x 40 cm each. Lay two rectangles side by side and brush lightly with the egg white mixture.
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3.
Sprinkle some cinnamon-sugar on top and lay one more sheet over it. Brush again with egg white, sprinkle cinnamon-sugar, and add another sheet on top.
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4.
Brush the top layer with egg white and dust with remaining cinnamon-sugar.
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5.
Cut each dough piece into four rectangles about 15 x 10 cm. Line a baking tray with parchment paper and place the dough pieces on it.
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6.
Bake in a preheated oven at 200 °C (convection: 180 °C, gas: level 3‑4) on the middle rack until golden brown. Remove and let cool on an oven rack.
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7.
Grease a casserole dish with the remaining butter. Peel the bananas and place them inside. Squeeze the lime and measure out 2 tbsp of juice.
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Grate a little nutmeg into the mixture and stir in honey. Turn the bananas in the mixture and bake in the preheated oven at 200 °C (convection: 180 °C, gas: level 3‑4) for 12 minutes, turning once halfway through.
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9.
Shave the chocolate with a paring knife into fine shavings.
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10.
Place one baked pastry sheet on each of four plates and set one banana on top. Drizzle each with 1 tbsp yogurt and sprinkle with chocolate shavings. Cover with the remaining pastry sheets as lids and serve immediately.