Frozen Banana and Hazelnut Parfait

Ingredients

Banana parfait

  • 2 ripe bananas

  • 2 tsp lemon juice

  • 300ml double cream

  • 5 egg whites

  • 100g caster sugar

  • 50g chopped  toasted hazelnuts

Topping 

  • 100g dark Chocolate broken into  squares 

  • 15g butter 

  • 50ml double cream 

  • 20g chopped toasted hazelnuts 

  • A handful of cherries 

Preparation

For the banana parfait

  1. In a bowl, mash bananas with half the lemon juice until you have a rough purée, then set aside.

  2. Put the cream into a bowl and whip until it holds its shape but is still a little soft. In another very clean bowl and using a very clean electric whisk, beat the egg whites with a squeeze more lemon juice until stiff. Slowly add the sugar until you have a stiff, shiny meringue.

  3. Gently fold the whipped cream and meringue together, then add the banana and nuts . Spoon onto a greaseproof paper lined loaf tin and put in the freezer till it sets (usually around 4 hours) over night .

For the topping

  1. Melt the butter in a heavy-based frying pan, stir in the chocolate, then place over a medium heat until the sugar has all melted Turn off the heat, then carefully stir in the cream whisk out any lumps. 

  2. Remove the Frozen parfait from the freezer and tip out of the loaf tin before pouring the cool chocolate sauce over, sprinkling with nuts and finishing off with the cherries.

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