The braai's only dessert worth the name, back from the 2011 archive. Bananas baked in their own skins with chocolate melting through them, on coals that have finished all their other work. Needs no plates, pleases all ages, costs nearly nothing.
The braai's only dessert worth the name, back from the 2011 archive. Bananas baked in their own skins with chocolate melting through them, on coals that have finished all their other work. Needs no plates, pleases all ages, costs nearly nothing.
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| Ingredient | Process → | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Bananas 6, firm, skin on | Slit along the inner curve — not through | Chocolate (& marshmallows) into the slit · wrap snugly, slit up | Dying coals · 8–10 min → skins black, insides molten · teaspoon, no plates |
| Chocolate 150 g slab | Break into squares | ||
| Marshmallows optional | For the youth | ||
| Foil 1 square each | → | ||
On dying coals, after the meat and the bread are done. Eight to ten minutes in foil. The skins go black and the inside goes molten.
No. Slit each banana through the skin along the inner curve, not through the far side, poke in chocolate (and a marshmallow if children are supervising), and wrap slit-side up. Eat from the skin with a teaspoon.
It is the one dessert this site bothers with, and it uses coals that have finished their other work. Six firm bananas, one 150 g slab of milk or dark chocolate.
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