CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER SUNDAE WITH CHEAT’S ROASTED BANANA ICE-CREAM

Ingredients

• 300 g dark chocolate, finely chopped

• 125 ml (1/2 cup) smooth peanut butter

• 250 ml (1 cup) low- fat or soya cream

• 45 ml (3 Tbsp) golden syrup

• 1 Tbsp butter

• salt

• 15ml (1 Tbsp) demerara sugar (or brown sugar)

• 2 litres store-bought vanilla ice cream

Cooking Instructions

Chocolate peanut butter sundae sauce:

1. Place all the ingredients in a small saucepan over medium heat on the stove top, then stir regularly until the chocolate has melted and the sauce is smooth and glossy (don’t let it boil). Use a wire whisk right at the end to whisk the mixture vigorously if it still looks grainy - it should be totally smooth.

2. Remove from the heat and set aside.

Cheat's roasted banana ice-cream:

1. Pre-heat oven to 220C. Line a baking sheet with baking paper.

2. Peel the bananas and half them lengthways. Place the bananas on the lined baking tray and sprinkle with the sugar. Bake for 10 minutes at 220C, then remove from the oven and leave to cool completely. In the meantime, take the ice-cream out of the fridge to become soft - about 30 minutes.

3. When the bananas are cool, transfer the bananas to a blending cup and use a stick blender (or food processor) to blend to a smooth pulp.

4. Transfer the ice cream to a large mixing bowl and add the banana pulp. Mix thoroughly, then return to the ice-cream container and refreeze for a few hours until it is hard enough to serve with an ice-cream scoop.

For assembling the sundae:

Makes 6 large sundaes 1 batch chocolate peanut butter sundae sauce, warmed 1 batch cheat's roasted banana ice cream (or your favourite flavour store-bought ice cream) about 250g roasted nuts (I used hazelnuts, but peanuts also work very well)

Method:

1. In a tall glass or dessert bowl, place some nuts at the bottom, then follow with a scoop of ice-cream, more nuts, and more ice cream.

2. Top with hot chocolate sundae sauce and more chopped nuts. Serve immediately. The sauce will get thick and fudgy when left to cool on top of the ice-cream.

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