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Someone very special deserves these waffles, loaded with fried bananas, chocolate sauce and ice cream. It’s probably you.
Equipment: You will need a waffle maker.
Ingredients
- For the waffles
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- 260g/9½oz
plain flour - 1 tbsp
baking powder - 1 tsp
sea salt flakes - 1 tbsp granulated
sugar - 3 free-range
eggs, lightly beaten - 425ml/15fl oz full-fat
milk - 110g/4oz unsalted
butter, melted
- 260g/9½oz
- For the chocolate sauce
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- 175g/6¼oz plain
chocolate, broken into pieces - 50g/1¾oz
caster sugar
- 175g/6¼oz plain
- For the fried bananas
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- 4
bananas, peeled and halved lengthways - 50g/2oz
butter - 50g/2oz
caster sugar - 4 scoops vanilla
ice cream, to serve
- 4
Preparation method
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For the waffles, preheat a waffle maker to a medium setting and preheat the oven to 140C/275F/Gas 1. Place a large wire rack onto a baking tray and keep it warm.
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Mix the flour, baking powder, salt and granulated sugar in a large mixing bowl. Whisk in the eggs, milk and butter until well combined.
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Ladle some of the batter into each well of the waffle maker, close the lid and cook for five minutes, or until golden-brown and crisp. Repeat the process until the batter is used up. Keep the waffles warm on the baking tray in the oven.
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For the hot chocolate sauce, melt the chocolate in a bowl set over a pan of simmering water (ensure the bottom of the bowl does not touch the water).
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In another pan, heat the sugar and 100ml/3½oz water, stirring until the sugar dissolves. Bring to the boil.
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Stir the sugar syrup into the chocolate until smooth and shiny.
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For the fried bananas, heat a frying pan until hot, then melt together the butter and sugar.
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Add the bananas and fry for 1-2 minutes on each side, or until golden-brown all over.
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Place the waffles on a plate and top with chocolate sauce and serve the bananas and ice cream on the side.
Top recipe tip
If you don’t have a waffle maker, you could always buy ready-made waffles to serve with the chocolate sauce, bananas and ice cream.
Required techniques
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James Martin recipes from Saturday Kitchen
Less than 30 mins preparation time
10 to 30 mins cooking time
Serves 4
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