The South African Cook Book by Diane Kersey - HTML preview

Banana Fritters

4 firm bananas

2 cups beer batter

Oil for deep-frying

½ lemon, (juice only)

½ cup honey

1 pint vanilla ice cream, or 1 cup flavored whipped cream

Method: Peel the bananas and split each into 3 sections lengthwise. Dip the sections into the beer batter; shake off excess batter, and slip the bananas into 350oF cooking oil. Cook on all sides, turning carefully, until batter is crisp and golden brown.

Arrange fried bananas on 4 dessert plates and sprinkle with lemon juice and honey. Top with ice cream or flavored whipped cream and serve immediately. If you use whipped cream as a topping, flavor it with a little sugar and almond extract. Serves 4