Caramel Bananas with Espresso Chocolate on Sweet Crackers

Name: Caramel Bananas with Espresso Chocolate on Sweet Crackers
Prep time: 1 h 5 min
Cook time: 1 h 5 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 36
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 4 to 6 bananas, sliced into 36 (1-inch) pieces; 57 grams brandy; 340 grams caramel topping (the kind used as ice cream topping); 177 milliliters shredded coconut; 3 Tbsps espresso coffee beans, ground very fine in a coffee grinder; 680 grams packages semisweet chocolate pieces; 2 packages containing total of at least 36 (2-inch) diameter shortbread cookies (recommended: Sandies Simply Shortbread)

You can never have too many hor d'oeuvre recipes, so give Caramel Bananas with Espresso Chocolate on Sweet Crackers a try. This recipe makes 36 servings with 280 calories, 3g of protein, and 14g of fat each. This recipe covers 5% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. 1 person found this recipe to be yummy and satisfying. If you have espresso coffee beans, brandy, containing total of at least 36 diameter shortbread cookies, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour and 5 minutes. Users who liked this recipe also liked Caramel Macchiato Ricotta Toast with Hazelnuts, Bananas, and Chocolate-Covered Espresso Beans, White Chocolate Espresso Mousse with Easy Espresso Caramel Drizzle, and Chocolate-Caramel Tartlets with Roasted Bananas and Ginger-Citrus Caramel.

Instructions

Lay the shortbread cookies out on a utility platter.

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Shortbread Cookies

Heat the caramel topping in a small saucepan so that it is viscous and spoon some on each cookie.

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Caramel Sauce

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Sauce Pan

Place the brandy and bananas in a saute pan and light the brandy to flambe the bananas. When the brandy has burnt off, place a banana piece on top of the caramel on each cookie.

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Banana

Caramel

Brandy

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Frying Pan

The chocolate to coat the bananas will be tempered, a term used to describe the successive melting and cooling of the chocolate within a certain temperature range. This process allows the molecules of the chocolate to align so that it will retain a silky appearance without a chalky finish. To temper the chocolate, place half of the semisweet chocolate pieces in each of 2 stainless steel bowls which will fit over a saucepan double-boiler fashion. Bring an inch or so of water to a boil in the saucepan and fit 1 of the bowls of chocolate pieces over it and heat until those chocolate pieces are just melted (about 90 to 100 degrees F on the candy thermometer). Then pour this just-melted chocolate into the other bowl with the un-melted chocolate, stir to combine, and return all of the chocolate to the double boiler and heat to about 105 degrees F.

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Semisweet Chocolate

Chocolate

Banana

Candy

Water

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Candy Thermometer

Double Boiler

Sauce Pan

Bowl

Remove from the heat and immediately whisk in the ground espresso. You will need to work quickly to spoon the espresso chocolate over the caramel coated bananas, and sprinkle each with a teaspoon of shredded coconut before the chocolate hardens. Allow chocolate to harden, remove carefully from the utility platter using a thin bladed spatula, and serve.

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Shredded Coconut

Ground Espresso

Chocolate

Espresso

Banana

Caramel

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Spatula

Whisk

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Ingredients

Servings:

to 6 bananas, sliced into 36 (1-inch) pieces 57grams

brandy 340grams

caramel topping (the kind used as ice cream topping)177milliliters

shredded coconut 3Tbsps

espresso coffee beans, ground very fine in a coffee grinder 680grams

packages semisweet chocolate pieces 2packages

containing total of at least 36 (2-inch) diameter shortbread cookies (recommended: Sandies Simply Shortbread)

Recommended wine: Sparkling Wine, Sparkling Rose

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