Recipe - Bora Bora Banana Split With Chocolate Rum Fudge Sauce

CHOCOLATE RUM FUDGE SAUCE
1 cup White sugar
One half cup Good quality Cocoa Powder
4 ounce Unsalted butter
1 cup Dark rum
1 cup Heavy cream
1 tablespoon Vanilla extract

PLANTAIN CRISPS
One half cup Vegetable oil
2 Green plantains; cut in thin
slices
; lengthwise
Sugar
Ground cinnamon

BORA BORA BANANA SPLIT
2 Ripe bananas
1 Ripe pineapple
1 cup Sugar
1 cup Amber rum
1 cup Heavy cream and 1 tablespoon
; confectioners' sugar
whipped to soft
; peaks

COCONUT SORBET
1 cn Coco Lopez
1 cn Unsweetened coconut milk
1 cn Water
2 tablespoon Lime juice

Bring all ingredients to a gentle boil, cool and reserve until needed.

PLANTAIN CRISPS:

Heat the vegetable oil in a large saute pan until approximately 350
degrees. Fry the plantain slices until golden brown and crisp. Remove
from the oil and dust with sugar and cinnamon.

Drain on paper towels, and reserve for garnish

BORA BORA BANANA SPLIT:

To assemble the banana split, slice the bananas lengthways and cook
in a saute pan with a little butter. Peel the pineapple and cut into
1inch rings. Remove the core. Add the pineapple to pan and cook
until both are golden brown. Add the sugar and the rum. Flambe and
stand aside.

Place on the plate, bananas first, face up. Top with the pineapple
ring.

Pour any pan juices over the fruit.

Drizzle a little of the Chocolate Rum Sauce over the dessert and the
plate.

Garnish with whipped cream and plantain chips.

For the plantain crisps, fry the plantain slices in shallow vegetable
oil until crisp, about 1 minute.

Transfer the plantain chips to a plate lined with paper towels and
immediately sprinkle with sugar and ground cinnamon.

COCONUT SORBET:

Mix all ingredients together in bowl. Transfer to freezer friendly
container and freeze until set. Serve with the banana split or enjoy
alone.

Converted by MC_Buster.

Per serving: 4891 Calories (kcal); 329g Total Fat; (66% calories from
fat); 6g Protein; 373g Carbohydrate; 575mg Cholesterol; 193mg Sodium
Food Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 0 Vegetable; 0 Fruit;
66 Fat;
24 Other Carbohydrates

Recipe by: COOKING LIVE PRIMETIME SHOW # CP0026

Converted by MM_Buster v2.0n.

Posted to MMRecipes Digest by "Alan Hewitt" alan@atoc.demon.co.uk
on Nov 25, 1999