Recipe - Chocolate Creme Brulee With Caramelized Bananas

One half cup Milk; plus 2 tablespoons
Three fourths cup Heavy cream
3 One half ounce Bittersweet chocolate;
chopped
5 Egg yolks
1/3 cup Granulated sugar; plus 1/2
tablespoon
1/3 cup Light brown sugar; plus 1/2
tablespoon
4 Bananas

Preheat oven to 275 degrees.

Bring the milk and the cream mixed together to a boil. Add the chopped
chocolate into the cream and milk mixture, set aside for 5 minutes.

In a mixing bowl, beat the egg yolks with the granulated sugar. While
whipping the egg mixture, pour in the milk, cream and chocolate mixture.
Let cool.

Fill six ungreased ramekins with equal amounts of the chocolate brulee
mixture.

Poach in a water bath in the oven for about 40 minutes.

When the creme brulees are poached, transfer them to a sheet pan and let
cool. Decorate the top of each with 5 or 6 slices of bananas. Sprinkle with
brown sugar and broil the creme brulees under the broiler until the sugar
melts and turns golden color.

Yield: 6 servings

Formatted by suechef@sover.net

Recipe by: Chocoholic Party HE1A25

Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #883 by Sue suechef@sover.net on Nov 04,
1997