Recipe - Hot Banana Creme Brulee

4 md Firmripe bananas
4 teaspoon Fresh lemon juice
4 tablespoon Granulated sugar
4 lg Egg yolks
1 cup Heavy cream
1 tablespoon Turbinado sugar such as
Sugar in the Raw
; brand

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Break 2 bananas into pieces and puree in a blender with lemon juice,
granulated sugar, and yolks until smooth. In a very small saucepan heat
cream over moderate heat until hot and add banana mixture, stirring until
combined well. Divide mixture between two 2/3cup ramekins. Put ramekins in
a metal baking pan and fill pan with enough boilinghot water to reach
halfway up sides of ramekins. Put pan in middle of oven and lay a sheet of
foil over each ramekin. Bake custards until set, about 30 minutes.

Set broiler rack so that custard tops will be 1 One half to 2 inches from heat
and change oven setting to broil. Alternatively, have ready a blowtorch.

Just before serving, very thinly slice the 2 remaining bananas and arrange
slices, overlapping them, over each custard. Sprinkle turbinado sugar
evenly over bananas and heat under broiler (or with blowtorch, moving flame
evenly back and forth just over sugar) until sugar is melted and
caramelized.

Yield: 4