Banana and honey puddings

Name: Banana and honey puddings
Cook time: 1 h
Yield: 4
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 100g butter; 100g caster sugar; 200g bananas, roughly mashed; 1/2 tsp vanilla extract; 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg or to taste; 2 large eggs, beaten; 160g self-raising flour, sifted; 4 tbsp honey; 2 tbsp walnuts, roughly chopped; Foil and string; Extra honey and walnuts

Jill Dupleix

October 19, 2011

Time:30 mins - 1 hourServes:4

If you don't have a steamer set the pudding moulds in a tray of hot water and bake at 180C for 30 minutes instead.

Ingredients

100g butter
100g caster sugar
200g bananas, roughly mashed
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg or to taste
2 large eggs, beaten
160g self-raising flour, sifted
4 tbsp honey
2 tbsp walnuts, roughly chopped
Foil and string
Extra honey and walnuts

Method

Beat the butter and sugar with an electric mixer until pale and smooth, about 5 minutes. Beat in the bananas, vanilla and nutmeg, then slowly add the eggs, beating well (it doesn't matter if mixture curdles). Fold in flour until you have a thick batter.
Lightly butter four small ovenproof ramekins or 150ml dariole moulds and spoon a tablespoon of honey into the base of each. Add batter until moulds are three-quarters full, cover bath with buttered foil and tie with string. Steam for 30 minutes or until springy on top.
Turn out onto four warmed serving plates, drizzle with a little extra honey and scatter with walnuts.