Banana Boats
- 2 small bananas, unpeeled
- 2 ounces fine-quality bittersweet chocolate (not unsweetened), chopped fine
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons rum or cognac or vanilla
- At the camp site: Prepare a nice bed of embers in the camp fire.
- Peel one side of each banana, leaving peel attached. Make a v-shaped slit down the length of the exposed banana, and lift out carefully.
- Add 1 ounce chocolate into this groove. Top with 1/2 tablespoon brown sugar and 1 teaspoon cognac. Replace banana wedge. Replace the peel and wrap tightly in foil Repeat with other banana.
- Place foil packets in embers for about 5 minutes, when chocolate and sugar are melted. Serve in foil.
- Divide half of the banana slices between two 1-cup ramekins and sprinkle half of chocolate over them. Arrange remaining banana slices over chocolate and top with remaining chocolate.
- In a bowl stir together cream and vanilla and pour over mixtures. Bake desserts in middle of oven 10 minutes.
bananas, bittersweet chocolate, brown sugar, rum
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/banana-boats-1223400 (may not work)