Recipe#11212

Title: Banana Gratin

Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes,rec.food.cooking 
 From: japlady@nwu.edu (Rebecca Radnor) 
 Subject: : Banana Gratin 
 Message-ID: <199412060717.AA271308256@casbah.acns.nwu.edu> 
 Date: Tue, 6 Dec 1994 07:17:49 GMT 

Preparation time: 15 minutes
 Cooking time: 10 minutes
 Yield: 6 servings
 8 firm, but ripe bananas, thinly sliced
 2 tablespoons melted butter
 6 tablespoons confectioners' sugar
 Vanilla ice cream, frozen vanilla yogurt or whipped cream for serving
 1. Put rack in center of oven; heat oven to 400-degrees. Grease 6, 12-ounc
 capacity souffle or small baking dishes. (You may substitute large custard
 cups.) Set on baking sheet.
 2. Divide bananas between souffle dishes, overlapping them evenly and
 attractively. Lightly brush tops with melted butter. (Can be prepared up to
 2 hours ahead to this point and kept at room temperature.) Before cooking,
 evenly press confectioners' sugar through fine wire mesh strainer to cover
 surface, using about 1 tablespoon per serving.
 3. Bake until bananas are very warm, about 8 minutes. Turn oven to broil
 and move cookie sheet to within 8 inches of heat source. Broil until
 surface lightly browns, about 2 minutes more.
 4. Serve with a small scoop of ice cream or frozen yogurt or a dollop of
 whipped cream. Serve immediately.