Roasted Bananas with Spiced Syrup and Candied Nuts
"We didn't have much in the way of spices growing up, but you can't tie everything to terroir," Michel Bras says about the ingredients available to him in the Aubrac mountains. Here the chef uses an international array of ingredients, studding bananas with cinnamon sticks, vanilla beans and coffee beans, then serving them, roasted, with a cinnamony syrup scented with the Moroccan spice blend ras el hanout. More Beautiful Desserts
February 2009
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© John Kernick
Recipe Summary
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Ras el hanout, a Moroccan spice mixture containing up to 50 spices (including ginger and anise), is available from Middle Eastern markets and kalustyans.com.
Suggested Pairing
Spain's Jerez region produces great sweet wines from the Pedro Ximénez grape.