Lady Lunchalot

I decided to stick closely to the Banana Sunday theme and go wild with the new ice cream maker.

Ingredients:

• 2 cups cream
• 1 cup of milk
• 2 mashed bananas
• two cinnamon sticks
• a sprinkle of nutmeg
• a few whole cloves
• a few cardamom pods
• a star anise
• half a cup of brown sugar
• 6 egg yolks
• One third of a cup of real maple syrup

Mix all the ingredients except the egg yolk in a big saucepan and bring to the boil while stirring. After it has come to the boil, take it off the heat, cover and let it sit for a while. This will elt the spices infuse their flavour into the mixture.

Next, beat the six egg yolks together in a big heatproof bowl and gradually mix in the cream mixture while constantly stirring. You don’t want the heat from the cream to cook the egg yolks. Pour the lot back into the big saucepan and cook over a low heat, stirring constantly. Eventually the mixture will form a bananary custard and be thick enough to coat the back of a spoon.

Next, strain the mixture through some muslin or a fine sieve. Throw away the solid banana muck. Put the liquid in the fridge until totally cool. Churn in your icecream maker until it’s delicious and creamy!