You’re going to have to trust me on this one.
It may look a little strange. It will sound even stranger. You may even feel a little strange making it. But this over-the-top grilled banana is a delicious combination of everything we love — a bomb of chocolatey-salty-savory-sweet-peanut buttery goodness. And with it we shall send summer out with a bang.
Here’s how it works. We started by peeling a banana, then wrapping it in thinly sliced prosciutto. If Elvis could pair banana and bacon on his peanut butter sandwiches, we can wrap a banana in prosciutto.
The wrapped bananas spend a little time on the grill so the insides can get warm and tender, while the outside crisps nicely. Once we pull it off the grill, we drizzle it — and I suggest being generous with your drizzle — with a ganache of peanut butter and chocolate. A few minutes in the freezer to set the ganache… And you have a seriously indulgent grilled treat.
CHOCOLATE-PEANUT BUTTER COATED GRILL BANANAS
Start to finish: 20 minutes
Makes 4 servings
1/4 cup heavy cream
1/4 cup dark chocolate bits
1 tablespoon smooth peanut butter
4 bananas, peeled
4 slices prosciutto
Nutrition information per serving: 280 calories; 120 calories from fat (43 percent of total calories); 13 g fat (7 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 30 mg cholesterol; 38 g carbohydrate; 4 g fiber; 22 g sugar; 7 g protein; 400 mg sodium.
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