Desserts

Banana assada

Whole bananas roasted in their skins in the oven with butter, sugar and cinnamon, for a melting, caramelized dessert. A simple classic of Mozambican family kitchens.

25 min
4 servings
Medium
Budget-friendly
🇲🇿 Mozambique

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Ingredients

4 Ripe but firm bananas
40 g Butter
3 tbsp Brown sugar
1 Lemon (juice)

Spices & seasoning

1 tsp Cinnamon

Optional extras

2 tbsp Rum

Nutrition facts

229 kcal per serving

Protein: 1.4 g
Carbohydrates: 33.7 g
of which sugars: 28.3 g
Fat: 8.5 g
Fiber: 3.5 g

Ecomely’s estimate, calculated from the ingredients with the ANSES Ciqual food composition table, excluding sides and seasoning added to taste.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 200 °C.
Split the bananas lengthwise without cutting all the way through, keeping the skin on.
Sprinkle the inside with lemon juice and tuck a small knob of butter into each split.
Sprinkle with brown sugar and cinnamon, then add the rum if you are using it.
Place the bananas on a tray and bake for 15 to 20 minutes, until the skin darkens and the flesh is soft and caramelized.
Serve as they are, in their skins, with the cooking juices.