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Akwadu

196 Flavors
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 24 minutes
Servings 4

Ingredients
  

  • 4 bananas or plantains
  • 1 cup shredded coconut
  • ½ cup orange juice
  • ¼ cup sugar
  • 3 tablespoons unsalted butter melted
  • Juice of 2 lemons
  • Cinnamon optional
  • Honey

Instructions
 

Plantain with skin version

  • Preheat oven to 400F/200C (convection mode).
  • Cut the bananas in half lengthwise without removing their skin.
  • Score the flesh of the bananas. Arrange them in a baking dish.
  • Pour the butter. Drizzle the orange and lemon juices.
  • Sprinkle with cinnamon (optional). Sprinkle generously with brown sugar and coconut.
  • Bake for 20 minutes, basting regularly with the banana juice flowing into the baking dish.
  • Remove the bananas from the oven. Put a little honey on each.
  • Return to oven on grill position and brown the top (about 5 minutes but watch closely).
  • Baste with juice again.

Skinless standard bananas version

  • Preheat oven to 400F/200C.
  • Cut the bananas into thick slices. Arrange them in a baking dish.
  • Pour the butter. Drizzle the orange and lemon juices.
  • Sprinkle with cinnamon (optional). Sprinkle generously with brown sugar and coconut.
  • Bake for 10 minutes.
  • Remove the bananas from the oven.
  • Put a little honey on each.
  • Return to oven in grill position and brown the top (about 2 minutes but watch closely).
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