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Bananas Garcia and the Dandelion Reduction

Tonight be made a delicious dinner and dessert! He sauteed that pesky bunch of dandelion with olive oil, garlic, fresh tomatoes and seasonings. He topped some ziti pasta with the greens mixture and toasted pine nuts (and a little Arribiatta sauce + extra chile oil on mine). Surprisingly, the dandelion lost most of its bitterness and reminded me of chewy spinach. I like dandelion okay, but in the pasta dish it was very tasty. I'm glad we ate this bunch instead of letting it rot in the fridge; it's shockingly nutritious.

For dessert, be made up a new dish based on Bananas Foster. We ate it over a little ice cream, but it's great by itself. Here's the recipe he wrote down for everyone to check out:

Bananas Garcia

2 bananas (slightly underripe is best)
2 T unsalted butter
2 T brown sugar
1/4 t cinnamon
3/4 c coffee
2 t white sugar

Coffee Syrup:
Heat 1/4 c of coffee in saucepan over low heat. Add 2 t white sugar and stir until dissolved. Simmer until it's reduced to 2-3 T.

Bananas:
Cut bananas into 1/2" rounds and soak in a bowl with 1/2 c coffee. In a pan over medium heat, melt the butter and brown sugar, mixing until blended. Add the bananas, coffee and cinnamon. Cook for 3 minutes or until soft.

Serve over vanilla ice cream and top with the coffee syrup.

posted by beXn @ 3:05 AM