Ingredients

Method

For the dumplings
• 1 free-range egg
• ½ cup buttermilk
• 60 g sugar
• 140 g flour
• ½ t baking powder
• 3 ripe bananas, thinly sliced
• 100 g dark chocolate, chopped
• 60 g blue cheese crumbled
• sunflower oil, for deep-frying
For the pistachio dust
• 50 g pistachio nuts
• 30 g icing sugar

Method

Ingredients

To make the dumplings: Beat together the egg, buttermilk and sugar. Mix in the remaining ingredients. Heat the oil in a medium-sized saucepan. Drop spoonfuls of the mixture into the oil and fry until golden brown. Drain on absorbent paper then set aside to keep warm.
To make the pistachio dust: Grind the nuts with the icing sugar until fine. Sprinkle over the hot dumplings.
Per serving: 2175.4kJ, 8.4g protein, 32.7g fat, 57.3g carbs

TASTE’s take:
Chocolate and blue cheese are perfect partners to banana.