Baked Bananas with Ice Cream

This was meant to be dessert for the birthday boy last night, but because we had birthday cake, Mr C request that i save this sweet for tonight instead.
With the warm baked bananas which goes perfectly with the cold vanilla ice cream and finished off brilliant with the nutty sauce..... it was soo yummy, Mr C nearly eat my plate too!
If you feel naughty and want a sweet treat, but dont have belgian waffles handy... try this.... its well lush!

This quick and easy recipe taken from 'The Half Hour Cookbook' by Jenni Fleetwood.

Ingredients:

2 Medium-sized Bananas
1/2 Tbspn Lemon Juice
Vanilla Ice cream

For the sauce:
1Tbspn Magarine
25g Hazelnuts, toasted, roughly chopped
3Tbspn Golden (light corn) syrup
2Tbspn Lemon juice

1) Preheat the oven to 180C/350F. Place the unpeeled bananas on a baking sheet and brush them with the lemon juice. Bake for about 20 minutes until the skins are turning black and the flesh gives a little when the bananas are gently squeezed.
2) Meanwhile, make the sauce. Melt the butter in  a small pan. Add the hazelnuts and cook gently for 1 minute. Add the syrup and lemon juice and heat, stirring for 1 minute.
3) To serve, slit each bananas open with a knife and open out the skins to reveal the tender flesh. Transfer to serving plates and serve with scoops of ice cream. Pour the sauce over.

Happy Cooking!