Roasted Bananas With Chocolate Yogurt Cream

Total Time: 45 mins
Preparation Time: 38 mins
Cook Time: 7 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4


• 1 1/2 cups low-fat vanilla yogurt


• 4 bananas, cut in half cross wise then lengthwise


• 3 tablespoons dark brown sugar


• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon


• 1 tablespoon dark rum or 1 tablespoon lemon juice


• 1 tablespoon cold butter, cut into small pieces


• 1/2 cup whipping cream


• 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder


• 1 tablespoon confectioners' sugar


• cooking spray


• toasted chopped almonds or toasted chopped macadamias or toasted chopped pecans

Recipe

• 1 line a sieve or colander with cheesecloth and set over bowl, leaving at least 1/2" clearance from the bottom.


• 2 spoon in yogurt.


• 3 cover with plastic wrap and let drain in the refrigerator for at least 1-1/2 hours or overnight.


• 4 about 20 minutes before serving, position rack in top third of oven; preheat to 425°f.


• 5 coat baking sheet with cooking spray.


• 6 place bananas, cut sides up, on the baking sheet.


• 7 sprinkle with brown sugar, cinnamon and rum or lemon juice.


• 8 dot with butter.


• 9 roast in the oven 5 minutes.


• 10 turn on the broiler, brown until the bananas are golden and the sugar is bubbly, about 2 minutes.


• 11 meanwhile, beat cream, cocoa, and confectioners' sugar, in a large bowl with an electric mixer, scraping down the sides of the bowl, once or twice, until soft peaks form.


• 12 push the cream to one side; add the drained yogurt and fold into the cream with rubber spatula until blended.


• 13 drizzle the roasted bananas with any juices accumulated in the pan and serve with a dollop of the chocolate cream.


• 14 sprinkle with toasted, chopped nuts, if desired.