Lisa’s Mead’s recipe of the week: Caramelised banana spring rolls with mango lime sorbet
Serves six
INGREDIENTS:
Mango sorbet
- 6 medium mangoes, peeled and cubed
- 3/4 cup honey
- Juice of 1 lime
- 1 cup water
Caramelised banana spring rolls
- 12 fresh spring roll wrappers (refrigerated)
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 1/2 cup dark brown sugar
- 1/3 cup dark rum
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter
- 4 medium bananas, cut into 1-inch pieces
- Powdered sugar for dusting
- Small bowl of water
INSTRUCTIONS:
Mango sorbet:
- Place the cubed mangoes into a food processor, add water, honey and lime juice
- Pulse until smooth
- Place in ice-cream maker and process.
Caramelised banana spring rolls:
- Place a medium-sized non-stick frying pan on a medium-high heat
- Add butter, vanilla, sugar, cinnamon and rum and stir to combine
- Add banana pieces and stir
- Simmer for 6-8 minutes or until bananas have slightly softened and mix has thickened
- Remove from heat, place mix in a bowl and allow to cool to room temperature
- On a clean surface, lay 2 spring roll wrappers together to form a diamond
- place 1 1/2 tablespoons of the mix in the centre, careful not to add to much sauce
- Fold the centre points of the diamond into the middle. Roll up the bottom diamond point to the centre firmly but gently
- Place a couple of drops of water on the top diamond point and fold to the centre, folding the wet flap down
- Turn the spring roll folded side down on paper towel and continue until all 6 spring rolls are complete
- Heat a non-stick frying pan to a medium-high heat
- Add enough vegetable oil to coat the bottom of the pan
- Place the spring rolls into the pan, 2 at a time and continuously turn until golden brown on all sides
- Drain on paper towel.
ASSEMBLY:
- Diagonally cut the spring rolls into 3 pieces
- Place in a bowl and dust with powdered sugar and a scoop of the mango lime sorbet.