4 firm bananas
2 cups beer batter
Oil for deep-frying
½ lemon, (juice only)
½ cup honey
1 pint vanilla ice cream, or 1 cup flavored whipped cream
Method: Peel the bananas and split each into 3 sections lengthwise. Dip the sections into the beer batter; shake off excess batter, and slip the bananas into 350oF cooking oil. Cook on all sides, turning carefully, until batter is crisp and golden brown.
Arrange fried bananas on 4 dessert plates and sprinkle with lemon juice and honey. Top with ice cream or flavored whipped cream and serve immediately. If you use whipped cream as a topping, flavor it with a little sugar and almond extract. Serves 4