Grilled Banana Bread with Tahini and Honeycomb

This recipe is from Yotam Ottolenghi's book “Plenty More”, published by Ebury Press. Using his words:

For me, tahini is the new peanut butter. It is runnier and earthier but has a similarly rich flavour and is completely impossible to resist. In many Middle Eastern cultures is is served not only as a base for hummus and other savoury sauces and dips, but also as a spread at breakfast with sweet condiments, such as grape or date syrup.

The banana bread can be baked in advance - a day or two, or even more - and then just sliced and grilled when you need it. Drizzle it with tahini as I do here, or leave out the tahini and make do with the butter, honeycomb and salt.

  • 180 gms pecans
  • 3 large ripe bananas, peeled and mashed (300 gms)
  • 275 gms soft light brown sugar
  • 3 eggs, lightly beaten
  • 140 ml full-fat milk
  • 70 ml sunflower oil
  • 275 gms plain flour
  • 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
  • 1½ teaspoons baking powder
  • Salt

To finish

  • 80 gms unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • 60 gms tahini paste
  • 200 gms honeycomb in honey
  • ¾ teaspoon coarse sea salt

 

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