Welcome back to my food series on Retro Food.
I am Johnny Marsh.
I am the head chef for food by Johnny Marsh.
In this episode, I'm going to show you how to make a banana split.
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Everybody loves a banana split.
So the first step I am going to do is I am going to make a delicious strawberry syrup.
And I simply put sugar in a pan.
And it is always the same quantity of sugar to water in a stock of syrup.So pour that
in.
And that goes onto the stove.
As you can see, I have already quartered some strawberries and I have got two leaves of
mint.
Obviously if you cannot do this, it is fine.
Roll it up and just slowly shred it.
The mint adds a real kind of different aspect and different element to the dish.
And it is a type of element that people do not normally expect in a banana split.
That is why it would bring it up to now rather than keeping it back there.
So I have got this on.
The stock syrup is bubbling.
Just need to leave it until it is all dissolved, all the sugar is gone, and it comes up to
a boil.
You can find the full list of the ingredients in the description box and all the quantities
of the recipe.
So now it has come up to the boil.
It is going to be really, really, really hot.
Even if you think you have got especially tough hands, please do not attempt to touch
it because hot sugar is hot.
Like really, really hot.
So we are just mixing this in.
And the best thing about this dish now the strawberries they are finished.
Just leave them to one side and let all the strawberry flavor just get into that stock
syrup really.
I have got my cream.
What I did before is just whipped some cream, added some sugar, and added a vanilla pod.
So that is my sweetness in the dish.
So I have got my ice cream.
I have got my cream.
I have got my baby marshmallow, pavlovas, some strawberries, banana split needs banana.
I am not going to take it right back to the 1970's where I am just going to go bang on
a plate.
I am going to take a bit of an elegant side to it.
So at an angle, just to be a bit fancy.
This is a wicked recipe for kids.
Put them in the dining room.
Give them all of it.
Give them the cream, the marshmallow, the pavlovas, the bananas, the strawberries.
Obviously do the syrup yourself because we do not want people leaving with third degree
burns.
But it is just wicked for them all to do that and you can just keep to your side.
You can have drinks with your friends.
And they are happy for hours.
So this is ready to assemble now.
So now we are ready to plate.
Just grab your plate and ice cream.
Obviously do not be alarmed by the bowl.
The bowl is massive, but this serves two.
Little bit of sprigs of mint and a little tip now.
Now the strawberries have been infusing, add a touch of lemon juice.
Just let it sit.
Give that a stir.
Let us go into plating it up.
Bowl into the middle.
Crush the pavlova.
Obviously depending on how many you've got, let the kids get a rolling pin and let them
go to town on that and add a little fun factor.
So, I like to go pavlova first.
Scatter that around.
Then you go the strawberries.
Trust me, the mint.
You will not be not be crossing me adding the mint.
It is just delicious.
Touch around.
You got syrup as you can see.
It is just starting to take that tint of red.
Drizzle that over.
Marshmallows, scatter.
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Next goes on the bananas, anywhere.
Just get them stuck in.
Use the rest of them.
Sprinkle more of that over.
I like marshmallows.
Add the rest of the strawberries.
There is no strict rules about how to do it, where to put them, how to do things.
Just get that stuck in.
Syrup all over.
So now, ice cream and cream.
You have got to have cream in a banana split, and you have got to have ice cream.
So what I have done, is I have got a bowl here.
Hot water.
Always have water because it would just make life easier.
Couple of these.
And then, a couple of scoops of cream.
Just to be a bit fancy, sprigs of mint.
And that is my banana split taken right back from the seventies.
I hope you enjoy this dish, and I hope to see you next time.
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