Chocolate And Banana Pastries

Total Time: 2 hrs 45 mins Preparation Time: 2 hrs 30 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 100 g chocolate, chopped (dark or milk)
• 250 ml milk
• 2 egg yolks
• 50 g caster sugar
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 400 g puff pastry
• 2 tablespoons liquid honey, warmed, plus extra for glazing
• 1 lemon, juice of
• 4 long bananas, cut in half

Recipe

• 1 place the chocolate in a saucepan with the milk and heat until just before boiling point, stirring until the chocolate has melted.
• 2 in a bowl whisk together the egg yolks and sugar until light and creamy then stir in the flour.
• 3 then, while whisking, pour in the hot chocolate milk and whisk until well blended.
• 4 place the mixture in a double-boiler. heat over simmering water, stirring constantly, until very thick (around 3 minutes).
• 5 remove from heat and stir until smooth. place a piece of plastic wrap or baking paper over the surface to prevent a skin forming and chill (this can be overnight for baking the pastries fresh in the morning).
• 6 preheat oven to 425°f roll out the pastry to 0.5cm thickness and cut into 8 rectangles (about 10cm x 8cm).
• 7 lightly score a rectangle 1cm inside the edges of each. place on a baking tray lined with baking paper and prick the bases a few times.
• 8 spread each inside the scoring line with about 1/8 of the chocolate custard.
• 9 in a bowl mix together the honey and lemon juice.
• 10 halve the bananas lengthwise and toss with the lemon honey and top each pastry with 2 pieces of banana.
• 11 bake for 15 minutes. brush the top with extra honey to glaze and cool slightly on a wire rack before serving.