Ingredients
2 small bananas, unpeeled
2 ounces fine-quality bittersweet chocolate (not unsweetened), chopped fine
1 tablespoon brown sugar
2 teaspoons rum or cognac or vanilla
Preparation
At the camp site: Prepare a nice bed of embers in the camp fire.
Peel one side of each banana, leaving peel attached. Make a v-shaped slit down the length of the exposed banana, and lift out carefully.
Add 1 ounce chocolate into this groove. Top with 1/2 tablespoon brown sugar and 1 teaspoon cognac. Replace banana wedge. Replace the peel and wrap tightly in foil Repeat with other banana.
Place foil packets in embers for about 5 minutes, when chocolate and sugar are melted. Serve in foil.
Divide half of the banana slices between two 1-cup ramekins and sprinkle half of chocolate over them. Arrange remaining banana slices over chocolate and top with remaining chocolate.
In a bowl stir together cream and vanilla and pour over mixtures. Bake desserts in middle of oven 10 minutes.
