Roasted Bananas With Chocolate Yogurt Cream

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 38 mins Cook Time: 7 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 1/2 cups low-fat vanilla yogurt
• 4 bananas, cut in half cross wise then lengthwise
• 3 tablespoons dark brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon dark rum or 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon cold butter, cut into small pieces
• 1/2 cup whipping cream
• 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 tablespoon confectioners' sugar
• cooking spray
• toasted chopped almonds or toasted chopped macadamias or toasted chopped pecans

Recipe

• 1 line a sieve or colander with cheesecloth and set over bowl, leaving at least 1/2" clearance from the bottom.
• 2 spoon in yogurt.
• 3 cover with plastic wrap and let drain in the refrigerator for at least 1-1/2 hours or overnight.
• 4 about 20 minutes before serving, position rack in top third of oven; preheat to 425°f.
• 5 coat baking sheet with cooking spray.
• 6 place bananas, cut sides up, on the baking sheet.
• 7 sprinkle with brown sugar, cinnamon and rum or lemon juice.
• 8 dot with butter.
• 9 roast in the oven 5 minutes.
• 10 turn on the broiler, brown until the bananas are golden and the sugar is bubbly, about 2 minutes.
• 11 meanwhile, beat cream, cocoa, and confectioners' sugar, in a large bowl with an electric mixer, scraping down the sides of the bowl, once or twice, until soft peaks form.
• 12 push the cream to one side; add the drained yogurt and fold into the cream with rubber spatula until blended.
• 13 drizzle the roasted bananas with any juices accumulated in the pan and serve with a dollop of the chocolate cream.
• 14 sprinkle with toasted, chopped nuts, if desired.