With each spoonful, I kept asking TH, “isn’t this delicious?” as if I wasn’t responsible for the deliciousness. It really was that good. Its super easy to make and there are no exotic, hard to find ingredients either.
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Chocolate Banana Hazelnut Crumble
Serves: 6
Ingredients:
2 ripe bananas
1/4 cup brown sugar (white should work too)
1/2 cup hazelnuts (or almonds)
A generous pinch of powdered cinnamon (optional)
100gm chopped bittersweet chocolate (you can also use milk chocolate or semi sweet – choc chips not recommended since they are designed not to melt)
For the crumble:
100gm / 3/4 cup plain four (or, try atta)
55gm / 1/4 cup chilled butter
10gm chopped bittersweet chocolate (I omitted this)
A pinch of salt, if using unsalted butter
Instructions:
1. Toast the hazelnuts in a dry pan until browned on few sides. Cool and chop into small pieces.
2. Chop up the chocolate. I used these gorgeous Lindt bittersweet discs I got from Sydney and they were so delicious, all melted and gooey in the crumble.
3. Cut the banana into small pieces and mix in a bowl with cinnamon, chocolate, sugar and the hazelnuts. Spoon equal portions into 6 ramekins (no need to grease) or one pie-dish, if you wish. Make sure you spoon in any juices and liquids too.
4. Add diced, chilled butter to the flour (+salt) and use fingertips to mix together, until it resembles bread crumbs. Add the chocolate (if using), and mix well. Lay over the banana mixture and press gently.
5. Bake in a 180C preheated oven for about 35-40 mins until the top turns brown and the mixture is all bubbly.
Serve with vanilla ice-cream or vanilla custard sauce, recipe below.
Vanilla Custard Sauce (with egg)
Beat with a fork, 1 egg yolk with 1 teaspoon cornflour and add 2 tablespoon sugar with that. Add one cup warm milk and beat well again. Cook on a low fire stirring constantly until pouring custard consistency. Add 1/2 tsp vanila essence, cool, chill and serve with warm apple crumble.
Vanilla Custard Sauce (eggless)
Blend vanilla flavoured custard powder with 1.5 cups of milk and 4 tbsp sugar (adjust to taste). Cook on a low fire until pouring consistency. Cool, chill and serve with warm apple crumble.
tried this today but with almonds…it was simply awesome!! had tried the apple crumble as well but this was infinitely better…
Thnx for sharing..yummy recipe…Vl try it on sunday
yay! that's so awesome, so glad you enjoyed the banana crumble 🙂 and YES, ask your friend to check out the site too 😉
made this yesterday for some newlyweds. the bride now thinks i'm a genius :d you shud probably start charging me 😉 but i think i'll do better and direct her to your blog, no?
this was really nice. i omitted the almonds in my little girl's ramekins (she abhors anything nutty…sigh!) and she devoured it all by herself 🙂 thanks for sharing this!!
it doesn't matter what type of all purpose flour you use. you can even try using whole wheat flour 🙂
Hey Nags, I tried this few days after this post. While it was yummy I had some issues with the crumble. I am going to try it again since i loved the banana mix but I had a question. Sorry I am new to baking and only things i have baked are stuff right out of the boxes ;). For the crumble do we use unbleached all purpose flour?
WOW!! Simply decadent. Hazelnuts and chocolates are my favourites.
Temptiong crumble, luv the coaster
Thanks to you,I made my first ever Crumble.and again thanks to you,I'd be trying out a Banana Crumble soon!!Looks gorgeous!!
slurp looks so delicious,..
wow, bookmarked this one.gonna try it soon
Yumm!! Love the combination!!
Looks sooo delicious!!!!
Banana crumble looks yummy..
Chanchal
RecipeRaaga.com
Yumm! crumble makes me drool..
yummm 🙂 love this 🙂
Bookmarked.
~CP
Oh My, this banana crumble looks awesome! I like this idea of serving it with the delicious-looking custard!
the plain white ones are from a restaurant supply store in China Town 🙂 its in the street parallel to the mariamman kovil. the red ones are from Sydney.
looks so so tempting… lovely recipe dear..
nice clicks too.
where did u get those ramekins from? I tried looking in Tangs, Mustafa but could not get it…
Yummy …all my fave flavors …hazelnuts can be replaced with almond here for sure.
Banana n chocolate is a very good combination! Thanks for baking with us 🙂 I loved that chopped chocolate pic…lovely!
Yumm.. very tempting… and nice picture of the chopped chocolate… I would like to know about these ramkins..(what are they made of) in your baking basics post 🙂 and more about the baking sheets, foils, trays.. mostly about the materials they are made of.
Thank you Nags. 🙂
I love hazelnuts. I love chocolates. And I love your crumble.
Yummy !! Looks absolutely delicious !! Love the idea of the custard sauce..Lovely ramekins too…
oh I have to make it at the earliest… love it
Oh my.. i would love to have a bowl right now – downright delicious. But I shall be satisfied with the banana cake I baked 🙂
Nags, that came out absolutely wonderfully, I love how people have experimented, so now I am going to do the same 🙂
WOW!! Looks yummy! Can't wait to try it!
banana hazelnut crumble looks delicious! I would have tried it, if it were any fruit other than banana… I made it with pears and almonds. It was yummy!
Looks yummy !!!