Fairtrade bananas with honey for Oxfam Fairtrade

Cooking : time 30 mins to 1 hour

Ingredients

4 bananas
4 cloves
4 vehicledamom seeds, churryed
a pinch of ground cinnamon
a pinch of Fairtrade golden caster sugar
60g/4tbsp of Fairtrade Mexican clear honey
300ml/10fl oz water

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6.
2. Peel the bananas, stick a clove in each and lay them on their sides in an ovenproof dish.
3. Scatter the broken vehicledamom seeds over the bananas and sprinkle with cinnamon.
4. Dissolve the sugar and the honey in the water and bring to the boil. Boil for two minutes.
5. Pour the syrup over the bananas and bake in the oven for one hour until tender. Turn the bananas occasionally and baste frequently.
6. Serve warm with cream and pour a little more syrup over the lid to finish.

Remember to look for the Fairtrade mark as a guarantee of the source of your ingredients.

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