Banana Sultana Bread
Serves: 10 - 12 people
Takes: 30 mins to 1 hour
My father loves bananas and always asks me to make this recipe when he comes to visit. It's almost effortless and freezes amazingly. I've adapted a basic banana bread recipe and added some rich bourbon as well as some aromatic nutmeg.
Ingredients
50ml bourbon
75g sultanas
very generous grating of fresh nutmeg
115g unsalted butter
150g brown sugar
2 eggs
250g overripe bananas, peeled and mashed (around 3 large bananas)
175g plain flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
good pinch of salt
1kg loaf tin, lined with parchment
Method
Preheat the oven to 170°C / 325°F / gas 3.
Pour the bourbon into a small pan and add the sultanas and nutmeg.
Heat gently for a few minutes before turning off the heat and allowing them to soak up the liquid.
Melt the butter and pour into a large mixing bowl. Add the brown sugar and mix well.
Crack in the eggs one at a time, beating well before adding the next.
Stir in the bananas and sultanas and sift over the flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and salt.
Fold together until there are no traces of flour and pour into the lined loaf tin.
Bake in the oven on the middle shelf for 45 - 50 minutes, or until a skewer comes out clean.
Allow to cool in the tin before wrapping well and slicing whenever you fancy a sweet treat. The banana sultana bread is best eaten after a day after it's had time to mature.
