Casa del Lago Strawberry-Banana Gordita

Ingredients

Fruit and Ice Cream

• 10 sliced strawberries
• 2 sliced bananas
• 2 scoops of your choice of ice cream

Sauce

• 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 tablespoon maple syrup
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon vanilla flavor

Garnish

• Thinly sliced apple
• Whipped cream
• Your choice of pastry; either puff, cake, croissant or biscuit.

Instructions

1. Place skillet over medium to high heat. Add butter and sugar and stir until melted.
2. Add remaining ingredients and turn heat down. Bring to boil and add fresh fruit. Finish by cooking for about 2 minutes or until lightly tender.
3. Plating: Horizontally split pastry of your choice in half. Place the bottom half of pastry on a plate. Set ice cream on pastry. Place the other half of pastry on top of ice cream. Spoon the carameled fruit around pastry. Finish by adding a rosette of whipped cream. Garnish with sliced apple fan.

Attribution

Chef Hector Angeles, Casa Del Lago, Dallas, Texas