Baked Bananas

Directions

1. 1
   Preheat the oven to 200º C / 400º F.
2. 2
   Remove the outer skin from the cardamom pods and collect the black seeds.
3. 3
   Place the seeds in a small mortar and grind.Squeeze the oranges and the lemon to get 300 ml /10 ½ fl oz of fresh orange juice and 30ml / 1 ½ fl oz of fresh lemon juice.
4. 4
   Mix the juices in a saucepan and add the ground cardamom seeds, sugar, butter, and rum or brandy.
5. 5
   Heat the mixture gently until the butter is melted.Peel the Canary Islands bananas and cut them into quarters.
6. 6
   Place them in a baking dish and add the warm buttery juices.
7. 7
   Put the baking dish in the hot oven and bake for 20 minutes or until the bananas are soft.
8. 8
   Serve at once with vanilla ice creamfound at foodswinesfromspain