Akwadu or baked bananas is a excellent way to conclude your African meal. The bananas are simply delicious, warm and sweet and would be wonderful for breakfast as well.
Akwadu (Baked Bananas)
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Author: International Cuisine
Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: Equatorial Guinea & Gabon
Serves: 4
Ingredients
- 4 bananas
- ½ cup shredded coconut
- ½ cup orange juice
- ¼ cup of brown sugar
- 2 lemons, juice of
- 3 Tablespoons butter, melted
- cinnamon (optional)
- honey (optional)
Instructions
- preheat oven to 400 degrees
- peel and cut the bananas into chunks
- Arrange them in a baking dish
- pour the butter over and drizzle the orange and lemon juices
- Sprinkle with cinnamon, brown sugar and coconut
- Bake for 10 minutes
- Remove from oven and drizzle over some honey
- put oven to broil and brown for about 2 minutes but watch to make sure it does not burn
- Remove and serve warm
