Australian Gourmet Traveller - (06)June 2020 (1)

Comfort cooking

rkBest’sbest-everbananabread

SERVES8-10// PREPTIME 15 MINS// COOK 50 MINS(PLUSCOOLING)

“The worldis brokendownintosimplesub-sets– thosewholikeripe

bananasandthosewhodon’t.I’mwiththelatter,”saysMarkBest.

250 gm softenedbutter,cutinto

1cmcubes

335 gm rawsugar

4 eggsatroomtemperature

3 tsp bakingpowder

1 cinnamonquill

1 staranise

3 cardamompods

2 cloves

½ tsp whitepeppercorns

00 gm plainflour,sieved

6 smallripebananas,coarsely

chopped(about450gm

flesh)

Preheatovento180°C

60°C fan-force).Greasea 21cm

9.5cm x6cmloaftinwith

utter. Linewithbakingpaper.

Creambutterandsugaron

ighspeedinanelectricmixer

CHEFS

We ask chefs to sharetheirgo-torecipesforlifeinloc

fittedwitha paddleattachment.

Addeggsoneata time,scraping

thebowlbetweeneachaddition.

3 Blendspicestoa fine

powder,thensiftwithflourand

bakingpowder.Tossthrough

bananatocoat,thenfold

flourmixturethroughbutter

untilincorporated.Pourinto

preparedtinandtapfirmlyon

benchtoremoveairpockets.

Bakeuntila skewercanbe

insertedandremovedcleanly

(45-50minutes;if breadbrowns

toomuchontop,coverwithfoil

untilcooked).Coolbreadintin

for 15 minutes,beforeturning

ontoa wirerack.

4 Servebreadwarmorcooled

withlashingsofsaltedbutter.

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RECIPE MARK BEST. ILLUSTRATIONS MELISSA MARTIN.