Banana Fritters with Spiced Honey Drizzle by Sarah Bowman

My mother introduced our children to the joys of banana fritters. I have taken them to a new level of deliciousness with the addition of a spiced honey drizzle. They make a lovely inexpensive weekend breakfast treat.

Banana Fritters

¾ cup	Milk
4	Eggs, separated
1 cup	Plain flour
1 tsp	Vanilla
1 tsp	Baking powder
2	Bananas, ripe, roughly mashed
1 pinch	Salt
1	Butter, for cooking
6	Bananas, small sized, diced, to serve
1	Lemon, for juice, to serve

Spiced Honey Drizzle

6 Tbsp	Honey, dark (I use J. Friend and Co Beechwood Honeydew) (Main)
½ cup	Water
1	Vanilla pod, split lengthways
1	Star anise

Directions

1. In a bowl, whisk egg yolks, milk, flour, baking powder and vanilla. Fold in the mashed bananas.
2. Beat egg whites and salt together in another bowl until stiff and fold into the batter.Heat one tablespoon butter in a heavy-based frying pan and spoon quarter-cup amounts of batter into the pan to create small fritters. Cook until golden on both sides.
3. Keep fritters warm in an oven on low as you continue to batch-cook the remaining mixture, adding more butter to the pan for each batch.
4. Toss diced banana in lemon juice to prevent it from browning.
5. Serve each person a stack of three fritters with a tablespoon of diced banana between each layer. Top with diced banana and serve with a jug of spiced honey drizzle.

Spiced Honey Drizzle:

1. Combine all ingredients in a small pot and simmer for 10 minutes.
2. Remove and discard vanilla pod.
3. Pour sauce into a jug.