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Your favourite banana bread in a new version \u2013 with a curd cheese filling. Delicious! Banana bread with curd cheese, served with honey and a glass of milk, makes a perfect mid-morning snack or afternoon treat. It is simple to make, and you can also add dried fruit, such as chopped walnuts or dried cranberries. Highly recommended!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Ingredients for the banana bread:<\/span><\/p>\n

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• 3 large or 4 smaller ripe bananas (preferably very ripe), mashed<\/li>\n
• 75 g butter, melted<\/li>\n
• \u00bd cup caster sugar<\/li>\n
• 1 egg<\/li>\n
• 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda<\/li>\n
• a pinch of salt<\/li>\n
• 1\u00bd cups plain flour<\/li>\n
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

  All the ingredients should be at room temperature. Mix the flour and bicarbonate of soda, sift and set aside.<\/p>\n

  There is no need to use a mixer for this recipe. In a large bowl, mix the melted butter with the mashed bananas (simply mash them with a fork). Stir in the sugar, lightly beaten egg and vanilla. Finally, add the flour mixed with the bicarbonate of soda and salt. Mix with a fork or balloon whisk, just until the ingredients are combined.<\/p>\n

  Ingredients for the curd cheese filling:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  • 150 g full-fat or semi-fat curd cheese, finely ground three times<\/li>\n
  • 50 g caster sugar<\/li>\n
  • 1 egg, separated<\/li>\n
  • 1 teaspoon potato starch<\/li>\n
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract or vanilla bean paste<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    All the ingredients should be at room temperature.<\/p>\n

    Place the curd cheese, sugar, egg yolk, potato starch and vanilla in a bowl and beat until combined. In a separate bowl, whisk the egg white until stiff peaks form. Add to the curd cheese mixture and gently fold together.<\/p>\n

    Method:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Transfer half of the banana bread batter to a loaf tin measuring 10 x 20 cm at the base and 13 x 23 cm at the top, greased with butter and lined with baking paper. Spoon the curd cheese filling down the centre, then cover with the remaining banana bread batter.<\/p>\n

    Bake at 170\u00b0C for 50\u201360 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Remove from the oven and leave to cool slightly in the tin.<\/p>\n

    Enjoy!<\/p>\n

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