CHOCOLATE RUM BANANAS

Preheat the barbecue. Cut out four large squares of double-thickness foil and grease them with the butter.

Cut the chocolate into tiny pieces. Carefully make a slit lengthways in the peel of each banana and open just wide enough to insert the chocolate. Place the chocolate pieces inside the bananas, along their lengths, then close them up.

Wrap each stuffed banana in a square of foil and cook over medium-hot coals for 7-10 minutes, or until the chocolate has melted inside the bananas.

Transfer to individual serving plates, open the foil and pour a little of the rum over each banana. Serve immediately with mascarpone cheese.

SERVES 4

1 tbsp butter
225 g/8 oz plain or milk chocolate
4 large bananas
2 tbsp rum
mascarpone cheese, to serve