Bill Granger's Banana Butterscotch Pudding

Although this is Bill Granger’s recipe, I actually saw it for the first time on a Rachel Allen show, which was then immediately followed by Bill Granger making it on his own show! It went in the memory bank for a suitable occasion, but has waited a few months since it definitely seemed like a winter pudding. We went down to my parents for the weekend, and my mother had bananas to use up, so its time had come.

This is definitely comfort food, to be eaten on wet or chilly days with lots of cream. The surprising thing is how banana-ry it is, given that there is only one banana in it. It is also terrifying to make, as the pudding part is incredibly wet, and then you pour the syrup into it. It looks like there is absolutely no way that it will turn into something edible, and I was even turning alternates over in my mind in case we needed an emergency substitute. There was no need to worry though, as the 40 minutes in the oven turned it into a soft, light sponge, made gooey with the butterscotch sauce. There certainly wasn’t any left over, although the recipe says it serves four and we found it easily went round six.