Banana Cranberry Bread

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Ingredients:

  • Whole milk, 275 ml
  • Seed oil or melted butter, 100 g
  • Coconut oil, 50 g
  • Whole egg, 165 g (3 eggs)
  • Sugar, 200 g
  • Baking powder, 20 g
  • Overripe banana pulp, 200 g
  • Cranberries, 200 g
Choose one:
  • Regular baking flour, 500 g
  • Gluten-free flour, 700 g
  • Rice flour, 550 g
Just before baking:
  • Butter at room temp in a piping bag, 20 g
  • or coco fat at room temp in a piping bag, 20g (for the lactose-free version)
For the icing:
  • Icing sugar, 125 g
  • Egg white, 25 g (white of one egg)
Finishing:
  • Chopped pistachios, 20 g
  • Pink peppercorns, 10g (for a special twist)
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Zero Waste recipe banana cranberry bread

The recipe… step by step!

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In the BE5 planetary mixer with the paddle attachment, work the milk, oil/butter, coconut oil, banana and whole eggs at medium speed for 3 minutes.

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In the meantime, on your Magistar Combi-TS choose between the regular, gluten-and lactose-free, or rice flour version of the recipe. Start to preheat.

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Add the flour, sugar and baking powder. Mix at medium speed for 3 minutes. Add the cranberries and keep mixing until fully folded in.

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Pour the mixture into metal loaf pan previously brushed with seed oil and coated with (gluten-free or rice) flour. Fill to ¾ level.

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Use a piping bag and some butter at room temperature (or coco fat for the lactose-free version) and pipe a thin line of butter down the middle of the batter, to help form a crack while baking. Start the baking cycle.

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For the icing, mix the icing sugar and egg white and place in a piping bag.

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Unmold the loaves while still warm, then ice. Decorate with the pistachio.

Chef Maximilian Zedelmeier says:

It’s all in the balance between the natural sweetness of the overripe banana and the sour notes given by the cranberries. Not your average banana bread, it’s a sure way to surprise your guests at breakfast or teatime. As a special twist to this LESS-WASTE MORE-VALUE Banana Cranberry Bread, finish with pink peppercorns in addition to the pistachios.

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