Caramelized-Banana Tartlets with Bittersweet Chocolate-Port Sauce

Name: Caramelized-Banana Tartlets with Bittersweet Chocolate-Port Sauce
Yield: Makes 6 Servings
Ingredients: 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature; 1/2 cup powdered sugar; 1/2 cup ground hazelnuts, lightly toasted, ground; 1 teaspoon finely grated orange peel; 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1 cup all purpose flour; 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, divided; 6 medium-size slightly under-ripe bananas, peeled, each cut on diagonal into 1/2-inch-thick slices, divided; 1/2 cup sugar, divided; 6 tablespoons warm water, divided; 1 pint premium vanilla ice cream; Bittersweet Chocolate-Port Sauce

By Maria Helm SinskeyPhotographer Pornchai Mittongtare

January 31, 2006

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