Banana bread

Name: Banana bread
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 10 portions
Ingredients: 3 medium banana; 250 g flour; 150 g sugar; 7 Tbsp butter; 2 medium egg; 1 Tsp bicarbonate of soda; 1 Tsp cinnamon; 1 pinch salt

A moist loaf cake made with ripe bananas.

1 h 10 minto make
10portions
Easyto cook
Vegetariandiet

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A very low footprint

0.17 kg CO₂e a portion, or 1.75 kg for every kilo of the dish: its climate, nitrogen, land and water impacts together, from farm to plate.

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A low nutrition rating

268 kcal and 4.4 g of protein a portion. The rating weighs what's in it, inspired by Nutri-Score.

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Ingredients

For 10 portions

3 medium banana
250 g flour
150 g sugar
7 Tbsp butter
2 medium egg
1 Tsp bicarbonate of soda
1 Tsp cinnamon
1 pinch salt

Method

Heat the oven to 180 °C and line a loaf tin.
Mash the bananas and mix in the melted butter, sugar and eggs.
Fold in the flour, bicarbonate of soda, cinnamon and salt.
Bake for 50–60 minutes, until a skewer comes out clean.

Nutrition

	A portion (98 g)	100 g
Energy	268 kcal	273 kcal
Protein	4.4 g	4.5 g
Carbohydrate	42.3 g	43.1 g
of which sugars	19.4 g	19.8 g
Fat	9.6 g	9.8 g
of which saturates	5.6 g	5.7 g
Fibre	1.7 g	1.7 g
Salt	0.6 g	0.6 g

Footprint

	A portion	1 kg
Climate (CO₂ eq)	0.17 kg	1.75 kg
Nutrient pollution (N eq)	1.26 g	12.8 g
Land use for a year	0.21 m²	2.13 m²
Water use	148 l	1,509 l

Footprint from AGRIBALYSE 3.1.1 (ADEME), with our own minor changes. How we work it out.

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