Banana Marmalade

Ingredients

Banana 1000 g

Sugar 1000 g

Cinnamon 1/3 tsp

Water 1000 ml

Combine all ingredients, blend in a blender, pour into a wide saucepan, bring to a boil while stirring, reduce heat, and simmer over low heat (to prevent burning), stirring occasionally, for 4 hours.

If desired, 10 minutes before the end of cooking, add 1-2 tablespoons of cocoa powder (the amount of cocoa powder is to taste). After cooking, you can add 1 tablespoon of cognac or a little vanilla extract or vanilla sugar to taste and mix thoroughly. In this case, pre-mix the vanilla extract or vanilla sugar with a small amount of the hot marmalade mixture before adding it to the mixture.

 Pour the resulting marmalade mixture into a thin layer in a mold and let it cool and set. Then, briefly (for 2-3 seconds) dip the bottom of the mold in hot water and invert the resulting layer onto parchment paper laid out on the counter (you can sprinkle a little fine granulated sugar over the paper if desired).

Using a sharp knife lightly oiled with vegetable oil, cut the marmalade into cubes or diamonds. After cutting, you can roll the marmalade pieces (optional, to taste) in fine granulated or powdered sugar.

Enjoy!