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FOOD 12 | SUNDAY • 28 APRIL 2019 maltatoday • 5 very ripe bananas • 150g raw cane sugar or sweetener • 80g coconut oil • 1 flax egg ( mix 1tbsp ground flax seed and 3 tbsp of water) • 200g plain white flour • w200g whole meal flour • 2tsp baking powder • 1tsp bicarbonate of soda • ¼ tsp cinnamon • Dash of ground ginger • Dash of ground cloves • ½ tsp salt • 100g walnut or 100g sunflower seeds • 350g fresh strawber- ries • 2tbsp maple syrup 1. Mix the wet ingredients in a bowl and combine to create a watery mixture. Alternatively pulse the ingredients in a food processor for a few seconds. 2. Sift the flour in a large bowl. Add the remain- ing dry ingredients apart from the straw- berries. 3. Mix in the wet mixture with the dry and com- bine to form a batter. 4. Chop up the strawber- ries and add them to the mix, leaving some for the top. 5. Place the mixture in a cake or bread tin. 6. Preheat the oven to 185°C using the convec- tion bake setting. 7. Once preheated, cook the bread for 50 min- utes to an hour using the toothpick method to check for readiness. 8. Enjoy with some straw- berry jam or ice cream. Strawberry banana bread CHARLES GRECH Bin 2 Shiraz Mataro 2014 Penfolds, Australia Bin 2 Shiraz Mataro is a classic Penfolds wine, steeped in nineteenth-century tradition. Typically it is a generous medium-bodied wine based on shiraz, but shot with the aromatics and muscular strength of mataro. It's best to drink early, but like many of Penfolds reds can last the distance in the cellar. Bouquet: Scents of black olive and dark black cherry laced with mixed spices/herbs, Dark chocolate notes and a skerrick of liquorice. Palate: Mataro's green tea-leaf characters immediately apparent, as is Mataro's inky/ rubbly palate imprint. Grainy/particulate/powdery tannins throughout. Ditto, barely perceptible oak (some vanillin, crushed biscotti f lavours). Evocative Shiraz fruits and savouriness dominate the mid-palate. Refreshingly medium-bodied, enticingly textured. Food Affinities: veal, roast chicken, planked salmon. Exclusively imported by Charles Grech & Co Ltd Valley Road, Birkikara T: 21 444 400 Fine quality Italian wines of tradition Irpina. Donnachiara, winery located in Montefalcione (Avellino), with its vineyards that stretch along the hills typical of the Irpinia, produces white wines and red wines of high quality including Greco di Tufo, Fiano di Avellino, Taurasi DOCG but also sparkling like Santè Falanghina. Soft crushing of the selected grapes and after that cold decanting of the must fermentation at 57-60°F in steel vats for 15 days. Malolatic fermentation is not done. Full expression of it's territory, the heart of Greco di tufo, with a specific attention to all the factors of maturation of it's aroma's. Nose: Offers fruity flavours of pear, apricot, pineapple and citrus Palate: Smooth, elegant and structured, with good freshness and a great persistence that confirms and amplifies the olfactory sensations. Food Affinities: Perfect with all seafood, pasta with light sauces , white meats and herb cheeses Exclusively imported by Charles Grech & Co. Ltd, Valley Road, Birkirkara T: 2144 4400 Donnachiara Greco di Tufo: DONNACHIARA Daniel and Jessica Pisani from Marrow Wet Ingredients Dry Ingredients Method Taking banana bread to a whole new level of deliciousness with the addition of fresh strawberries