Banana Split with Walnut Toffee Shards

I thought of preparing banana split for Sabina and...yours truly so we'll have enough space in our small freezer ha.ha. You can make it healthier by using low fat ice cream or frozen yogurt.

Ingredients:

A piece of banana
Ice Cream, flavour of your choice (traditionally, it is vanilla)
Ganache (link to previous post) or caramel sauce
Walnut toffee shards

For Walnut Toffee Shards:

1/4 c sugar
2 Tbsp. water
drop of lemon juice or pinch of cream of tartar
2-3 T chopped walnuts

Procedure:

Cooking sugar comes in stages. 

1. Prepare the pan where the toffee will be poured before you start cooking. A silicone mat (silpat) can be used or line your flat tray with aluminum foil brushed with butter.
2. In a non-stick pan, put sugar and water. Do not stir.
3. Cook until amber in color. (I slightly swirl once in a while, to distribute the liquid evenly).
4. Once desired color is achieved, off the fire, quickly add the walnuts and gently swirl aga to coat the walnuts with cooked sugar.
5. Pour in tray and slightly tap to even out the cooked sugar.
6. Leave to cool. 
7. Cut in pieces using knife.

To assemble banana split:

1. Cut the banana into half.
2. Using a boat plate, lay the banana and top with ice cream.
3. Drizzle with ganache or caramel sauce (I used my left over dulce de leche).
4. Top with toffee shards.

Notes: 

• Please be extra careful in cooking. You can burn your skin with boiling sugar syrup. No joke as it is as painful as boiling water. 
• It took me approximately 8 minutes to achieve the desired color.