Original Banoffi/Banoffee Pie
- 9 ounces flour (Mr. Dowding says "plain flour," which I interpret as "all-purpose flour" in the U.S.)
- 1 ounce icing sugar
- 4 12 ounces butter
- 1 egg
- 1 egg yolk
- 2 (5 ounce) cans sweetened condensed milk
- 5 -6 bananas, ripe
- 34 pint heavy cream
- 2 teaspoons caster sugar
- 18 teaspoon instant coffee
- 14 teaspoon ground coffee
- Make toffee: (Note that these are my directions for making toffee; Mr. Dowding presents an oven method.)
- Remove labels from two cans of sweetened condensed milk.
- (Note that it MUST be sweetened condensed milk, NOT evaporated milk!
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- Fill a large stockpot with water and bring to a boil.
- (You want the water to be a good 4-6 inches over the tops of the cans.)
- Drop the cans into the boiling water and boil for 2-1/2 hours.
- Note that it is EXTREMELY important to keep track of the water, and to make certain that the cans stay covered.
- If the water boils below the tops of the cans, the cans may overheat and eventually explode.
- If you keep the cans covered with water and pay attention, this is not a dangerous thing to do -- just don't take a nap, go outside, or get involved in a long phone conversation.
- Stay in the kitchen and you'll be fine!
- When you're done boiling the cans, turn the heat off and let the water cool a bit.
- I place the stockpot in the sink and start running cool, then cold, water into the stockpot, so the transition from boiling water to cool water is slow and steady.
- When the cans are completely cool to the touch, it's safe to open them.
- Do NOT open the cans when they're hot, to avoid being splattered by hot caramel.
- Make pastry: Place flour and sugar in a bowl.
- Cut the butter into cubes and cut into the flour mixture until it appears like fine bread crumbs.
- Work in the egg and egg yolk to form a paste.
- Chill dough for half an hour.
- Roll out pastry and line a 1" deep springform pan.
- Prick the pie crust, then line with parchment paper and weigh down with pie weights or dried legumes.
- Cook at 350 for fifteen minutes, then remove from oven and remove the parchment paper and pie weights.
- Return the pie crust to the oven and cook until it is evenly golden.
- (Mr. Dowding does not give a time estimate.)
- Remove from oven and cool.
- Assemble pie:.
- Spread caramel/toffee over cooled pie crust.
- Peel and split the bananas lengthwise.
- Arrange them on top of the coffee so that the curve of the banana fits the curve of the pie crust.
- Whip the cream, instant coffee, and caster sugar until it holds its shape (soft whip).
- Spread the cream over the bananas, up to the edge of the pie crust.
- Sprinkle very lightly with ground coffee.
flour, icing sugar, butter, egg, egg yolk, condensed milk, bananas, heavy cream, caster sugar, coffee, ground coffee
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/original-banoffi-banoffee-pie-295617 (may not work)