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Banoffee Pie

Banoffee Pie

Prep Time 30 min + chilling
Servings 8
Difficulty Easy
Calories 462 kcal

A biscuit-crumb base topped with thick toffee, sliced bananas, and billowy whipped cream — invented in an English restaurant in 1971.

Ingredients

  • 250g digestive biscuits, crushed
  • 100g butter, melted
  • 397g tin condensed milk
  • 100g butter for toffee
  • 100g dark brown sugar
  • 3 ripe bananas
  • 300ml double cream
  • 2 tbsp icing sugar
  • Dark chocolate shavings
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions

  1. 1 Mix crushed biscuits with melted butter. Press into a 23cm tart tin evenly over the base and sides. Chill 15 min.
  2. 2 Make toffee: melt butter and brown sugar, add condensed milk. Stir continuously over medium heat for 5-7 min until thick, golden, and pulling away from the pan.
  3. 3 Pour toffee over the biscuit base. Cool, then chill 30 min until set.
  4. 4 Slice bananas and arrange over the toffee layer.
  5. 5 Whip cream with icing sugar and vanilla to soft peaks. Spread over bananas.
  6. 6 Scatter dark chocolate shavings on top. Chill 1 hour before serving.

Did You Know?

Banoffee pie was invented in 1971 by Nigel Mackenzie and Ian Dowding at The Hungry Monk restaurant in Jevington, East Sussex.

From The Culinary Codex — http://theculinarycodex.com/dish/english/banoffee-pie/