Banoffee Pie – No Bake Banana Cream Pie with Caramel

This Banoffee Pie is arguably the Best Dessert out there. Considering the minimal effort that goes into this scrumptious pie – the end result is Incredible. Dark chocolate, sprinkled over Delicious Whipped cream, covering a layer of perfect sliced bananas, all on a chilled crumb base. Banoffee pie – sound good?

I like to make the ‘Dulce de leche’ (Caramel Sauce made from a can of condensed milk) ahead of time. If you can get ready-made Dulce de leche, you can use that instead.

Banoffee Pie – No Bake Banana Cream Pie with Caramel

Ingredients:

• • around 18 digestive biscuits- I use this brand of Marie Biscuits.
  •  3-4 Tbsp of Melted Butter
  • 2-4 sweet, firm bananas – varies according to the size of bananas.
  • 2-3 Tbsp of Dulce de leche – See how to make Dulce de leche in the video.
  • 1 carton of thick all-purpose cream – to be whipped with a little icing sugar and vanilla flavour (See video  on how to make whipped cream for desserts)
  • 1 Bar of dark chocolate – really: use dark and not milk chocolate!

Method:

•  Make the Dulce de leche ahead of time (if you don’t have ready-made). The process is shown in the video as well as in the post – Dulce de Leche Recipe.
• Crush the biscuits to a  ‘grainy crumb’ texture in a food processor. (Or put in a zipper bag and crush with a rolling pin till you get the same effect)
• Dump these biscuit crumbs into a bowl (or straight into the pie dish) and pour in the butter (nicely melted). Mix till the crumbs are uniformly buttered.
• Add the crumbs to the pie dish. and press evenly on the base. Use a good spatula or the back of a spoon. Make sure the crust is even especially around the edges.
• Place this in the fridge for 10-15 minutes. The crust should be hardened by then.
• Slice the bananas to 1 ½  cm slices and completely cover the crumb crust in a single layer. If you like, you can place slices all around the edge as well ( vertically).
• Dollop the dulce de leche over the bananas and spread so that it’s evenly distributed.
• Spread whipped cream (lightly sweetened and flavoured with vanilla)  on top with a spatula. Watch the Whipped cream video. ( see note).
• Use a  vegetable peeler to grate the chocolate into chocolate curls and sprinkle all over the pie.
• Chill covered, for at least 20 minutes or till served.

Banoffee Pie – No Bake Banana Cream Pie with Caramel

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