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Authentic Banoffee Pie Recipe
Jevington, England
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Introduction & history
The original Banoffi pie consists of a shortcrust pastry base, a toffee filling and a topping of sliced bananas and coffee-flavored whipped cream. Variations on the original recipe include flavoring the pastry base or replacing it with a biscuit crumb base. Caramel or dulce leche are often used instead of the original toffee, and additional ingredients may include pecans that are typically placed on top of whipped cream as decoration but can also be worked into the biscuit crumb base.
Cooking tips
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pie base
The original recipe uses shortcrust pastry that is blind-baked to prevent it from going soggy. However, recently it is often substituted with a biscuit crumb base to which you can add chocolate chips, desiccated coconut, or nuts. -
bananas
Bananas used to make the pie can either be sliced or halved. Although the original recipe calls for halved bananas, some chefs insist that using banana slices produces a more evenly distributed banana layer. For bananas to keep fresh longer, drizzle them with lemon juice. -
toffee
Make sure when making toffee as instructed in the original recipe that you do not use tins of condensed milk that have a pull ring. To prevent any mishaps, only tins that are fully sealed are suitable for such use. -
decoration & serving
To garnish the top of banoffee pie, use any of the following: banana slices, melted chocolate, chocolate shavings, cocoa, or chopped nuts. Optionally, you can serve the slices of cake with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
Recipe variations
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Nestle's Banoffee Pie
Ready in 20minThis recipe adapted from Nestle's website is the one which can be found printed on the cans of Nestle's condensed milk. A biscuit crumb base is filled with caramel filling and topped with whipped cream, banana slices, and grated chocolate. A no-bake, no fuss recipe, perfect for when you want to whip up something delicious.
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Banoffi Pie
Ready in 4h 10minThis recipe is for the original Banoffi pie is adapted from the website of Ian Dowding, one of the pie's inventors. The base is made with shortcrust pastry that is blind-baked to prevent it from going soggy, and toffee is prepared the old-fashioned way by boiling cans of condensed milk in the oven.
Nestle's Banoffee Pie
PREP 10min
COOK 10min
READY IN 20min
This recipe adapted from Nestle's website is the one which can be found printed on the cans of Nestle's condensed milk. A biscuit crumb base is filled with caramel filling and topped with whipped cream, banana slices, and grated chocolate. A no-bake, no fuss recipe, perfect for when you want to whip up something delicious.
Ingredients
Nestle's Banoffee Pie
BASE
100g (3.5 oz) butter, melted
250g (9 oz) digestive biscuits
1 tsp dry mustard
FILLING
100g (3.5 oz) butter
100g (3.5 oz) dark brown soft sugar
1 can condensed milk (400g/14.1 oz)
TOPPING
4 small bananas
300 ml (1 1/4 cup) cream, lightly whipped
grated chocolate
Preparation
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Nestle's Banoffee Pie
Step 1/3
For the base, combine the crushed biscuits with melted butter until you get a workable mass, then line the base and the sides of a shallow loose-bottomed cake tin, and leave to chill.
Step 2/3
For the filling, melt the butter and sugar over low heat (the saucepan should be non-stick), add the can of condensed milk. While constantly stirring, let it bring to a boil, then remove from the heat and pour the resulting caramel over the pie base. Allow to cool and the chill for an hour in the refrigerator until it firms up.
Step 3/3
To assemble, remove the pie from the tin and place it on a serving plate. Add half of the sliced bananas into the whipped cream (make sure it's not overbeaten) and then spread it over the caramel. Decorate the top with the remaining banana slices and grated chocolate.
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