Name: Banoffee pie (with a pretzel crumb base)
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 70 min
Yield: 10
Ingredients: 6 ripe bananas, thinly sliced; 300 ml pouring cream; 400 gm crème fraîche; Scraped seeds of 1 vanilla bean; To serve: shaved dark chocolate; Pretzel crumb base; 240 gm digestive biscuits, coarsely broken; 90 gm salted pretzels; 75 gm caster sugar; 200 gm butter, melted; Salted toffee; 200 gm caster sugar; 80 gm butter, coarsely chopped; 125 ml pouring cream

Banoffee pie (with a pretzel crumb base)

Our salty-tangy take on a sweet classic.

Pie with a golden, crumbly base, topped with sliced bananas, cream and chocolate shavings, with a slice taken out of the pie.

Serves 10

Prep

40M

Cook

30M

Total

1H 10M

The banoffee pie, that irresistible banana-toffee confection, was invented in East Sussex restaurant The Hungry Monk in 1972. We’ve added crème fraîche to the banana cream, pretzels to the crumb base and salt to the caramel for a salty-tangy take on a sweet classic.

Ingredients

6 ripe bananas, thinly sliced

300 ml pouring cream

400 gm crème fraîche

Scraped seeds of 1 vanilla bean

To serve: shaved dark chocolate

Pretzel crumb base

240 gm digestive biscuits, coarsely broken

90 gm salted pretzels

75 gm caster sugar

200 gm butter, melted

Salted toffee

200 gm caster sugar

80 gm butter, coarsely chopped

125 ml pouring cream

Method

1.For pretzel crumb base, process biscuits, pretzels and sugar in a food processor until fine crumbs form, add butter, pulse to just combine, press into base and up sides of a 5cm-deep, 24cm-diameter pie dish and refrigerate until set.

2.Meanwhile, for salted toffee, stir sugar and 50ml water in a saucepan over medium heat until sugar dissolves, bring to the boil and cook until caramel (6-8 minutes). Add butter, cream and ½ tsp sea salt flakes (be careful as hot caramel will spit), stir until combined, then pour over crumb base and refrigerate until chilled.

3.Arrange banana on top of caramel and set aside. Whisk cream, crème fraîche and vanilla seeds in an electric mixer until firm peaks form. Spoon on top of banana, scatter with chocolate shavings and serve.