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- From: ianmch@inforamp.net (Ian McHaffie)
- Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes
- Subject: Banoffi Pie
- Date: 26 May 1995 04:48:12 -0600
- Organization: Inforamp
- Message-ID: <9505212047.AA14428@cliff.inforamp.net>
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- Hope you enjoy this -- it's a recipe I picked up in England.
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- Banoffi Pie
- An English favourite, with many variations possible. A useful dessert as
- it can be prepared in advance and frozen. Bring it out an hour or two
- before serving.
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- Ingredients
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- Pie Shell
- 4 oz. butter
- 9 oz. ginger biscuits, crushed
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- Toffee
- 1 can sweeted condensed milk
- 6 oz. butter
- 6 oz. fruit sugar
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- Filling
- 3 bananas
- 1 2 pint whipping cream
- grated chocolate or instant coffee powder
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- Method
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- Pie Shell: Melt the butter, mix in the ginger biscuit crumbs. Press into a
- loose bottomed pie plate. Use a fluted pan if possible. Chill.
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- Melt the butter, add the sugar and milk and heat for about 5 minutes,
- stirring constantly, till it changes to a light golden caramel colour.
- Cool slightly.
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- Pour toffee into pie shell. Chill. Slice 2 bananas over the toffee.
- Spread whipped cream over the mixture. Decorate with more banana slices.
- Sprinkle with grated chocolate or dust lightly with instant coffee powder.
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