It was yet another potluck at a close friend's house. The dessert was on us. Two cakes were already being ordered, so another cake was out of question.
I was already wondering what to take to feed the crowd (read 23 people). Several ideas crossed my mind panacotta,pudding, cheesecake....Somehow none of the ideas interested Mudit! I ended up making this banofie pie which was polished in minutes!
Here goes the recipe.
Ingredients:
Maida: 1.5 cup
Butter : 100gm
Custard Powder( Vanilla): 100gms
Milk (Full cream) : 1l
Sugar: 4 T
Banana ( Ripe and firm ) : 2
Tofffe sauce:
Butter 1T
Sugar : 4T
Water: 5T
Procedure:
1 Rub together butter and flour.
2 Knead a stiff but pliable dough with very little water.
3 Roll a flat disk of size an inch bigger than the pie dish.
4 Place the disk over the dish and gently push it across the walls of the dish so that it mirrors the dish.
5 Place pie beans/ kidney beans and place in a preheated oven and bake for 45 minutes or until light golden in colour.
6 Remove from pan and let it cool on a wire rack.
7 Heat milk in a heavy bottom pan.
8 Mix the custard powder in cold milk and slowly add it to the hot milk while stirring continuously.
9 Heat the custard to the point when the base of the pan is clearly visible while stirring.
10. Add sugar and stir.
11. Pour hot custard in to the pie and leave it undisturbed for a couple of hours to set. Refrigerate once set.
12 Melt together sugar and butter and heat until it becomes amber coloured. Add water and stir constantly .
13 Arrange banana slices over the custard and pour the toffee sauce over it.
14. Refrigerate for a couple of hours and and serve chilled.
PS: The ratio of flour and butter would vary based on how large the pie dish is. However, the rule of thumb is that it has to be very crumbly but when held in a fist, it shouldn't fall apart.
Also, the amount of sugar is a matter of personal preferance but however keep in mind the fact that you will add banana and toffee sauce so it should overall balance.
I was already wondering what to take to feed the crowd (read 23 people). Several ideas crossed my mind panacotta,pudding, cheesecake....Somehow none of the ideas interested Mudit! I ended up making this banofie pie which was polished in minutes!Here goes the recipe.
Ingredients:
Maida: 1.5 cup
Butter : 100gm
Custard Powder( Vanilla): 100gms
Milk (Full cream) : 1l
Sugar: 4 T
Banana ( Ripe and firm ) : 2
Tofffe sauce:
Butter 1T
Sugar : 4T
Water: 5T
Procedure:
1 Rub together butter and flour.
2 Knead a stiff but pliable dough with very little water.
3 Roll a flat disk of size an inch bigger than the pie dish.
4 Place the disk over the dish and gently push it across the walls of the dish so that it mirrors the dish.
8 Mix the custard powder in cold milk and slowly add it to the hot milk while stirring continuously.
9 Heat the custard to the point when the base of the pan is clearly visible while stirring.
10. Add sugar and stir.
11. Pour hot custard in to the pie and leave it undisturbed for a couple of hours to set. Refrigerate once set.
12 Melt together sugar and butter and heat until it becomes amber coloured. Add water and stir constantly .
13 Arrange banana slices over the custard and pour the toffee sauce over it.
14. Refrigerate for a couple of hours and and serve chilled.
PS: The ratio of flour and butter would vary based on how large the pie dish is. However, the rule of thumb is that it has to be very crumbly but when held in a fist, it shouldn't fall apart.
Also, the amount of sugar is a matter of personal preferance but however keep in mind the fact that you will add banana and toffee sauce so it should overall balance.
