Banoffee pie (also spelled banoffi, or banoffy) is an English pastry-based dessert made from bananas, cream, toffee from boiled condensed milk (or dulce de leche), either on a pastry base or one made from crumbled biscuits and butter. Some versions of the recipe also include chocolate and/or coffee. Its name is a portmanteau constructed from the words "banana" and "toffee".
The necessary ingredients (based on Dulces Horas' recipe), layer by layer, are:
- 1 pack oat biscuits (or digestive biscuits)
- White chocolate (it depends on the amount of biscuits, but between 1 and 2 bars)
- Nuts, finely chopped (I bought a packet from Tesco, "chopped mixed nuts", which includes walnuts, peanuts and almonds, but you can use whatever you want)
Banana and toffee layer
- 1 can of "dulce de leche", also called toffee (you can prepare it boiling condensed milk for two hours and a half, but it's easier buying it and it's also delicious)
- 2 or 3 bananas, slightly ripe
Top layer
- 500 ml whipping cream
The base is a variation of the tradicional biscuits and butter base. To make it you just have to chop up the biscuits and mix them with the nuts and add melted white chocolate until the texture is appropriate to create a solid base. Then, spread the mix over a springform baking tin and mash it properly to create a solid and compact base (not too thick, but not too thin). Put it in the fridge for a while.
Next, slightly melt the dulce de leche on the microwave and spread a generous layer on top of the base. Cover that layer with not too thick slices of banana, put everything in the fridge to let it cool down and finish the cake with a layer of whipped cream. I don't put sugar on it, because the base and the dulce de leche make it sweet enough, but it's up to you.
You can decorate it putting cocoa powder, chocolate shavings or other kind of chocolate on top (that's what I recommend), or with any other thing you want.
Next, slightly melt the dulce de leche on the microwave and spread a generous layer on top of the base. Cover that layer with not too thick slices of banana, put everything in the fridge to let it cool down and finish the cake with a layer of whipped cream. I don't put sugar on it, because the base and the dulce de leche make it sweet enough, but it's up to you.
You can decorate it putting cocoa powder, chocolate shavings or other kind of chocolate on top (that's what I recommend), or with any other thing you want.
By the way, obviously you can use the traditional biscuit base, without nuts and with butter instead of white chocolate (I used to prepare it like that in fact), and in this case you better put some sugar on the whipping cream, otherwise it's not going to be too sweet. However, I have to admit that since I tried the white chocolate one, I opt for it!
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Base
- 1 paquete de galletas de avena (o digestivas)
- Chocolate blanco (depende de la cantidad de galletas, pero entre 1 y 2 tabletas)
- Frutos secos, cortados en trozos muy pequeños (yo compré un paquete en Tesco, "chopped mixed nuts", que inlcuye nueces, cacahuetes y almendras, pero podéis usar lo que os apetezca)
Capa de plátano y dulce de leche
- 1 lata de dulce de leche, también llamado toffee (también se puede preparar hirviendo leche condensada durante dos horas y media, pero es más fácil comprarlo y también está buenísimo)
- 2 o 3 plátanos, ligeramente maduros
Capa superior
- 500 ml nata para montar
La base es una variación de la tradicional base de galleta y mantequilla. Para hacerla sólo hay que triturar las galletas y mezclarlas con los frutos secos y el chocolate blanco derretido hasta que la textura es apropiada para crear una base sólida. En ese momento, esparcir la mezcla en un molde desmontable y chafarla bien hasta crear una base sólida y compacta (no demasiado gruesa, pero no demasiado fina). Poner en la nevera por unos minutos.
A continuación, derretir ligeramente el dulce de leche en el microondas y repartir una capa generosa encima de la base. Cubrir esa capa con rodajas de plátano no demasiado gruesas, poner todo en la nevera para que se enfríe y acabar el pastel con una capa de nata montada. Yo no pongo azúcar en ella, porque la base y el dulce de leche la hacen suficientemente dulce, pero depende de vosotros..
Se puede decorar poniendo cacao en polvo, virutas de chocolate o cualquier otra clase de chocolate por encima (es lo que yo recomiendo), o con cualquier otra cosa que queráis.
Por cierto, obviamente se puede usar la base de galleta tradicional, sin frutos secos y con mantequilla en lugar de chocolate blanco (de hecho yo solía prepararla así), y en este caso es mejor poner azúcar en la nata montada, porque si no no saldrá demasiado dulce. Sin embargo, debo admitir que desde que probé la de chocolate blanco, ¡me decanto por ella!
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