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DESSERTS- PIES & CRUSTS
Banoffee Pie
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Banoffee
Pie |
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A dessert
originally from England...
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2
cups |
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canned sweetened condensed milk (21
ounces) |
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One
9-inch |
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round of refrigerated pie dough (from a
15-ounce package) |
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3
large |
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bananas |
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1½
cups |
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chilled heavy cream |
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1
Tbs |
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packed light brown sugar |
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1 |
Put oven
rack in middle position and preheat oven to
425°F. |
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2 |
Pour
condensed milk into pie plate and stir in a
generous pinch of salt. Cover pie plate with
foil and crimp foil tightly around rim. Put in a
roasting pan, then add enough boiling hot water
to reach halfway up side of pie plate, making
sure that foil is above water. Bake, refilling
pan to halfway with water about every 40
minutes, until milk is thick and a deep golden
caramel color, about 2 hours. Remove pie plate
from water bath and transfer toffee to a bowl,
then chill toffee, uncovered, until it is cold,
about 1 hour. |
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3 |
While toffee
is chilling, clean pie plate and bake piecrust
in it according to package instructions. Cool
piecrust completely in pan on a rack, about 20
minutes. |
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4 |
Spread
toffee evenly in crust, and chill, uncovered, 15
minutes. |
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Cut bananas
into ¼-inch-thick slices and pile over toffee. |
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Beat cream
with brown sugar in a clean bowl with an
electric mixer until it just holds soft peaks,
then mound over top of pie. |
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Servings: 8 |
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Cooking Tips |
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*A deep-dish pie
plate is preferred for this recipe. |
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**Toffee can be
chilled up to 2 days (cover after 1 hour). |
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***Toffee-filled
crust can be chilled up to 3 hours. |
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Recipe Source |
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Gourmet |
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