Traditional Banoffi Pie

I discovered and fell in love with banoffi pie in Goa, India. Where the cafes have such an array of dishes on offer and where you can indulge in just about anything your heart desires. Although this looks like a really rich dish, the bananas and whipped cream cut through the rich caramel and the flavours work amazingly well together. This is a very easy dessert, but just remember to prepare you dulce de leche (caramel) ahead otherwise this will slow you down!

Ingredients

1 tin of dulce de leche
2-3 large bananas
280 grams of McVities Chocolate or plain Digestives
300mls of double cream, or whipping cream
2 tablespoons butter

Method

1) Gently heat butter in a saucepan until liquid (or just leave some out at room temperature to soften).
2) Place the biscuits in a food processor and blend until they are crumbs 3) Add melted butter to food processor and blend until combined.
4) Transfer the biscuit crumbs to a round dish (a large pyrex dish or spring form cake tin is good) and pat with a spoon so that they cover the base. 
4) Place in the fridge for about 30 minutes to set.
5) Pour/spoon the dulce de leche (caramel) from the tin onto the biscuit base of the Pyrex dish. Place back in the fridge to set. 
6) Whip the cream until peaking with seeds of the vanilla bean and the sugar.
7) Spoon half of the cream mixture on top of the caramel.
8) Slice the bananas and arrange them on top of the first layer of cream working in a circle from the outside in to the centre overlapping them as you go.
9) spoon the rest of the cream over the bananas and smooth out.
10) Decorate with grated chocolate. Keep in the fridge until ready to eat! 

Tips

You can also buy pre-made caramel from most supermarkets (it is not quite the same as making it yourself but does make the process a little speedier if you're short for time)