Banoffee Pie is a delicious, no-bake dessert that combines a buttery biscuit base with layers of sliced bananas, rich caramel or dulce de leche, and whipped cream.
Ingredients for the biscuit base
- 2 packets of biscuit base
- Undated butter (6-7 Tbsps)
Ingredients for the dulce de leche
- 1 can condensed milk
- 30 ml whiskey (optional)
- A pinch of salt
Ingredients for the cream
- 1 Tetra Pack Cream / Whipping Cream
- 4 Tsp Castors Sugar
- 1 Tbsp Vanilla Essence
- 2 Bananas
- Grated Chocolate for garnishing
Directions for the biscuit base
- Line the tin from the sides and the bottom.
- Pound the biscuits to a fine mix ( not as fine as in a mixer). Let them be a little chunky.
- Melt some unsalted butter in a pan. Add the biscuits to it.
- Make sure the biscuits are well covered in butter. The mix should then be brownish in colour, crumbly and buttery. Add more butter if needed.
- Once cooled down, spread the biscuit base in the lines tin.
- Put it in the fridge to set. Min 2hrs.
Directions for the dulce de leche
- Take one can of condensed milk and dip it upright in a cooker.
- Fill it with water. Make sure the water level is a little over the height of the can.
- On a medium flame let the condensed milk cook for 50 mins. Important: Don’t put a whistle over the cooker
- Once cooked let the tin rest for atleast 30 mins or until cooled down.
- Open the can and put half of it in a bowl. Pour about 60 ml whiskey and whisk the dulce de leche. It will become slightly runny.
- Add the remaining other half of the condensed milk also. According to your palate add a pinch of salt.
Directions for the Cream
- In a bowl add the cream, powdered sugar and vanilla essence.
- Whip all the ingredients till peaks are formed or till it become slightly thick. Important: Don’t over whip the cream otherwise it will taste sour or split.
Assembling the Banoffee Pie
- Pour the dulce de leche over the biscuit base.
- Line it with the cut bananas
- Pour the cream Over the bananas
- Grate some chocolate shavings
- Freeze the Banoffee Pie until set!
