Cheat of the week - Banoffee pie

I've been a bit obsessed with Jamie Oliver lately and his 15 and 30-minute meals. We saw an episode a while ago when he made a really simple banoffee pie. I've never had banoffee pie before so I wasn't really sure what to expect but it seemed so good so we just had to try it; banana caramel sauce and cream with coffee flavour...just great. Now, this is not exactly a healthy recipe but oh so yummy.

Ingredients

serves 6-8

1 pie crust (store bought or home made)

2 bananas

100 ml full fat milk

4 tbsp sugar

300 ml cream

1 tbsp camp coffee

2 bananas, extra

100 g dark chocolate

Put the first two bananas and the milk in a blender and mix until well combined. 

Melt the caster sugar in a pan over high heat. Don’t stir it, just gently shake the pan as it melts to a darker caramel colour. Add the banana milk mixture to the pan and stir until the toffee melts together and takes on a dark colour. If you have hard sugar crystals in the pan wait a little bit until they're all melted but be careful not to burn it. Pour into the pie case and let it cool down completely.

Whip the cream and then fold through the camp coffee essence so it leaves a marbled vision. Slice the bananas and arrange over the toffee filling, then spoon the cream over the top.

Place the chocolate bar on a bench top with smooth side up. Scrape a sharp knife across the chocolate towards you, making chocolate curls. Put on top of the cream.

Picture taken from Jamie Oliver's website