Banoffee Pie

Total Time: 38 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 275 g butter
• 250 g ginger biscuits (or digestive, butter etc)
• 150 g caster sugar
• 400 g sweetened condensed milk
• 5 bananas
• 500 ml double cream
• chocolate (for grating)

Recipe

• 1 crush the gingernut biscuits so they resemble breadcrumbs.
• 2 melt 4oz of the butter and mix with the biscuits.
• 3 press mixture into a dish about 28cm diameter and about 6-7 centimeters deep.
• 4 chill.
• 5 place remaining butter and sugar in a non stick saucepan and melt.
• 6 add the condensed milk and gently bring to the boil stirring continuously so mixture does not burn.
• 7 boil for 5 minutes exactly to make a light caramel.
• 8 or place remaining butter, sugar and condensed milk in a large glass bowl and microwave 2-3 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• 9 it should change colour to a light caramel.
• 10 don't over do it as it will make the toffee too hard.
• 11 allow to cool slightly and then pour over biscuit base.
• 12 chill.
• 13 slice the bananas over the caramel.
• 14 beat the cream until stiff and cover bananas.
• 15 top with grated chocolate be warned this is very sweet.