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Banana Tarte Tatin

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Banana Tarte Tatin

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Serve iVillager Maygirl's tarte tatin with top quality ice-cream and a sticky dessert wine
 

Ingredients

  • 1 sheet 25cm x 25cm ready-rolled puff pastry
  • 4–5 bananas
  • water
  • 150g caster sugar
  • 75g butter
  • handful of unsalted pistachio nuts, coarsely chopped (optional)
Preparation: 15 Cook Time: 20 Total Time: 35min whats this
 

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to //gas mark Slice the bananas across the diagonal, sprinkle over g of the sugar and toss. Set aside.
  2. Place remaining sugar in a medium-sized saucepan and add enough water to just cover it. Heat on medium until the sugar is dark golden and bubbling. Remove from the heat and add the butter.
  3. Pour this caramel into a round cm flameproof dish and add the bananas, pressing them down into the caramel (watch your fingers!).
  4. Using a knife, stab holes all over the pastry. Sit the dish on top of the pastry and cut out a piece about m wider than the dish. Lay it on top of the bananas, tucking in the excess pastry.
  5. Cook for minutes until the pastry is puffed and golden. Place a dish over the tart and carefully invert. Sprinkle with the pistachios and serve.

 

Source: Maygirl

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