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Being in a food career for almost 45 years, I’ve tried a larger-than-average assortment of recipes.
Imagine my surprise when I sampled banoffee pie for the first time recently.
This British dessert has simple ingredients, but results in a decadent, delicious treat.
Graham wafer crumbs, bananas, dulce de leche, whipped cream and chocolate are what create the magic of this dessert.
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With the holiday season upon us, I opted to take these ingredients and make a trifle in order to see all the wonderful layers.
Because there is whipped cream in the dessert, it can be made only a few hours ahead, unlike a classic trifle that’s usually made the night before.
Dulce de leche is a wonderful caramel-like confection that can be found in jars and tins. You can often find it in supermarkets beside the tins of sweetened condensed milk.
Treat yourself, your friends and family to this simple but delicious dessert.
Banoffee Trifle
(Serves 8-10)
1/2 c. (125 ml) unsalted butter
1-1/2 cups (375 ml) graham cracker crumbs
1 can (300 ml) dulce de leche
4 ripe bananas (sliced)
1-1/2 cups (300ml) whipping cream (35%)
1 tbsp. (15 ml) Icing sugar
1/4 c. (50 ml) grated dark chocolate
Directions:
1. Heat butter in a skillet until starting to turn light golden. Add crumbs and cook over medium heat for 3 to 5 minutes. Let cool.
2. Place half of crumbs on bottom of 1.5 to 2L glass trifle dish.
3. Drizzle half of the dulce de leche over the crumbs.
4. Divide half of the bananas over top.
5. Whip the cream and sugar using electric beaters until stiff.
6. Spread half of it over top of the bananas.
7. Drizzle remaining Dulce over the cream.
8. Place remaining bananas over top followed by remaining crumbs.
9. End with remaining whipped cream.
10. Garnish with dark chocolate.
11. Chill for at least an hour.
Note: for an adult dessert you can consider drizzling a spoonful of dark rum over each layer of bananas.
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