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Monday, March 23, 2015

Decadent Banana-Caramel Cream Pie....With Oreo Crust

So delicious...If you have a sweet tooth or a pie passion, this is for you.

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups Oreo cookie crumbs                  
1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted
                                  
Caramel bananas

1 tbsp. unsalted butter
2 tsp packed brown sugar
2 tbsp. 35% cream
1/8 tsp salt
3 ripe medium bananas, sliced
                                  
Pudding

1 1/2 cups 3.25% milk
3 tbsp. granulated sugar
3 tbsp. cornstarch
3 egg yolks
1 1/2 tsp vanilla 

Topping

1/8 tsp salt                               
1 cup 35% cream
2 tsp granulated sugar
44-g bar chocolate covered sponge toffee, such as Crunchie, broken into small pieces

Instructions

*STIR cookie crumbs with 1/2 cup melted butter in a medium bowl until combined. Press mixture evenly into the bottom and up the sides of a 9-in. pie plate.
*MELT 1 tbsp butter in a medium frying pan over medium-high. Add brown sugar, 2 tbsp 35% cream and 1/8 tsp salt. Boil gently, whisking often, 1 min. Remove from heat and let stand 1 min. Stir in bananas, then arrange over crust in an even layer.
*HEAT milk in a medium saucepan over medium-high, just until bubbles form on the surface, about 5 min. Whisk 3 tbsp sugar with cornstarch and yolks in a medium bowl until combined. Whisk in half of hot milk until smooth. Return mixture to saucepan and set over medium. Whisk often until pudding thickens, about 2 min. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla and 1/8 tsp salt. Scrape over banana layer, smoothing top. Refrigerate until pudding is set, 1 hour.
*BEAT 1 cup 35% cream in a medium bowl until soft peaks form when beaters are lifted, 2 to 3 min. *BEAT in 2 tsp sugar until stiff peaks form when beaters are lifted, about 2 more min. Spoon whipped cream over centre of pie. Sprinkle with sponge toffee.

This pie is to die for...Make two. One for the family and one for you....Enjoy

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