Banana Toffee Bombe Alaska Pie
- Ready In:
- 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Serves:
-
4-5
ingredients
- 200 g puff pastry
- 4 bananas
- 4 egg whites
- 8 scoops vanilla ice cream
- 150 g brown sugar
- 1 cup light cream
- 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 20 g unsalted butter
- 200 g icing sugar (you may not need all of it)
directions
- Pre heat oven to 200 degrees celcius.
- Roll out pastry to fit your pie dish and blind bake for about 15 minutes with a weight (such as beans) on the base until just cooked.
- Heat Brown sugar, cream, butter and vanilla until butter melts.
- Simmer for 5 minutes.
- Pour toffee sauce into pie case and refrigerate.
- When toffee becomes firmer (it won't set completely), thinly slice banana and place over toffee, don't worry if it sinks.
- Whisk egg whites, gradually adding icing sugar until stiff glossy peaks form.
- Put icecream on top of bananas.
- Spread meringue over ice cream, ensuring it touchs the edges of the pie crust.
- Dust with icing sugar and bake until the meringue is golden and crunchy.
- Place the pie tray on another larger tray while cooking to catch any explosions.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
kathleen anne
Hobart, Tasmania
I am currently studying a course in Hospitality Management and working parttime in an italian restaurant. i love cooking - although i would never do it for a profession - and finding new recipes to try.