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Banoffee Pie in Pastry Crust with Chocolate Ganache

Course Dessert
Cuisine British, Irish

Ingredients
  

Crust

  • 1 cup all purpose flour
  • 1/3 cup cake flour
  • 1/2 tsp kosher salt
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • 6 tbsp unsalted butter, cold and cut into 6 pieces
  • 2 tbsp vegetable shortening, cold
  • 3 tbsp ice water

Filling

  • 14 oz sweetened condensed milk OR PREPARED DULCE DE LECHE
  • 4 oz bittersweet chocolate
  • 12 oz heavy cream divided
  • 3 large bananas, very ripe
  • 2 tbsp powdered sugar
  • 1-2 tbsp bittersweet chocolate, shaved OPTIONAL

Instructions
 

DULCE DE LECHE FILLING - SKIP IF USING PREPARED DULCE DE LECHE

  • In a 4 qt saucepan, place a cloth (I use a dish washcloth) on the bottom and sit the can of sweetened condensed milk on top - WITHOUT THE LABEL. Cover by at least one inch with water and place over medium-high heat until the water reaches a simmer. Regulate the heat to keep it just at the simmer and watch the water level to keep the can covered.
  • Simmer for three hours, adding additional boiling water (I use an electric kettle for this) to keep covered. IT MUST BE COVERED BY WATER AT ALL TIMES TO PREVENT THE CAN FROM EXPLODING.
  • Cool in the can, unopened, one hour. If you've made this in advance, sit in a small pot of water brought JUST to the boil and turned off (no need to cover since you're just heating it up a bit).

CRUST

  • In a food processor with the metal blade mix the flours, salt and sugar with a few pulses.
  • Add the cold butter and shortening and pulse about six to eight times until the butter and shortening are cut into the flour in hunks.
  • With the processor running, add the ice water slowly through the feed tube until the dough holds together but is not wet. If the dough won't hold together when pressed together, add up to one more tablespoon of ice water but no more.
  • Dump the dough onto a counter, making sure all of the flour has been incorporated and there are no wet spots. Form it into a ball. Press into a flat round and wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate at least one hour before rolling out.
  • Using a rolling pin, roll the dough out into a circle that is large enough to fill a 9" pie plate all the way up the sides (approximately 12 inch circle).
  • Put the dough into the pie plate and crimp the edges so that they are sitting on the top edge of the plate. Using a dinner fork, poke holes all over the bottom, maybe 10 pokes, to prevent the dough from bubbling in the oven.
  • Put the piecrust into the refrigerator and chill while you preheat the oven to 350F.
  • When you are ready to bake, take the pie crust out of the refrigerator. Place a piece of parchment (or foil that has been sprayed with non-stick on the side touching the crust) that goes all the way up the sides into the pie dough and fill with pie weights (I use dried beans that are just for that purpose).
  • Bake in the lower half of the preheated oven for 15 minutes. Remove the parchment and pie weights and put the crust back into the oven for another 15 minutes or until the crust is golden brown. Cool completely on a cooling rack.

PIE ASSEMBLY

  • Prepare the ganache by microwaving 1/4 cup of the heavy cream with 4 oz (1/4 cup) of the bittersweet chocolate, stirring every 30 seconds or so until it is just melted together into a glossy sauce.
  • Pour the ganache into the cooled pie crust and spread with the back of a spoon to cover the entire bottom.
  • Peel and slice the bananas into 1 inch disks, snugly fitting them on top of the ganache to cover the entire bottom of the pie crust.
  • Open the can of dulce de leche and pour over the bananas, gently spreading with the back of a spoon to cover. Cover the pie with plastic wrap (I use toothpicks for tenting to keep the plastic from sticking to the filling) at least one hour until ready to serve.
  • Before serving, whip the remaining heavy cream to stiff peaks with the powdered sugar and either pipe on using a piping bag or dollop and spread with the back of a spoon or offset spatula.
  • If using, sprinkle chocolate shavings over the whipped cream. Serve!
  • Leftovers need to be covered and refrigerated.
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