Name: Cheat’s banana tarte tatin
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 50 gram butter; 1/3 cup (75g) firmly packed brown sugar; 1/4 cup (60ml) thickened cream; 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 3 medium (600g) firm bananas, sliced diagonally; 1 sheet ready-rolled butter puff pastry, thawed; 1 egg, beaten lightly; blueberries and strawberries, to serve

Cheat’s banana tarte tatin

Serve this banana tarte tatin for dessert with cream and watch it disappear!

Serves 6

Prep

15M

Cook

20M

Total

35M

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Ingredients

50 gram butter

1/3 cup (75g) firmly packed brown sugar

1/4 cup (60ml) thickened cream

1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

3 medium (600g) firm bananas, sliced diagonally

1 sheet ready-rolled butter puff pastry, thawed

1 egg, beaten lightly

blueberries and strawberries, to serve

Method

1.Preheat oven to very hot 240°C (220°C fan-forced). Grease a 23cm pie dish.

2.Stir butter, sugar, cream and cinnamon in a small saucepan, over low heat, until sugar dissolves; bring to the boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 2 minutes. Pour caramel sauce into prepared pie dish; top with banana.

3.Trim comers of pastry sheet to form about a 24cm circle. Place pastry sheet over banana; press pastry edge into side of dish. Brush pastry with egg, bake, uncovered, for about 15 minutes or until pastry is browned.

4.Carefully turn the tart onto a serving plate. Sprinkle with fresh berries and serve immediately with ice-cream or cream, if desired.

Not suitable to freeze or microwave.
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