Sunday, February 12, 2012

Banana and chocolate pie

A very easy and delicious pie...

Ingredients for 8 people

Shortcrust pastry
250 g all-purpose flour
100 g granulated sugar
140 g butter
30 g eggyolk

Banana batter
4 bananas
100 g granulated sugar
100 g sour cream 30% fat
1 vanilla bean
3 eggs
1 teaspoon rum (optional)

Dark-chocolate icing
75 g chocolate 48% cacao
75 g chocolate 67% cacao
170 g whipping cream
20 g butter

Method

Shortcrust pastry
- In a stand mixer with the flat mixing paddle, mix together butter, flour and sugar until the sablage is homogeneous and yellow (do it between your hands if you don’t have a stand mixer).
- Add the egg yolk and knead with your hands.
- Let the crust rest in the refrigerator for 2 hours in a plastic film.
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- Roll your crust out to a round, 3 mm thick.
- Put it in a pie mold, cover it with wax paper and ceramic beads to prevent the crust from swelling.
- Bake for 8 min.

Banana batter
- Blend together 2 bananas, the sour cream, the sugar, the eggs, the grated vanilla and the rum until homogeneous.
- Pour the batter over the precooked crust.
- Add 2 bananas, cut in slices.
- Bake for 30 min.

Dark-chocolate icing
- Put together the chocolate, the whipping cream and the butter in a pan.
- Let it melt over a low heat.
- Pour over the pie and put in the fridge.
- Eat it cold.

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