Fignon's Ponytail
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So.....if the original was pastry based, who was the genius that decided it should be biscuit instead....and almost kicked off a civil war?
[Food] Banoffee Pie...
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- Jul 6, 2011
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Where is the option for "shut up and gimme it"?
If someone is giving me a banoffee pie then they can use either pastry or biscuit, I will not throw it back in their face.
If someone is giving me a banoffee pie then they can use either pastry or biscuit, I will not throw it back in their face.
thedonkeycentrehalf
Moved back to wear the gloves (again)
- Jul 7, 2003
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There is the mythical Disco version GOSBTS which many of us recall being played at Woodside Road but nobody has every been able to source.
A number of alterations needed to this method. First of all, bloody hell - how many are you making it for ? One pack of biscuits and one tin of condensed milk is more than enough for 10 - 12 portions !It's 1 packet digestives & half a packet of milk choc digestives smashed to smithereens with a rolling pin & then added to melted butter. Before you start taking your stress out on the biscuits you put 2 cans of condensed milk to boil in a saucepan. That takes about 2 hours & careful watching of the saucepan so that the water doesn't go too low (and saying ffs when you realise you've forgotten to take the labels off the tins). Your BISCUIT base will be in the fridge to chill at some point. You'll then burn yourself & put caramel everywhere when you open the tins to spread on the BISCUIT base & then put a layer of banana on it. Then goes back into the fridge & you can put some cream & flake on it later, as all is good in the world after smashing the BISCUITS with a rolling pjn.
There is a quick and easy cheat with the caramel ( and it works ). Empty the condensed milk into a small sauce pan and add some light muscovado sugar. Bring to the boil and then simmer until almost set. Spoon over the cooled biscuit base and put in the fridge.
Only add the banana at the same time as the whipped cream otherwise your banana goes brown in the fridge and NOBODY likes a brown banana !
Like the flake idea but drizzled melted dark chocolate or cocoa powder works equally well.
#TeamBiscuitBase
I have no strong objections to biscuit base myself. Whichever is your personal preference. I’d eat either….
Lush
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Updated Hungry Monk recipe is biscuit basedOriginal is pastry base.
Banoffi Pie: The Original Hungry Monk Recipe
As the story goes, Ian Dowding and Nigel Mackenzie are credited with the 'invention' of Banoffi Pie , which they first served at thei...scrumpdillyicious.blogspot.com
When it came on Bake Off last night we wondered how they were going to boil the condensed milk in the allowed time.
Pevenseagull
meh
- Jul 20, 2003
- 20,666
Biscuit base is for ****s ... The sort of crap that shit venues buy from 'Brakes Bros', TGI Friday, Havester, Deep Pan Pizza Hut.
Plastics.
'The Brighton Kop' probably eat it with a biscuit base.
****s
Plastics.
'The Brighton Kop' probably eat it with a biscuit base.
****s
HHGull
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- Dec 29, 2011
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It’s this sort of indecisiveness that might irritate me sometimes.
Pevenseagull
meh
- Jul 20, 2003
- 20,666
Surprise, surprise
Literally EVERYTHING wrong with eating out in this country. Some lazy twat with a set of whites and a Brakes catalogue, calling themselves a chef and serving 'Classic Banoffe Pie' fresh from the catalogue with a f***ing biscuit base.
These people are shitting on our heritage.
Literally EVERYTHING wrong with eating out in this country. Some lazy twat with a set of whites and a Brakes catalogue, calling themselves a chef and serving 'Classic Banoffe Pie' fresh from the catalogue with a f***ing biscuit base.
These people are shitting on our heritage.
I've filed you on the "undecided" pile for now.
Get back in touch if you come to a decision.
KZNSeagull
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Pie:
a baked food consisting of a sweet or savoury filling in a pastry-lined dish, often covered with a pastry crust.
a baked food consisting of a sweet or savoury filling in a pastry-lined dish, often covered with a pastry crust.
Pevenseagull
meh
- Jul 20, 2003
- 20,666
Half Time Pies
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Look, if we were sticking close to the original recipe from the Hungry Monk for heritage reasons then Banoffee pie should have instant coffee sprinkled on it. I mean Instant coffee, on a Banoffee pie....the dirty, dirty, bastards!Surprise, surprise
Literally EVERYTHING wrong with eating out in this country. Some lazy twat with a set of whites and a Brakes catalogue, calling themselves a chef and serving 'Classic Banoffe Pie' fresh from the catalogue with a f***ing biscuit base.
These people are shitting on our heritage.
Cotton Socks
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- Feb 20, 2017
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It's a 10 inch dish, no idea how many it serves I make it on request for parties, I'm not cutting it up as well!
Putting it into a saucepan & adding sugar is just asking for trouble with my general standard of cooking! I boiled them for 1.5 hours once as I'd got the time wrong for a party, they were still too runny. Google told me I could use the microwave, that was scary. One second too long & you're going to have a microwave filled with toffee!
I push the banana into the caramel as I do thick slices. The caramel doesn't go over the top of them but the banana only gets a slight browning at the top. I have done the cocoa powder but prefer the flake or just grating some choc over it when I've forgotten to buy a flake! Melted chocolate sounds like a good idea though!
- Jul 7, 2003
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I don't like banoffee pie because bananas are disgusting.
However, I made one for somebody else the other week (because I'm nice like that), and looked at various recipes off the internet to do it.
All had a buttery biscuit base (base base base).
However, I made one for somebody else the other week (because I'm nice like that), and looked at various recipes off the internet to do it.
All had a buttery biscuit base (base base base).
- Jul 7, 2003
- 47,625
I'm pretty sure @El Presidente will be able to tell you about a variety of pie that most definitely does not have a pastry crust.
Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo
I believe in Joe Hendry
- Oct 4, 2003
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If personal hygiene standards are low it could still be a bit crusty.
I'm so sorry!
- Jul 7, 2003
- 47,625
If personal hygiene standards are low it could still be a bit crusty.
ARE you though?
Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo
I believe in Joe Hendry
- Oct 4, 2003
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It is tea time so I might have put somebody off their dinner with that mental image.ARE you though?
- Jul 10, 2003
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If personal hygiene standards are low it could still be a bit crusty.
Only on NSC could a Banoffee Pie thread end up here