Banana tarte tatin

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Recipe by Alex Mackay

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1. Preheat the oven to fan 200C/ conventional 220C/gas 7. Melt the butter in a deep, heavy-based, 20cm frying pan (one that goes in the oven). Stir in the sugar and cook over a medium heat for about 5 minutes until the butter and sugar turn into a golden caramel. Take the caramel off the heat and leave to get cool, but not firm.
2. Meanwhile, unroll the puff pastry onto a floured surface and cut into a 24cm disc.
3. Lay the pastry disc on top of the bananas and tuck the edges down the sides of the pan. Bake the tarte for 20-25 minutes in the oven until the pastry is golden brown. Leave to cool for about 5 minutes before turning out.
4. To turn the tarte out, put an upturned, large plate on top of the pastry. Spread your hand across the plate to get a good grip. Quickly flip the pan upside down and then carefully lift it off. The caramelised bananas should now be facing up. Serve slices of the tarte with vanilla ice cream or a good dollop of crème fraîche.

Banana tarte tatin

413 kcalories, protein 4g, carbohydrate 66g, fat 16 g, saturated fat 8g, fibre 2g, salt 0.31 g

'Making the caramel was fun and I'll definitely try it again. This is the sort of dish you want more than just one slice of.'

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• aymi

  06 January 2009

  aymi commented on this recipe

  step 1 needs revising as it doesn't mention when to add the bananas, they only get mentioned in step 3.

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• samsfood

  18 March 2009

  samsfood rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I've just done something similar and only just found this recipe. I had three really soggy bananas that I though were only good for the bin and used them for a tatin. I greased and lined a 20cm cake tin, put approx 100g dark sugar in and pressed it down firmly, layered bananas on top then put a circle of (leftover) puff pastry on the top. Brushed it with butter and put in the oven (180C) for about 35mins - until pastry golden. left it to cool and then turned it out onto a plate - it is delicious and so easy! I've rated this recipe as although I didn't use this one - it is so incredibly similar to mine.

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• JaneP

  31 August 2009

  JaneP commented on this recipe

  The recipe leaves lots of things out- like placing bananas in dish, also what to do with the caramel sauce. Although it is pretty obvious,recipes should still be comprehensive, eh?

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• shez

  28 September 2009

  shez rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Think the banana could have done with spicing up. Didn't find it very nice

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Ingredients

• 50g unsalted butter
• 100g golden caster sugar
• 230g sheet of ready-rolled puff pastry
• 6 firm large bananas
• ice cream or crème fraîche , to serve

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Serves 6

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Prep 55 1 hr

Ingredients

• 50g unsalted butter
• 100g golden caster sugar
• 230g sheet of ready-rolled puff pastry
• 6 firm large bananas
• ice cream or crème fraîche , to serve

Banana tarte tatin

413 kcalories, protein 4g, carbohydrate 66g, fat 16 g, saturated fat 8g, fibre 2g, salt 0.31 g

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