Servings : Serves 8
A very British dessert, combining bananas with toffee and layering with digestive biscuits and whipped cream. YUM!
Ingredients
- 10-15 digestive biscuits crushed in a processor
- 2 tbsp. butter
- 1 tin sweetened condensed milk made into dulce de leche (see below for instructions)
- 4-5 bananas
- 1 cup whipping cream, whipped
- crushed cadbury flakes or grated chocolate
Instructions
For the Dulce de Leche –
Make it into toffee using this method. Remove label from tin then without opening the can just put it in pressure cooker with about one and half liters of water. Close the pressure cooker and boil for 40-50 mins. Then let the pressure cooker cool down COMPLETELY before opening, and then let the sweet milk tin cool as well completely before opening it. IF YOU OPEN IT WHEN IT’S HOT IT CAN SPLASH OUT HOT TOFFEE! Be careful.
First, heat the butter in a pan and add the crushed digestives. Stir together. Switch off, then pour the biscuit crumbs into a dish and pat down flat.
Cover with cling film and refrigerate for a couple of hours to solidify the base slightly. Then open the sweet milk tin which will now be thick yummy toffee, spread this on the biscuit layer. Then slice bananas and lay them all over the toffee. Finally pour the whipped cream and sprinkle the chocolate.
Refrigerate until chilled and serve!
You might not need to use the full can of toffee made from the condensed milk, depending on your sweet tooth. But the remaining stores very well in the fridge and works beautifully drizzled over other desserts like cake or ice-cream. 🙂
If you don’t have a pressure cooker, follow this method. Pierce 2 holes on opposite sides of the top of your can and remove the label. Then put the can into a pan and add water. The water should reach three-quarters of the can. Bring to the boil and keep boiling for 3 hours for a soft toffee or 4 hours for a thick toffee. Keep checking the water content/level in your pan, and add whenever it starts reducing.
Assalam o alaikum, i recently
Assalam o alaikum, i recently stumbled upon your blog and i am so glad i did, your recipes are easy to follow n i ‘m gonna try out quiet a few in the next few days, This is also a very easy recipe, will defintely try it Insha Allah
hey salam. can i use
hey salam. can i use chocolate frosting instead of whiping cream?
W/Salaam, you can but it
W/Salaam, you can but it would be too sweet coz the caramel layer is already very sweet, the whipped cream helps to balance the dessert.
and yeah. can we use make
and yeah. can we use make double layer? or it wud be too heavy? i.e biscuit-toffee-cream-biscuit-tofee-cream ?
It would be heavy, best to
It would be heavy, best to make it just one layer. 🙂
Condense milk doesn’t have
Condense milk doesn’t have outer cover .print is on tin .is it safe to pressure cooker it
Yes it should be fine.
Yes it should be fine.
how many people does this
how many people does this recipe serve???
About 8-10.
About 8-10.
Salam Fauzia made this
Salam Fauzia made this dessert tonight as my husbands family came over to watch a game of rugby.guess what it was delicious.making toffee in the pressure cooker was easier than I imagined and the toffee itself was so yummy I couldn’t stop eating it.i followed all the steps except that I put the digestives and melted butter in a food processor to make the base.everyone loved it,all credit goes to you.Thank you
Assalamu alaikum fauzia….
Assalamu alaikum fauzia…..this dish looks very yummy….just had one doubt….by adding this toffee doesnt it become too sweet n u have mentioned that in whipping cream also sugar should be added???
W/Salaam, it is a sweet
W/Salaam, it is a sweet dessert but somehow balances out.
Assalamu alaikum…..can i
Assalamu alaikum…..can i keep the condensed milk tin in a steamer to boil???
W/Salaam, best to immerse it
W/Salaam, best to immerse it in water and boil as explained.
what other fruits would suit
what other fruits would suit this dessert other than bananas.shall i add caned pears?will the combination be tasty?
I know some fans who have
I know some fans who have tried this with mango and peaches. Even pineapple. You can try pears if you want, but it works best with soft fruits.
I tried this today…..
I tried this today……though I boiled the condense milk in pan for 4 hours…still it didn’t turn into toffee and remained the same liquid texture and same colour. When the water started boiling I turned the heat to low and it kept simmering for 4 hours. Could that be the reason that the water in the pan was not boiling but just simmering? On medium heat the condensed milk used to start popping out of the two holes on top that’s why I kept the heat low.
Hmm, maybe it needed more
Hmm, maybe it needed more time seeing as the heat was lowered.
I followed ur instructions
I followed ur instructions step by step in making the toffee but when I opened the tin I found it to be lumps , should it be like that or should I be able to pour it.. I kept for 45 min medium heat…I use a spoon to take it and spread…but it was soft and tasted like toffee..pls lets know.
Yes that is fine, just give
Yes that is fine, just give it a swift stir to make it smooth. It should be thick and toffee-like.
salams fauzia what about
salams fauzia what about pressure cookers whistle.how many whistle should go on.
W/Salaam, after the first
W/Salaam, after the first whistle, time it for 40-50 minutes then turn it off.
Assalam o alaikum
Assalam o alaikum
I am new in your kitchen. I browse this recipe. Looks very yummy.
Iwant to ask does tofee become hard after refrigerating as other normal toffees become?
Thanks! It depends on how
Thanks! It depends on how long you cook it. If it is overcooked it will harden. But if done to the recommended time as per the recipe, it will still be soft enough to enjoy cold. 🙂
Hi fkf, ur recipes r really
Hi fkf, ur recipes r really amazing, I just want to know every time I made banooffe pie cookies got scrambled, I dont know wat did I wrong pls let me know. In earlier comments to bake,if I bake then how long it ll bake at what temperature pls reply soon. Thanks
Hi, not sure what you mean by
Hi, not sure what you mean by cookies getting scrambled. Could you explain?
Digestive biscuits mixture
Digestive biscuits mixture get scrambled couldnt stay together when I took it off from the mould, pls guide me where I m wrong. Thanks
Did you use less melted
Did you use less melted butter than I have given in the recipe? That might have been the problem.
I used the exact butter or
I used the exact butter or might b excessive but not less. Should I bake it or not? If yes then hw long at wat temp?
Am not sure then why it
Am not sure then why it crumbled, as you can see it didn’t with mine. 🙂 Normally I do not bake the base (as this is a no-bake recipe designed to make life easier) but if your base is crumbly then best to bake it for about 10 minutes at 180 C. Make sure you preheat the oven. Then allow it to cool completely in the tin before adding the cheesecake mixture. There should be no residual heat at all.
hi, can we use caramel syrup
hi, can we use caramel syrup instead of this Dulce de leche ?? would the result be same ??
Hi, have not tried with
Hi, have not tried with caramel syrup, it may end up being too sticky but you can give it a try with a small amount.
Asalamoalaikum I wanted to
Asalamoalaikum I wanted to knw for hor long can the dulce de leche be stored in d fridge after making it?
W/Salaam, up to a month. Just
W/Salaam, up to a month. Just make sure not to dip a wet spoon into it. 🙂
I love this recipe but my
I love this recipe but my base turns out so stiff that its hard to break it after everything has set. I literally have to butcher it!
Thanks for the feedback, not
Thanks for the feedback, not sure what caused the hardness of the base, did you use more or less butter than the recommended amount in the recipe?
Salaams sis Fauzia…I have
Salaams sis Fauzia…I have made the dulce de leshe many times in the pressure cooker and turned out perfect…now I have a big gallon of condensed milk…if I want to make for a small quantity…how do I make…pls suggest…thank you
W/Salaam, you could do it in
W/Salaam, you could do it in the microwave in a microwave-safe bowl. Keep giving it 20 seconds, stirring between intervals until it thickens to your preference.