Pies And Tarts Recipes - Creamy Banana Pie

Ingredients

• 200g/2 1/4 cups ginger biscuits, finely crushed

• 65g/5 tbsp butter or margarine, melted

• 2.5ml/1/2 tsp grated nutmeg or ground cinnamon

• 175g/1 ripe banana, mashed

• 350g/1 1/2 cups cram cheese, at room temperature

• 50ml/generous 3 tbsp thick natural yogurt or soured cream

• 45ml/3 tbsp dark rum or 5ml/1 tsp vanilla essence

FOR THE TOPPING

• 250ml/1 cup whipping cream

• 3-4 bananas

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Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 190C/375F. For the crust, combine the crushed biscuits, butter or margarine and spice. Mix thoroughly with a wooden spoon.

2. Press the biscuit mixture in to a 23cm/9in pie dish, building up thick sides with a neat edge. Bake for 5 minutes, then leave to cool.

3. Beat the mashed bananas with the cream cheese. Fold in the yogurt or soured cream and rum or vanilla. Spread the filling in the biscuit case. Chill for at least 4 hours or preferably overnight.

4. For the topping, whip the cream until soft peaks form. Spread on the pie filling. Slice the bananas and arrange on top in a decorative pattern.