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Ruth Gregory
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quotePosted at 22:09 on 2nd November 2008

Ooo, yeah, that does sound good, Sue.

 

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Sue H
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quotePosted at 22:13 on 2nd November 2008

Hey Ruth, you and me should pop over to England one day and find a piece of that pie.

Failing that, maybe we should find a recipe and give it a whirl.

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Wolf
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quotePosted at 22:14 on 2nd November 2008
I was hoping that Aunt Miya might post a recipe for possum pie or gator stew. Smile
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Ruth Gregory
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quotePosted at 22:17 on 2nd November 2008

LOL, Wolf.  How bout Goanna Surprise? 

Sue, I'm sure we could find a recipe on the www, but popping over to England sounds better to me.

 

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Sue H
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quotePosted at 22:17 on 2nd November 2008

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
  • 10 tablespoons butter, softened
  • 2 (14-ounce) cans sweetened condensed milk
  • 3 large bananas
  • 1 1/2 cups heavy whipping cream
  • 1/3 cup confectioners' sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Mix graham cracker crumbs with softened butter and press mixture into 9-inch pie plate. Bake for 5 to 8 minutes.

Lower the oven to 300 degrees F for the toffee filling.

To create toffee filling, caramelize the sweetened condensed milk. Pour the condensed milk into a 9 by 12 by 2-inch glass baking dish. Cover with foil and place dish inside a larger poaching pan. Add water to poaching pan until half way up sides of baking dish. Bake for 1 1/2 hours.

Once both the crust and toffee filling are cooled, spread half of the filling evenly inside crust. Slice the bananas and layer on top of filling. Pour remaining half of filling over bananas, spreading evenly. Whip the cream with the confectioners' sugar and vanilla and spread on top of toffee filling and bananas.

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Sue H
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quotePosted at 22:19 on 2nd November 2008

Wolf! That sounds gross!

I have just emailed my English friend who served me a wonderful Banoffee Pie last year. I'll post the recipe when she answers.

Until then, I found an American version.

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Ruth Gregory
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quotePosted at 22:24 on 2nd November 2008

OMG, Sue that sounds like it's to die for!  Anything carmelized.  Yum!!

 

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Ruth Gregory
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quotePosted at 22:27 on 2nd November 2008

BTW, Sue, do you have all the stuff you need to follow an English receipe?  LIke a set of scales.  (I'm guessing you do).  Because so many of their recipes measure ingredients by weight rather than cups, teaspoons, etc.

This was a topic of conversation on the old recipe thread - I couldn't make the conversions for Peter's Welsh Cookie recipe.

 

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Sue H
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quotePosted at 22:27 on 2nd November 2008
We'll try a few pie recipes here, and then you and I can visit England and try one (or more) over there to compare.
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Sue H
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quotePosted at 22:29 on 2nd November 2008
Yes Ruth, I have Salter scales with both metric and imperial weights. I still make allot of English recipes.
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