Banana And Walnut Tarts - cooking recipe
Ingredients
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2 sheets of pre rolled puff pastry.
Topping:
100 grams butter, soft but not melted.
1/2 cup caster sugar.
2 tablespoons of brown sugar.
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon.
70 grams walnuts, finely ground.
1 egg.
To assemble:
2 medium firm ripe bananas.
1 egg yolk.
Caster sugar for sprinkling.
Passionfruit syrup for serving
Softly whipped cream.
Icing sugar
Preparation
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Preheat oven to 180 c.
Cut 2 x 12 cms circles from each piece of pastry.
Lightly score a 1 cm border around the edge of each pastry circle.
Place on lined baking tray and refrigerate while making the filling.
Filling:
Mix butter and both sugars and cinnamon with a wooden spoon until smooth.
Beat in walnuts and egg to make a thick paste.
Spread two tablespoons of walnut topping on each pastry circle inside border.
Slice bananas 1 cm thick and arrange 8-9 slices over the top slightly overlapping over the top.
Brush border with egg yolk.
Sprinkle entire tart with a little caster sugar.
Bake 10-12 mins.
Turning for even browning, until puffed and golden.
Cool 5 mins.
Dust with icing sugar.
Serve with cream or ice cream and passionfruit syrup.
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