Banana And Walnut Tarts - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    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
    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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