Banoffee pie
 A slice of banoffee pie served withice cream | |
| Type | Pie |
|---|---|
| Place of origin | United Kingdom |
| Region or state | Jevington,East Sussex, England |
| Created by | Nigel Mackenzie and Ian Dowding |
| Main ingredients | Pastry base or crumbled biscuits, butter, bananas,cream,toffee |
Banoffee pieis a British dessertpiemade frombananas,whipped cream,and a thickcaramelsauce (made from boiledcondensed milk,ormilk jam), combined either on a buttery biscuit base or one made from crumbledbiscuitsand butter.[1]Some versions of the recipe includechocolate,coffee,or both.
The dessert’s name, sometimes spelled "banoffi", is aportmanteaucombining the words "banana" and "toffee".[2]
History
[edit]Credit for the pie's invention is claimed by Nigel Mackenzie and Ian Dowding,[3]the owner and chef respectively of the former Hungry Monk Restaurant inJevington,East Sussex,England.[4]They claim to have created the dessert in 1971,[5]basing it on aSan Franciscorecipe for "Blum's Coffee Toffee Pie",[6]which usedmilk jam,a soft toffee made by boiling an unopened can ofcondensed milkfor several hours. Mackenzie and Dowding found they were unable to perfect the recipe consistently,[7]and after trying various changes including the addition of apple ormandarin orange,Mackenzie suggested banana and Dowding later said that "straight away we knew we had got it right". Mackenzie suggested the name "Banoffi Pie", and the dish proved so popular with their customers that they "couldn't take it off" the menu.[8]
The recipe was published inThe Deeper Secrets of the Hungry Monkin 1974, and reprinted in the 1997 cookbookIn Heaven with The Hungry Monk.Similar recipes were adopted by other restaurants throughout the world.[8]In 1984, several supermarkets began selling it as an American pie, leading Mackenzie to offer a £10,000 prize to anyone who could disprove their claim to be the English inventors.[9]Dowding stated that his "pet hates are biscuit crumb bases and that horrible cream inaerosols".[10]It wasMargaret Thatcher's favourite food to cook.[11]
The word "banoffee" entered the English language, used to describe any food or product that tastes or smells of both banana and toffee.[2]A recipe for the pie, using a biscuit crumb base, is often printed on tins ofNestlé's condensed milk, though that recipe calls for the contents of the tin to be boiled with additional butter and sugar, instead of boiling the unopened tin. This is presumably for safety reasons, as tins of condensed milk bear the warning: "Caution - Do not boil unopened can as bursting may occur."[12]
See also
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References
[edit]- ^NewsLifeMedia."Banoffee Pies Recipe".Retrieved7 January2017.
- ^ab"banoffee"– via The Free Dictionary.
- ^Dowding, Ian."The Completely True and Utter Story of Banoffi Pie".Ian Dowding.Retrieved7 December2022.
- ^"The joys of jam roly-poly, a very British pudding".The Guardian. Retrieved 21 February 2018
- ^Dowding, Ian."Consultant chef, writer and the inventor of Banoffi Pie".Ian Dowding.Archived fromthe originalon 25 September 2022.Retrieved7 December2022.
- ^ Fritsche, Sarah (27 February 2018)."Recipe: Blum's Coffee Crunch Cake".San Francisco Chronicle.Retrieved7 December2022. Boutell, Kendra (1 October 2017)."A Brief History of the Coffee Crunch Cake".Nob Hill Gazette.Archived fromthe originalon 7 December 2022.Retrieved7 December2022. Braker, Flo (8 October 1997)."THE BAKER -- Blum's Is Gone But Not Forgotten".SFGATE.Retrieved7 December2022. "Banoffi Pie: Nigel MacKenzie and Ian Dowding 1972".Made up in Britain.Retrieved7 December2022. "Banoffee Pie".Great British Puddings.Retrieved7 December2022.
- ^"Everything you need to know about banoffee pie - from its creator".Great British Life.27 April 2021.Retrieved7 December2022.
- ^ab"The Completely True and Utter Story of Banoffi Pie".Ian Dowding.Retrieved21 June2009.
- ^"Daily Telegraph article about Banoffee Pie reward".Banoffee.co.uk. 5 May 1994.Archivedfrom the original on 20 June 2009.Retrieved21 June2009.
- ^Cloake, Felicity (26 June 2013)."How to make the perfect banoffee pie".The Guardian.Retrieved18 December2014.
- ^The Celebrity Cookbook: Kitchen Secrets of the Rich and Famous; Brooks, Marla (1993)
- ^"Nestlé Carnation Sweetened Condensed Milk".Amazon UK.
External links
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Banoffee Pieat the Wikibooks Cookbook subproject
