Banana Tart Tatin

© Nick Young 2011

This is really great take on the classic apple Tart Tatin, which I have made many times before. I saw this banana version on Jamie Oliver's free podcast "Jamie's Ministry of Food", I highly recommend it, some great recipes explained well. However, there are very few vegetarian recipes!

4 bananas
1 cup sugar
4 oz butter
1 sheet puff pastry

Puff pastry is hard and time consuming to make so I advise buying store bought frozen pastry. The kind I got was Pepperidge Farms brand puff pastry sheets.

Pre heat the oven to 400°F. On the stove top, heat the sugar and butter in a nine inch square baking pan, stirring continuously, until the sugar has caramelized. Be very careful when caramelizing the sugar as it boils at an extremely high temperature and can cause severe burns if it comes into contact with the skin.

Peel the bananas and split in half lengthwise. Carefully lay the bananas in the caramelized sugar and place a sheet of the puff pastry on top. With a wooden spoon tuck the pastry down on the edges. You may find you have to trim it a little to fit.

Bake until the pastry is golden brown and puffed, around 25 minutes. Remove from oven, and carefully invert the tart onto a serving plate or board, cut and serve with vanilla ice cream.

Enjoy!