Joel’s Banana Tarte Tatin with Nice Cream

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Preparation info
  • Serves:

    8

    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      5 min

Appears in
We Cook Plants: For People. For the Planet. With Joy.

By Sarah Bentley

Published 2025

  • About

“Having West African and Caribbean heritage, there are certain flavours I’ve come to expect as part of my cuisine even as a Londoner. Bananas, plantain and green bananas are staples that I try to incorporate in either my breakfast, lunch or dinner. One of the truly special examples of a banana dish that reminds me of my childhood, in particular dessert after lunch on special church days, is my late mum’s Banana Tarte Tatin, which we grew up calling flan. It’s a sweet taste of tropical heave