Banana, Mango and Date Tarte Tatin with Crème, Fraîche, Ice Cream

Name: Banana, Mango and Date Tarte Tatin with Crème, Fraîche, Ice Cream
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 1 h 35 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: France
Ingredients: 1 ready-to-use sheet of puff pastry; 500 g (1 lb 2 oz) crème fraîche; 100 g (3½ oz) caster (superfine) sugar; 75 g (2½ oz) lightly salted butter; 4 well-ripened bananas; 3 soft fresh dates (Medjool if possible); 3 pieces of soft dried mango; 150 g (5½ oz) caster (superfine) sugar

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr 35

Appears in

100 Desserts to Die For

By Trish Deseine

Published 2016

About

A sweet winter dessert lifted by the hint of tartness in the ice cream.

Ingredients

4 well-ripened bananas
75 g (2½ oz) lightly salted butter

Europe
France
Dessert
Mediterranean
ice cream
Vegetarian
Winter

Method

PREHEAT THE OVEN TO 180°C (350°F/GAS 4). Peel the bananas. Melt the butter with the sugar in a high-sided round cake tin or a cast-iron ovenproof frying pan. Let it caramelise for 1 minute, then add the bananas to brown in the caramel.

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