Engadiner nusstorte
Banana pie
- 300 GRAM PUFF PASTRY
- 4 TBSP SUGAR
- 3 BANANAS, peeled and sliced lengthwise
- 4 CARDAMOM PODS, use inside seeds
- 2 TANGERINES, juice and rind
- 4 TBSP ORANGE LIQUEUR
Mix the flour with the butter, the egg and half of the sugar and knead this well. Roll it out and line a greased baking pan with it. Distribute the red currant jelly on the bottom. Heat the remaining sugar with the cream and add the nuts. Simmer for 5 minutes, add the honey and stir well. Put this mixture into the pie and bake the pie 50 minutes in the oven at 160 degrees Celsius.
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Roll out the puff pastry and line a greased rectangular baking pan with it. Arrange the bananas on the pastry. Put the tangerine juice and rind together with the cardamom and sugar and bring this to the boil; simmer for 5 minutes. Switch off the heat and add the liqueur. Drizzle this mixture over the bananas. Bake the pie 25 minutes at 180 degrees Celsius.
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