Quick Puff Pastry Dessert with Bananas and Pecans

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I like this puff pastry dessert because it’s easy to pull together and looks like a lot more work than it is. If you can find a top quality puff pastry like Dufour, it really does improve it, But in a clench Ive used Pepperidge Farms.

Ingredients:

Puff pastry, cut into slightly larger diameter than pan. 

4 Bananas, sliced about 1/4 inch. 

5 Tbsp/75 gr Butter

1/2 cup/100 gr light Brown Sugar, packed.

1/2 cup/50 gr roasted chopped Pecans. 

What do you need to do before anything else?

Most puff pastry is frozen, so before you begin anything you must take it out to defrost. Just follow the directions on the box for timing. I usually find 20-30 minutes is plenty of time.

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Preparation:

Melt butter in a sauce pan. Add brown sugar and make caramel. This is easy to do as long as you keep stirring and don’t use a high heat. You’ll know it’s done when it starts to turn brown and has that wonderful caramel smell. Add pecans and reduce heat to keep it from burning.

Lay out your puff pastry on your parchment lined baking sheet. I find a half sheet pan is ideal for this recipe.

Pour your caramel and pear mixture onto your puff pastry and arrange bananas in a single layer.

Take the extra puff pastry and tuck it over the edge to create a lip and pinch the corners as shown in the pic above. Put it into preheated 350F/180C oven for 30 minutes. Allow to cool slightly and cut and serve. It’s wonderful with butter pecan or vanilla ice cream.

Quick Puff Pastry Dessert with Bananas and Pecans

I like this puff pastry dessert because it’s easy to pull together and looks like a lot more work than it is. If you can find a top quality puff pastry like Dufour, it really does improve it, But in a clench I've used Pepperidge Farms.
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Prep Time 50 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Servings: 6
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Continental
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • Puff pastry cut into slightly larger diameter than pan.
  • 4 Bananas sliced about 1/4 inch.
  • 5 Tbsp/75 gr Butter
  • 1/2 cup/100 gr light Brown Sugar packed.
  • 1/2 cup/50 gr roasted chopped Pecans.

Equipment

  • Half Sheet Baking Pan

Method
 

  1. Melt butter in a sauce pan. Add brown sugar and make caramel. This is easy to do as long as you keep stirring and don’t use a high heat. You’ll know it’s done when it starts to turn brown and has that wonderful caramel smell. Add pecans and reduce heat to keep it from burning.
  2. Lay out your puff pastry on your parchment lined baking sheet. I find a half sheet pan is ideal for this recipe.
  3. Pour your caramel and pear mixture onto your puff pastry and arrange bananas in a single layer.
  4. Take the extra puff pastry and tuck it over the edge to create a lip and pinch the corners as shown in the pic above. Put it into preheated 350F/180C oven for 30 minutes. Allow to cool slightly and cut and serve. It’s wonderful with butter pecan or vanilla ice cream.

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