Little & Friday's Banana Berry Tatin

Ingredients
- 200 grams caster sugar
- 50 grams butter
- juice of 1 lemon
- 8 medium bananas
- 30cm-diameter circle of puff pastry 8mm thick
- 100g crème fraîche
- 1 punnet blueberries
- ¼ cup Candied Walnuts (recipe below)
- 2 tablespoons runny honey, to serve
- vanilla bean ice cream, to serve
Candied Walnuts
- 500 grams walnut pieces
- 150 grams good-quality runny honey
Instructions
- 1
Main - Preheat oven to 180°C.
- 2
Main - Place sugar in a large ovenproof frying pan, approximately 30cm in diameter. Cook over a moderate heat until sugar starts to melt and caramelise. Once sugar has reached a dark amber colour, add butter and lemon juice and turn heat off. Stir caramel until butter and lemon juice are incorporated.
- 3
Main - Peel bananas and slice in half lengthways. Place banana slices cut-side down into hot caramel, and layer evenly around the pan. Top with the circle of puff pastry.
- 4
Main - Bake in oven for around 30–35 minutes, until pastry is dark golden in colour.
- 5
Main - Place a serving plate upside down over top of pan and flip tatin out. _Be extremely careful not to spill caramel on yourself, as it will be very hot._ The bananas should be on top, evenly layered across the pastry base.
- 6
Main - Pour caramel juice from pan all over tatin. Dollop crème fraiche over the top, scatter with blueberries and walnuts and drizzle with honey to finish.
- 7
Main - Serve immediately with a good-quality vanilla bean ice cream.
- 8
Candied Walnuts - Preheat oven to 140°C. Line a baking tray with baking paper.
- 9
Candied Walnuts - In a bowl, combine walnuts and honey and mix well. Spread out in a single layer on prepared tray.
- 10
Candied Walnuts - Bake for 25–30 minutes, stirring every 5 minutes, or until walnuts are golden brown and glossy.
- 11
Candied Walnuts - Remove from oven and cool. Stored in an airtight container, these will keep for 3–4 weeks.


