Chocolate Banana Pie

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 3 1/2 ounces dark chocolate
• 6 ounces butter
• 8 ounces graham crackers, crushed
• 7 ounces cream cheese
• 2 ripe bananas
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 2 ounces superfine sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 ounces self raising flour
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 3 1/2 ounces dark chocolate
• 9 1/2 tablespoons heavy cream
• 1 firm banana
• lemon juice

Recipe

• 1 melt the chocolate with the butter, stir in crushed crackers.
• 2 press crust into a 9in flan tin. bake at 350°f for 15 minutes.
• 3 meanwhile, beat cheese until smooth, then beat in squashed bananas, lemon juice, sugar, eggs, flour and essence, continuing until smooth and thick.
• 4 pour filling onto crust, bake for a further 30-35 minutes until firm; cool.
• 5 for the topping:.
• 6 slowly melt chocolate in the cream then cool slightly before pouring over the pie.
• 7 chill until required. decorate with banana slices dipped in lemon juice.