Banana Truffle Pie

Quick and easy banana truffle pie is a perfect year-round dessert that can be whipped up in a breeze.

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Bananas! B-A-N-A-N-A-S!

I seriously can’t say/think/write the word banana without singing that one part in Gwen Stefani’s Hollaback Girl. But really, this caramelized banana truffle pie is bananas. B-A-N-A-N-A-S!

Chocolate Banana Pie

With bananas available all the time, this banana truffle pie is a perfect year-round dessert that can be whipped up in a breeze. 

The truffle filling is sweet, creamy, and a bit tangy.

The combination of chocolate and cream cheese is killer. Mixed with the buttery, flakey crust and caramelized bananas, it’s a definite winner.

Chocolate Truffle Filling

The truffle filling is a mixture of semi-sweet chocolate, butter, and cream cheese.

The mixture is loosened with a splash of orange liqueur. I recommend Grand Marnier or Cointreau. If you prefer to omit alcohol, you may use orange juice or milk.

Mix the truffle ingredients in a heavy bottomed sauce pot over low heat. For best results, melt over a bain-marie for even, gentle heating.

Pour the luscious chocolate filling to the baked pie shell.

Top with sliced bananas and keep chilled in the fridge until the chocolate has firmed up.

RELATED RECIPE: Learn how to make flaky pie dough using two different techniques. Choose the method that works best for you!

Other Chocolate & Fruit Pairings

This chocolate truffle pie works well with a variety of fruits! Try swapping in these fresh fruits in place of caramelized bananas:

• strawberries
• raspberries
• orange segments (also called orange supremes)

While it’s perfectly delectable as is, you should go big and serve this with a scoop of ice cream, perhaps a drizzle of salted caramel, and a large glass of iced coffee!

More Banana Dessert Recipes

• Banana chocolate chip cookies
• Tahini chocolate banana cake
• Chocolate dipped frozen bananas
• Banana Cream Cake

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Caramelized Banana Truffle Pie

By Maryanne Cabrera

This banana truffle pie is a perfect year-round dessert that can be whipped up in a breeze. The truffle filling is sweet, creamy, and a bit tangy.

Yield: 9-inch pie

Servings: 8

Prep Time: 20 minutes mins

Cook Time: 20 minutes mins

Inactive Chill Time: 3 hours hrs

Total Time: 3 hours hrs 40 minutes mins

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Ingredients

Single Curst Pie Dough:

• ▢ 1 ¼ cup all-purpose flour
• ▢ ¼ teaspoon fine sea salt
• ▢ ⅓ cup vegetable shortening,, cold
• ▢ 4 Tablespoons ice cold water

Banana Truffle Pie:

• ▢ 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips, (170 g), or chopped chocolate of choice
• ▢ 1 Tablesoon unsalted butter
• ▢ 8 oz package cream cheese, cubed and softened
• ▢ 2 Tablespoons orange liqueur,, or orange juice
• ▢ ¼ cup powdered sugar
• ▢ 3 ripe banana,, sliced
• ▢ 2 Tablespoons granulated sugar,, for topping
• ▢ whipped cream, , optional for topping

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Instructions 

Pie Dough:

• Preheat oven to 450℉.
• Whisk together flour and salt in a large mixing bowl. Add in vegetable shortening. Use a pastry cutter (or two forks) to cut shortening into flour mixture until mixture is crumbly and like pebbled rocks in texture.
• Add ice water one tablespoon at a time as you fold the ingredients together. Form dough into a ball.
• Working on lightly floured surface, flatten dough using a small rolling pin. Roll to a circle about 12-inches in diameter.
• Transfer round dough onto a 9-inch pie plate. Firmly press dough into the bottom and sides of pie plate. Trim excess dough overhand, leaving about 1/2-inch all around. Crimp the edges as desired.
• Dock the bottom of with a fork. Line bottom and sides of pie with foil. Add baking beans or baking weights. Bake for 8 minutes. Remove foil and bake for another 6-8 minutes until pie dough is golden. Cool on wire rack as you prepare pie filling.

Banana Truffle Assembly:

• Place chocolate and butter in a medium heavy bottomed sauce pot. Heat over low heat* until smooth and melted. Add cream cheese and liqueur. Continue to heat until well combined.
• Remove from heat and stir in powdered sugar. Spread mixture into the bottom of baked pie dough.
• Arrange two layers of sliced bananas over chocolate mixture. Cover and chill in the fridge for at least 3 hours.
• Remove pie from refrigerator 30-45 minutes before serving. Sprinkle granulated sugar over banana. Using a kitchen torch, use a circular sweeping motion to melt and caramelize the sugar. Continue to heat the sugar until a nice golden crust has formed over bananas. Let sugar cool slightly (about 3 minutes) before serving.
• If desired, serve a dollop of whipped cream alongside sliced pie.

Notes

Note: Be sure to melt the chocolate and cream cheese over LOW heat. For the best results, melt over a bain-marie for even and gentle melting. 

Nutrition

Calories: 385kcal, Carbohydrates: 47g, Protein: 8g, Fat: 18g, Saturated Fat: 7g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g, Monounsaturated Fat: 6g, Trans Fat: 1g, Cholesterol: 5mg, Sodium: 276mg, Potassium: 387mg, Fiber: 3g, Sugar: 23g, Vitamin A: 58IU, Vitamin C: 4mg, Calcium: 119mg, Iron: 3mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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