A recipe for a banana Napoleon with caramel, is a delicious variation of the famous Napoleon. With fresh bananas, some whipped cream and a delicious homemade caramel sauce.
Is it a dessert or a pastry? The opinions are divided. But at one thing everyone agrees, this is really delicious. Fortunately, real simple to make. The only tricky piece is to make the caramel sauce. And especially the caramelization of the sugar. Never, never step away. That's one of the things you really need to stay with. I can know it.
And if you have a party? Then you make the caramel sauce, bake the puff pastry and beat the whipped cream ahead. You assemble it right in time in a minute. That way you serve everyone a fresh pastry.
Recipe banana Napoleon with caramel
Banana Napoleon with caramel
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Ingredients
Caramel sauce
- 200 grams sugar
- 125 ml cream
- 1 tablespoon butter
Napoleon
- 2 sheets puff pastry
- 1 banana
- 250 ml cream
- 1 tablespoon sugar
Instructions
Caramel sauce
- In a large pan sprinkle the sugar and make as much as possible one layer.
- Slowly melt the sugar on low heat until it colors. Don't walk away, it burns quickly.
- When the amber is colored, turn the heat off.
- Warm the whipped cream and pour it with the caramel (do not add cold cream, then it's gonna be a lot of sizzling and splashing).
- Put the caramel sauce on low heat, add the butter and stir until you have a nice liquid sauce.
- Allow to cool to room temperature.
Napoleon
- Preheat the oven to 200 degrees Celsius.
- Line a baking plate with baking paper.
- Cut the sheets of puff pastry into two and place on the baking sheet.
- Bake the puff pastry in 15 minutes golden brown.
- Allow to cool to room temperature.
- Half the puff pastry sheets.
- Cut the banana into slices of 0.5 cm thick.
- Whisk the cream with the tablespoon of sugar until you've got whipped cream.
- Place the bottom of the puff pastry on a plate.
- Pipe some whipped cream on top (the most simple way is using a piping bag).
- Divide some slices of banana on the cream.
- Place the top of the puff pastry on it.
- Pour some caramel sauce on top.
- Serve immediately.
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