My OperaStreusel Pie - Revisited
Tuesday, July 7, 2009 2:29:47 AM
Last weekend, I went to my country house with a couple of friends. And we had three main goals, there, all food related:
1 – Visit a friend’s restaurant, which is in a city nearby my house;
2 – Enjoy a delicious homemade cheese fondue, in the cold winter that we’re going through, here in Southeast Brazil;
3 – Bake my favorite pie, with a special twist.
Unfortunately, we were in such awe that we actually had almost no pictures during the trip! (*hangs head in shame*). So, this won’t be a really great pictures posting, unfortunately.
(This was the only leftover that I could bring home for an extra picture... Poor me...)
Our first and main goal was greatly achieved, as the last thing we did in our little trip. We went to Julio’s family restaurant. He’s a friend of my friend, and, besides being a good cook in the restaurant, he’s also the author of the blog Do Jeito que eu gosto! (The way I Like!), and, if you are a Portuguese speaker / reader, I do recommend visiting and checking up his updates!
1 – Visit a friend’s restaurant, which is in a city nearby my house;
2 – Enjoy a delicious homemade cheese fondue, in the cold winter that we’re going through, here in Southeast Brazil;
3 – Bake my favorite pie, with a special twist.
Unfortunately, we were in such awe that we actually had almost no pictures during the trip! (*hangs head in shame*). So, this won’t be a really great pictures posting, unfortunately.
(This was the only leftover that I could bring home for an extra picture... Poor me...)
Our first and main goal was greatly achieved, as the last thing we did in our little trip. We went to Julio’s family restaurant. He’s a friend of my friend, and, besides being a good cook in the restaurant, he’s also the author of the blog Do Jeito que eu gosto! (The way I Like!), and, if you are a Portuguese speaker / reader, I do recommend visiting and checking up his updates!
Our second goal was enjoying a cold night having cheese fondue and a nice wine. We went for this basic recipe, using Emnenthaler and Gruyere cheeses, with a Salton white wine. And to accompany that, a good bottle of Argentinean Pinot-Noir. Just delightful!
Well, and our last goal was basically my favorite Apple Pie, but we substituted bananas for the apples!
And this is why I just love this recipe. It’s always a great hit, it’s easy to make and what’s more: We can put any filling that we can imagine!
I used the Crust, the Streusel and method from here.
Banana Filling
6 to 8 medium Bananas, Peeled and thick sliced (about 2cm)
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
2/3 cup demerara (or crystal) sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
Juice of 1 medium lime
Place bananas in a large bowl.
In a separate bowl combine 2 tablespoons flour, sugar, 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon and nutmeg. Mix well, then add to bananas and toss until they are evenly coated. Squeeze lime juice and toss a little more.
Pour this filling into the pre-baked pie shell. Take it to the pre-heated oven (220°C) for 10 minutes, before adding the streusel topping and bake 15 minutes more.
Unregistered user # Wednesday, July 8, 2009 5:23:19 PM
Unregistered user # Friday, July 10, 2009 8:12:19 PM
Renato MoraesRhiga # Friday, July 10, 2009 8:52:34 PM