The Intolerant Gourmand - Vegan & Gluten-Free Banoffee Pie

Crumbly biscuit base, creamy topping and a delicious caramel sauce! Banoffee Pie sounds like the perfect treat doesn't it, and it's vegan and gluten-free too!

Vegan & Gluten-Free Banoffee Pie - dairy-free, gluten-free, egg-free, nut-free and delicious! Made with a crumbly base, a creamy centre, and topped with decadent caramel style sauce! Who says allergies have to stop you eating delicious food! www.intolerantgourmand.com

We all have days when we need a ‘pick me up’ and comfort food is the best way to do this!

If I’m having a tough time, more often than not, you’ll find me in the kitchen developing a new recipe!

True to form, having had a tough few weeks, I’ve been busy working on a number of recipes. One of the ones I keep being asked for is a banoffee pie.

It’s not the easiest to replicate to be allergy safe, but I’ve been busy perfecting my vegan and gluten-free version, and it’s pretty good even if I do say so myself!

Think crumbly base, with creamy topping, and delicious caramel style sauce, sounds good doesn’t it.

You will need:

For the caramel sauce

1 can coconut milk
1 tbsp agave nectar
Pinch of salt
2-3 drops vanilla extract

Vegan & Gluten-Free Banoffee Pie - dairy-free, gluten-free, egg-free, nut-free and delicious! Made with a crumbly base, a creamy centre, and topped with decadent caramel style sauce! Who says allergies have to stop you eating delicious food! www.intolerantgourmand.com

For the banoffee pie

1 pack gluten-free biscuits
2 tbsp dairy-free spread - melted
1 can coconut milk (liquid part discarded)
2-3 drops vanilla extract
1-2 bananas – peeled and sliced
Grated dairy-free chocolate to decorate

Method:

To make the caramel sauce:

Add the coconut milk, agave nectar and salt to a saucepan, whisk well and bring to a boil. Leave to boil for around 4-5 minutes before reducing to a simmer.

Leave to simmer until it has reduced in volume by half, stirring occasionally to ensure it doesn’t stick to the bottom of the pan.

Remove from the heat, stir in the vanilla extract and then leave to cool fully in the fridge before using.

To make the banoffee pie:

Blitz the gluten-free biscuits in a food processor until they resemble a crumb like texture. Then add the melted dairy-free spread and blitz once more until combined.

Add the crumbs to a lightly greased dish or ramekins and place in the fridge while you make the filling.

Place the coconut milk in a large bowl with the vanilla extract and whisk until thickened.

Take the dish or ramekins out of the fridge and add a layer of caramel sauce over the crumb base.

Then add a layer of sliced bananas over the caramel sauce.

Finally, cover with the whipped coconut and finish with a little grated chocolate.

Enjoy!

We've linked up to #cookblogshare, #brilliantblogposts, #recipeoftheweek and #bakingcrumbs

Comments

0 # Karen, the next best 2017-08-02 17:03

Banoffee pie is my favourite dessert and as my son's girlfriend is gluten intolerant I will try this#brilliantblogs@_karendennis

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0 # Intolerant Gourmand 2017-08-05 18:49

When it's summer, you can't beat banoffee pie! Thank you for your comment, let us know how you get on! :)

0 # Clare 2017-08-03 14:03

Looks flipping amazing - I'll be having a go
Thanks Clare #CrumbsRemain

0 # Intolerant Gourmand 2017-08-05 18:50

Haha thank you! :)
Let us know what you think! x

0 # Eb Gargano 2017-08-04 10:14

Do you know what? I think I like the sound of your banoffee pie better than the regular kind! I have to admit I am a big fan of coconut, and your coconut caramel sauce just sounds amazing...not to mention all that lovely whipped coconut on top - must really go well with the bananas. Thanks for linking it up to #CookBlogShare :-)

Eb x

0 # Intolerant Gourmand 2017-08-05 18:51

It's sooooo good, and the coconut and banana work really well together! It stops it being quite so sweet as the 'normal' version! x

0 # Angela 2017-08-04 14:18

Oh my goodness, I love the sound of this Nathalie, the image of the spoon drizzling the caramel sauce over the bananas make it even more tempting! Thankyou too for joining in with #BakingCrumbs, can I kindly ask you to pop the #BakingCrumbs badge and link back to so people know where to join in :-)

Angela x

0 # Intolerant Gourmand 2017-08-05 18:52

I nearly didn't include that image, then thought better of it! :)
I've linked in the main article, but I'm struggling to add any additional imaging - as soon as I can, I will do! x