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Yummy dessert Banana cream pie

Bread: 6 slices

Cinnamon powder, to be sprinkled on the bread: 1/2 tsp

Raisins, also to be sprinkled on the bread: 2 tbsp

Orange juice: 1/2 cup

Gelatine: 1 envelope

Nutralite Margarine: 2 tbsp

Grated lemon peel: 1 tbsp

Bananas: 2, medium sized

Lemon juice: 2 tbsp

Sugar Free: 3 tbsp

Fat-free ricotta cheese or paneer made from low-fat milk and blended in a mixer: 1 cup

Low-fat yoghurt: 1 cup

Grated orange peel: 2 tbsp

Preheat oven to 375º. Toast the bread, break into large pieces and process in a blender into fine crumbs. Mix in the cinnamon and the raisins. In a pan, warm 1/4 cup orange juice, sprinkle the gelatine over the juice and stir until dissolved. Remove from heat. Take a 9” pie dish. Combine the crumbs with Nutralite margarine and lemon peel. Press the mix onto the sides and base of the dish to form a crust. Bake until lightly brown. Set aside. Combine one-and-a-half banana, the remaining quarter cup orange juice, lemon juice and the Sugar Free in a mixer and process. Add the dissolved gelatine mix, ricotta cheese and yoghurt. Mix should be smooth. Pour into crust. Chill until set—about four hours. When set, slice the remaining banana and arrange on top with orange peel.

Wheat Flour/All purpose flour (Maida): 100 gm

Baking Powder: 1/2 tsp

Candied citrus peel

Candied (green) papaya

Candied cherries

Broken cashew nuts (Kaju)

Raisins (Kismis)

Nutralite Margarine: 100 gm

Eggs: 2 large

Sugar Free Natura: 20 tsp

Vanilla essence: 5 ml

Spice powder: quarter tsp

Caramel colour: 5 ml

Warm/Hot Milk: 30 ml

Add baking powder to the flour and sieve. To this add the cut mixed fruit, mix well, hand set aside. Mix well the Nutralite Margarine and the egg yolk, till a well blended emulsion is formed. Gradually add the slightly beaten egg white and continue mixing. Add the vanilla essence, the spice powder and the caramel colour. Add the milk. If the batter shows signs of curdling, then the milk should be hot instead of just warm. This will raise the temperature of the batter and reverse the curdling effect. Add the fruit/flour mixture to the batter and fold in gently. Pour into prepared baking pan and bake at 325º C.

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