Coffee and Banana Pie Recipe

Ingredients : Serves 4

25 g/1 oz/2 tbsp butter or margarine

30 ml/2 tbsp golden (light corn) syrup

50 g/2 oz crisp rice cereal

175 g/6 oz marshmallows

45 ml/3 tbsp hot water

15 ml/1 tbsp instant coffee powder

300 ml/0.5 pt double (heavy) cream, whipped
3 bananas, sliced

Method :

Melt the butter or margarine and syrup in a saucepan, then remove from the heat and stir in the cereal. Press the mixture into a 20 cm/8 in pie dish and chill. Put the marshmallows, hot water and coffee powder into a bowl over a pan of hot water. Simmer until the marshmallows have melted, stirring occasionally, then leave to cool. Fold the cream into the coffee mixture with two sliced bananas. Cool until thick, then pour on to the crisp base and chill until firm. Decorate with the remaining banana.