Banana Cheesecake Parfaits with Salted Caramel
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This dessert is a layered treat of fresh bananas, creamy cheesecake, crumbed ginger biscuits and salted caramel. Leaning on the familiar favourite flavours of banoffee, these delicious flavours complement each other to create a decadent summer dessert.
Cooking Methods
- Blending
Serves
4Prep Time
35 minutesCooking Time
120 minutesIngredients
Bananas
- 4-5 Banana, cut into thin slices
Crumbs
- 200 g ginger biscuits, crushed
Cheesecake
- 250 g Lancewood Cream Cheese
- 250 ml Sour cream
- 1 tin of condensed milk
- 1 tsp vanilla bean paste, or vanilla extract
- 2 tbsp Fresh Lemon Juice
Salted caramel
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 8 tbsp butter
- 3/4 cup cream
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp salt
Directions
Assemble
- To assemble the parfaits, start off by placing a layer of crumbs at the bottom of each serving glass or mason jar.
- spoon in a layer of cheesecake filling, a layer of bananas, then a tablespoon or two of caramel.
- Continue with this method until you reach the top.
- Place them in the fridge for at least 2-3 hours.
- Just before serving, decorate the top with slices of banana and a sprig or two of mint leaves.
- Place all the ingredients for the cheesecake into a bowl and using an electric mixer, beat the ingredients together on high, until smooth.
- Heat the sugar in a saucepan over a moderate heat, stirring all the time.
- Once the sugar has melted, add the butter, continuing to stir.
- Once the butter and sugar have amalgamated completely, slowly stir in the cream and the vanilla extract.
- Remove the saucepan from heat and stir in the salt. Allow to cool.
