Christophe Michalak's Easy Apple-Banana Pie: A World Champion Pastry Chef's Family Recipe

Cooking together strengthens family bonds. Sundays often mean aprons on and ovens preheated for treats like chocolate cake, rice pudding, pancakes, or pies. It's a friendly competition to crown the home's top pastry chef—a tradition passed down generations. Christophe Michalak, the 2005 World Pastry Champion, shares this passion with his son Victor. From his book La Pâtisserie en famille, after Victor's cookies, he posted the 'Victor' pie on Instagram—his boy's favorite. Simple to prepare and irresistibly delicious, Michalak calls it a 'killer' recipe perfect for family fun.

Christophe Michalak's Apple-Banana Pie Recipe

Ingredients:

• Organic puff pastry
• 3 bananas
• 1 lemon
• Applesauce
• 3 organic Gala apples
• Semi-salted butter
• Brown sugar
• A few Tonka beans

Steps to Make Christophe Michalak's Apple-Banana Pie

1. Sprinkle brown sugar on a baking sheet, add your puff pastry disc, and form a border.
2. Mash 3 bananas with a fork and a squeeze of lemon juice.
3. Spread applesauce in the center; thinly slice 3 apples (using a knife or mandoline).
4. Arrange apple slices harmoniously, brush with semi-salted butter, sprinkle with brown sugar, and bake at 150°C for 40 minutes.
5. Upon removal from the oven, grate Tonka beans over the top.
6. Serve warm and enjoy.

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