Yield: 4 plated desserts
Banana Foster Compote
Ingredients
- 1 banana, small dice
- 1 tbsp brown sugar
- 1 tbsp caramel sauce
- 1 tbsp Shamrock Farms 40% Heavy Cream
- pinch cinnamon
- pinch salt
- ½ tsp lemon juice
Method
Mix together and refrigerate at least 1 hour.
Banana Cream Filling
Ingredients
- 4 oz Shamrock Farms Cream Cheese
- ½ cup Shamrock Farms Whole Milk Cottage Cheese
- 2 tbsp Shamrock Farms Natural Sour Cream
- ¼ cup powdered sugar
- 2 tbsp banana puree
- ½ tsp vanilla
- pinch salt
- 1 tsp instant vanilla pudding mix
Whipped Cream
- 2 cups Shamrock Farms 40% Heavy Cream
- 2 tbsp powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
Method
Blend Cottage Cheese
Blend cottage cheese until completely smooth.
Make Banana Base
Mix:
- Cream cheese
- Powdered sugar
Then add:
- Cottage cheese
- Sour cream
- Banana puree
- Vanilla
- Salt
- Pudding mix
Mix until smooth.
Whip
Whip:
- Heavy cream
- Powdered sugar
- Vanilla
To medium peaks.
Slowly add banana mixture while whipping until stiff peaks form.
Transfer to piping bag.
Plate Build
Tart
- Fill 3” gram tart shell with banana cream.
- Spoon banana Foster compote in center.
- Light caramel drizzle.
- Dust lightly with graham crumble.
Plate Garnish
Caramel Circle
Using squeeze bottle, make loose circle around tart.
Banana Cream Rosettes
Pipe 4 small rosettes around plate:
- 11 o'clock
- 2 o'clock
- 5 o'clock
- 8 o'clock
Crumble
Place small piles of graham crumble beside each rosette.
Pecans
Add 1–2 candied pecans near each crumble pile.
Finish
Top each rosette with:
- micro basil
or - micro flower
Crema Mexicana Whipped Topping
- 2 cups 40% heavy cream
- 1/3 cup crema mexicana sour cream
- 3/4 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
Method
- Whip all ingredients to medium peaks
- Transfer to a piping bag fitted with a large star tip
Plating Instructions
Plate
Large white coupe plate or stoneware plate 10-12”
Step 1
Using the back of a spoon, create a wide swipe of dulce de leche on the left side of the plate.
Step 2
Place one 3” cheesecake round slightly right of center, sitting partially on the dulce de leche swipe.
Step 3
Scatter 2-3 tablespoons of tres leches cake crumble around the base of the cheesecake
Step 4
Pipe a large rosette of crema mexicana whipped topping directly on top of the cheesecake.
Step 5
Insert a white chocolate shard or lace tuile into the whipped topping at a slight angle for height
Step 6
Place
- strawberry half
- 1 blackberry
- 1 raspberry
Against the side of the cheesecake
Step 7
Add 2-3 Markon micro flowers around the berries and the crumble
Step 8
Dust lightly with cinnamon
Step 9
Finish with a few small dots of dulce de leche around the plate
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