I'm a banana farmer in the Caribbean. The view from my farm, on top of my Islands highest rainforest mountain, is the entire British Virgin Islands chain, from Jost van Dyke and Tortola, to Norman, Cooper, Peter and the lot, all the way to Virgin Gorda. Trust me, I'm making this one up here on the farm. Cheers, mon!
Darren, you have combined two things that bring me happiness and comfort: food and the royals. You are so calming too! And I love how respectful you are of the family and Diana’s memory while you share fun stories and the inside scoop.
One of most favorite jobs I've ever had was working as a pastry chef assistant with Club Med at their Copper Mountain Resort in Colorado years ago. It was just myself and the French pastry chef in our pastry kitchen. We got along very well. I was working six days a week, got a free apartment in Leadville and a free season ski pass. I picked Tuesday as my day off so Sunday was the day I peeled and cored two bushels of Washington red apples with one of those manual hand crank machines. Then Chef Didier used them for the tarte tatin. On hidays we served sheet cakes the size of a prep table.
When I did my Chefs course at polytech here in New Zealand this flan was one of our exams. Exactly the same but we used apricots and sliced and arranged them to look like roses. This was 15 years ago, people still say I make the best "custard" ever little do they know it's actually Creme Patisserie and no one can work out my "secret recipe" hahaha.
My 7 year old son and I love watching your videos! He howled with laughter when you pulled out the squeaky banana and yelled “Winston”!! He always looks forward to seeing Winston throughout your videos and I enjoy watching you making the recipes and telling your stories. Thank you so much!
I have to say this is the best dessert I have ever seen I need to make this. That parchment paper trick to get the circle was really cool. Thanks for the video Darren it was great.
I never knew this was called a flan. Over in Latin America flan literally looks like this emoji here🍮, which is a caramel or Créme custard. Never knew that in Britain was something totally different good to know.
To this day I have nothing but lovely memories of banana pudding (American pudding) made with either the vanilla or banana pudding mix, banana slices and nilla wafers. I am going to create a low carb banana cheesecake or flan now, just because I was inspired by this video.
These videos are so tastefully made (no pun intended). The anecdotes are a charming touch, not revealing too much but just enough to get a lovely lively glimpse. It's so nice to hear stories not for bragging purposes, but just because they happened and are kept in fond memory.
Hello Darren, it’s Friday, Feb 24, 2023, and I’m delighted for following your instructions on the banana flan, made for the royal children. I made mine, and it looks good as yours 😊 I hope the taste is delicious as well❤ thank you!
Hi Darren, just recently I was watching your shows, I love them! Seems like you were missing out on all the great times with the Royal family. I would hope Prince and Prince Williams will reconcile. I do love both of them. I think both Princes are great people, with big hearts, just like their mom, Princess 👸 Dianne. I hate to see them being torn apart. They are both loving people, internal and external. I so adore both of them. God blessed the Princes!
Banana Flan esta muy sabroso pero me gusta esa con mango en un estilo llamada “Leche Float” major. Las recetas son muy facil y Flora hizan leche vegan. (Banana flan is very flavorful but I like this with mango in a style called “Milk Float” the best. Flora Professional brand makes vegan milk fit for this.).
Loved this, great tips for the novice baker. Interesting chat too about W & H in their younger years. I love the little details like the blind baking and how you lay out the fruit. Thanks again! 🇦🇺🌞🥂
And you also honored Princess Diana's memories with Grace and compassion for the late Princess Diana of Wales.I just love you for honoring and respecting the Royal Family.❣️❤️💗💖💕💓💞💟💝
I'm a definite paste fan. That being said, I found some amazing artisanal extract in Haiti that has the most beautiful floral overtones. It's the secret ingredient in my chocolate chip cookies (which I make often enough to justify keeping this marvellous stuff around).
Mr McGrady, you're absolutely lovely! Great tip tearing the parchment for blind baking. I'll use it now instead of tracing a circle and cutting with scissors.
Oooo I have never heard of flan made that way! Looks soooo mouthwatering! In Latin American countries, we make it without the dough, and focus on the custard itself instead! My grandmother and my mother made the best flan! I will have to make this myself so my family can try it :)
I heard someone send you such a nasty comment in one of your Q and As, couldn't believe it!! Saying to get rid of the dog, Winston, it's juvenile!! What a SNOB!! I must be very juvenile, because I think it's ADORABLE!! It gives the channel a very home like feel, and you're a humble man, which is just THE BEST!! I think Queen Elizabeth II was a simple woman, once you take all the trappings away!! I'm from the U.S., but my sister-in-law is Scottish, my brother visited there, and I adore scones, and love the British people! Your channel is WONDERFUL, I thoroughly enjoy it!
Just discovered your videos tonight, and finishing this one has made 15 I have watched thus far! I love cooking international dishes of all time periods for myself and my seven children. You channel completely fits the bill when it comes to UK cuisine! I cannot wait to binge watch some more!
This looks delicious...sooo delicious! I like eating bananas, but I LOVE when bananas are made into breads and desserts. Banana bread and banana cream pie are my faves, but this one could also be one as well. Thank you for another great recipe.
I will be sending this to my British mom. I think she would love this channel, and this recipe especially (along with the Yorkshire pudding). Thank you Darren!
Fancy name for what we, here in the US, call banana pudding. Some use a crust like yours, others use vanilla wafers or Graham cracker crust. No matter what you use or choose to call it, it's still delicious
My grandparents would call that a banana pudding (without the apricot jam). The only flan they have around here is a custard dessert with no crust in Mexican restaurants.
I'm so delighted to have stumbled across your Channel Mr. McGrady. I can't wait to watch more of your videos and try your recipes. I look forward to learning more about Diana & the boys while watching you show us these delightful recipe's and how to go about preparing them. Thank you for making them available to the world.
Thank you Darren for all recipes, anecdotes and your fantastic sense of humour but especially for your knowledge which you share with us. I am your big fan, bought your book a start cook with you :-)
Crispy banana tart shell simply delicious😋love all the insightful memories of your days as a great royal chef to Diana & William & Harry back in the early days. Must have been so much fun entertaining little princes 🤣
After some googling I found someone whod done research on flan vs tart vs pie vs quiche. It appears the main difference is that a flan is always custard/egg based and may or may not have a crust. Whereas a tart may or may not have custard but always has a bottom crust.
About your mince pies…I realized once married that only one elderly aunt knew how to make my beloved mincemeat…and I, now married, was 3:000 miles from her. Her recipe arrived in a folksy letter, ingredients interspersed with bits of family news. This teetotaling relative suggested brandy, cider, wine…and a pantry full of apples, suet, …oh my. I methodically found, chopped, stewed, spiced, baked…and made a pie every bit as good as hers. I think I will try it again this fall, perhaps a bit simpler. Thanks so much for your inspiration.
Good morning. I have binge watched all your videos and they are excellent. You are an amazing chef with a great personality. I was thinking that you are much more likeable than some of the other celebrity chefs. You are going to excel in the world of food and celebrity chefs and soon I would expect to see you on TV with Good Morning America, CNN, Oprah, The Cooking Channel, Food Network and so many more shows. You will potentially be bigger than almost all the other chefs in the world. Enjoy the celebrity and the money!!
Flan = pudding in French, tarte = is a pie in French. Pate à tarte = pastry. It’s important to name all the (French ;-) dishes properly. We love them so much. Monism. Congratulations on the amazing tarte à la banane, bananas pie.
This guy, Jon Townsend, Kent Rollins, Atomic Shrimp, Max Miller, Food Wishes and Binging with Babish are the Wholesome Front of TH-cam and I love every second of it! Edits: Found Atomic Shrimp's name and added Food Wishes.
I've never seen this kind of flan before. Here in Latin America, a flan is a custard with optional caramel sauce (from what I gather, it's also called a crème caramel, I just know it as a flan).
Lovely piece. I made flan for a party; I mispronounced 'flan' and some monstrosity of a girl berated me for saying 'flan' wrong. I had never felt so horrid in my whole life. Keep doing what you're doing; you are an inspiration to many greenhorn chefs.
OMG Darren! I've always been intimidated by crème patisserie, but this turned out to be rather simple yet amazing, many thanks and much love from Goa! :)
If you call it a tart in Texas, people will think you're trying to sound stuffy; if you call it flan in Briton, they'll think you're flaunting your time in Texas. I can't wait to make this.
"Super easy dessert" he says, making and blind baking pastry from scratch, followed by creme pat and a meticulous arrangement of sliced bananas 😅 Probably not something I'd knock up in the middle of the night having woken up with a sweet craving, but looks great regardless!
I'm a banana farmer in the Caribbean. The view from my farm, on top of my Islands highest rainforest mountain, is the entire British Virgin Islands chain, from Jost van Dyke and Tortola, to Norman, Cooper, Peter and the lot, all the way to Virgin Gorda. Trust me, I'm making this one up here on the farm. Cheers, mon!
I wasn’t served that at day care lol
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This man is truly a delight, I love watching his videos!
Thanks Abby
Me too.
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I agree!
Darren, you have combined two things that bring me happiness and comfort: food and the royals. You are so calming too! And I love how respectful you are of the family and Diana’s memory while you share fun stories and the inside scoop.
Wow, thank you!
Darren, I imagine you made these boys quite happy with your cooking. Food is a big part of life.
One of most favorite jobs I've ever had was working as a pastry chef assistant with Club Med at their Copper Mountain Resort in Colorado years ago. It was just myself and the French pastry chef in our pastry kitchen. We got along very well. I was working six days a week, got a free apartment in Leadville and a free season ski pass. I picked Tuesday as my day off so Sunday was the day I peeled and cored two bushels of Washington red apples with one of those manual hand crank machines. Then Chef Didier used them for the tarte tatin. On hidays we served sheet cakes the size of a prep table.
I love how much fun he looks like he has cooking and sharing the stories. He projects that well and I can see how much he enjoyed his career
your interactions with your stuffed corgi maybe one of the most wholesome things ive ever seen
When I did my Chefs course at polytech here in New Zealand this flan was one of our exams. Exactly the same but we used apricots and sliced and arranged them to look like roses. This was 15 years ago, people still say I make the best "custard" ever little do they know it's actually Creme Patisserie and no one can work out my "secret recipe" hahaha.
My 7 year old son and I love watching your videos! He howled with laughter when you pulled out the squeaky banana and yelled “Winston”!! He always looks forward to seeing Winston throughout your videos and I enjoy watching you making the recipes and telling your stories. Thank you so much!
Dear Darren! You are wonderful person, who brings fun of making awesome dishes. I absolutely adore you!
I have to say this is the best dessert I have ever seen I need to make this. That parchment paper trick to get the circle was really cool. Thanks for the video Darren it was great.
Thanks so much 😊
*The apricot glaze is the perfect topping. It is comforting to think of the boys with their grandparents.*
I love bananas and baked dishes too . A banana flan is an ideal synthesis of both fruit and pastry .
Imagine if this was your dad or your grandad or your brother just someone related to you you’d have a blast being taught how to cook things
I never knew this was called a flan. Over in Latin America flan literally looks like this emoji here🍮, which is a caramel or Créme custard. Never knew that in Britain was something totally different good to know.
I always thought flan didn't have a pastry crust below or on the sides.
Ive seen filipino, spanish, french/parisian, and latin american flans and never have i seen one like this.
With due respect......this is a tart not a true flan.......no crust and no glaze.
@@sandrahatherley2184 correct
@@sandrahatherley2184 The apricot is a glaze... Did you even watch the video before trying to be snarky? With all due respect....
I think it would be so cute if he invited William or Harry (or both) and cook for them again 🥺 I wanna see how they react to all these nostalgic foods
He says it in every other video that the staff was the servants and they never even dined at the same table. So there's your answer.
@@bigbulk688 except for diana
Darren you cook with so much class and sophistications and you honor Princess Diana memories with honor and intergrity.
Where I come from (west coast USA), flan is a custard from Mexico, no crust. This is what I would call a tart.
To this day I have nothing but lovely memories of banana pudding (American pudding) made with either the vanilla or banana pudding mix, banana slices and nilla wafers. I am going to create a low carb banana cheesecake or flan now, just because I was inspired by this video.
These videos are so tastefully made (no pun intended). The anecdotes are a charming touch, not revealing too much but just enough to get a lovely lively glimpse. It's so nice to hear stories not for bragging purposes, but just because they happened and are kept in fond memory.
The difference between a flan and a tart sounds like something I like to ask myself when I’m high
Flan traditionally doesn’t have crust.
Now you can spend your time high thinking about how flamingos are actually white.
Loveliest Chef ever! No wonder you worked for the loveliest Princess ever lived
I love every dish you make and it’s so interesting to know more about the royals. You make really nice desserts .
I hope the royal family appreciates how you put your all into cooking for them.
Hello Darren, it’s Friday, Feb 24, 2023, and I’m delighted for following your instructions on the banana flan, made for the royal children. I made mine, and it looks good as yours 😊 I hope the taste is delicious as well❤ thank you!
Hi Darren, just recently I was watching your shows, I love them! Seems like you were missing out on all the great times with the Royal family. I would hope Prince and Prince Williams will reconcile.
I do love both of them. I think both Princes are great people, with big hearts, just like their mom, Princess 👸 Dianne.
I hate to see them being torn apart. They are both loving people, internal and external. I so adore both of them.
God blessed the Princes!
You missed an opportunity not to call this a “Flanana”
Banana Flan esta muy sabroso pero me gusta esa con mango en un estilo llamada “Leche Float” major. Las recetas son muy facil y Flora hizan leche vegan. (Banana flan is very flavorful but I like this with mango in a style called “Milk Float” the best. Flora Professional brand makes vegan milk fit for this.).
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@Liam Nelson !!!!!!!!!SCAM ALLERT!!!!!!!!!!
Lol yassss!
No, actually he DIDN't miss the opportunity NOT to. After all, he didn't, did he?
Loved this, great tips for the novice baker. Interesting chat too about W & H in their younger years. I love the little details like the blind baking and how you lay out the fruit. Thanks again! 🇦🇺🌞🥂
It is a pleasure watching your magic in the kitchen. I am sure the food tastes heavenly. Royal family members are lucky to have such awesome chefs.
I would say that it's a Tart in France and Flan in Britain :)
And you also honored Princess Diana's memories with Grace and compassion for the late Princess Diana of Wales.I just love you for honoring and respecting the Royal Family.❣️❤️💗💖💕💓💞💟💝
Thanks for sharing your talents with us and giving us a glimpse of life and food with the Royal Family. Love your videos and hoping for many more💕
I use the same vanilla bean paste. It's really flavorful!
I'm a definite paste fan. That being said, I found some amazing artisanal extract in Haiti that has the most beautiful floral overtones. It's the secret ingredient in my chocolate chip cookies (which I make often enough to justify keeping this marvellous stuff around).
Love Winston😄 I love your recipes and videos. What a treasure you are.
Yum! Memories of working in a scratch bakery many years ago. We used coffee filters with beans for flans. They could be left as is and reused.
Délicieuse tarte à la banane Chef ! Thank you for this easy delicious recipe ! 🤓😋🥰
Mr McGrady, you're absolutely lovely! Great tip tearing the parchment for blind baking. I'll use it now instead of tracing a circle and cutting with scissors.
That looks delicious. Wonderful memories of the young prince's and their mother. Oh how I envy you
I actively try not to follow a lot of stories about the royal family- but the ones you tell are super sweet and I love them XD
Oooo I have never heard of flan made that way! Looks soooo mouthwatering! In Latin American countries, we make it without the dough, and focus on the custard itself instead! My grandmother and my mother made the best flan! I will have to make this myself so my family can try it :)
This looks sublime! I shall definitely be making this...thank you! 👍🏼😊
another masterpiece, thank you again.
I heard someone send you such a nasty comment in one of your Q and As, couldn't believe it!! Saying to get rid of the dog, Winston, it's juvenile!! What a SNOB!! I must be very juvenile, because I think it's ADORABLE!! It gives the channel a very home like feel, and you're a humble man, which is just THE BEST!! I think Queen Elizabeth II was a simple woman, once you take all the trappings away!! I'm from the U.S., but my sister-in-law is Scottish, my brother visited there, and I adore scones, and love the British people! Your channel is WONDERFUL, I thoroughly enjoy it!
Thank you for sharing this lovely recipe!
You discribe everything nicely.
Hope you enjoy royal memory while cooking.thanks for sharing royal dishes.
Just discovered your videos tonight, and finishing this one has made 15 I have watched thus far! I love cooking international dishes of all time periods for myself and my seven children. You channel completely fits the bill when it comes to UK cuisine! I cannot wait to binge watch some more!
I love the stuffed corgi in the background but this is coming from someone who has has several corgis as pets. There the best pet.
They are working dogs, does that make them quite difficult pets?
Thank you Darren. Thank you for sharing this recipe with us.
This looks delicious...sooo delicious! I like eating bananas, but I LOVE when bananas are made into breads and desserts. Banana bread and banana cream pie are my faves, but this one could also be one as well. Thank you for another great recipe.
Look up banana cake by Emma's goodies.
If I were Harry or William I would be requesting a banana flan from you. Looks good and probably tastes great.
I will be sending this to my British mom. I think she would love this channel, and this recipe especially (along with the Yorkshire pudding). Thank you Darren!
Love the goofy things you do with Winston. Absolutely fun to watch.
Fancy name for what we, here in the US, call banana pudding.
Some use a crust like yours, others use vanilla wafers or Graham cracker crust.
No matter what you use or choose to call it, it's still delicious
That's a big 10 4 !
Its super duper delicious looking and perfect
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Wonderful tips! Darren makes it look so easy. Love his recollections Prince Philip in the kitchen
My grandparents would call that a banana pudding (without the apricot jam). The only flan they have around here is a custard dessert with no crust in Mexican restaurants.
I'm so delighted to have stumbled across your Channel Mr. McGrady. I can't wait to watch more of your videos and try your recipes. I look forward to learning more about Diana & the boys while watching you show us these delightful recipe's and how to go about preparing them. Thank you for making them available to the world.
Thank you for such a great idea. I love Winston. God bless!
Oh Chef, you certainly are a hoot. Kudos for bringing culture to America.
A vision of yummy beauty. I can not wait to make this!
Thank you Darren for all recipes, anecdotes and your fantastic sense of humour but especially for your knowledge which you share with us. I am your big fan, bought your book a start cook with you :-)
Crispy banana tart shell simply delicious😋love all the insightful memories of your days as a great royal chef to Diana & William & Harry back in the early days. Must have been so much fun entertaining little princes 🤣
The culinary teaching is so adoring
The presentation is beautiful 😋 looks delicious.
I love watching you. So envious of your life with my favorite royals
After some googling I found someone whod done research on flan vs tart vs pie vs quiche. It appears the main difference is that a flan is always custard/egg based and may or may not have a crust. Whereas a tart may or may not have custard but always has a bottom crust.
A flan never has a crust. Apparently it does in England but nowhere else
This looks craaazy delicious
Your recipes are truly magnificent and you are a joy to watch!
About your mince pies…I realized once married that only one elderly aunt knew how to make my beloved mincemeat…and I, now married, was 3:000 miles from her. Her recipe arrived in a folksy letter, ingredients interspersed with bits of family news. This teetotaling relative suggested brandy, cider, wine…and a pantry full of apples, suet, …oh my.
I methodically found, chopped, stewed, spiced, baked…and made a pie every bit as good as hers.
I think I will try it again this fall, perhaps a bit simpler. Thanks so much for your inspiration.
Good morning. I have binge watched all your videos and they are excellent. You are an amazing chef with a great personality. I was thinking that you are much more likeable than some of the other celebrity chefs. You are going to excel in the world of food and celebrity chefs and soon I would expect to see you on TV with Good Morning America, CNN, Oprah, The Cooking Channel, Food Network and so many more shows. You will potentially be bigger than almost all the other chefs in the world. Enjoy the celebrity and the money!!
I can see why the princes loved this! It looks decadent!
Thank you, that looks great.
Love your little doggy.🐾
LOOKS ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS. SAVE ME A PIECE.
Flan = pudding in French, tarte = is a pie in French. Pate à tarte = pastry. It’s important to name all the (French ;-) dishes properly. We love them so much. Monism. Congratulations on the amazing tarte à la banane, bananas pie.
Crème pâtissière = pastry cream, the pie filling.
Lol, the Spanish will dispute the origins of flan with you, but you're right!
I love how Winston is chilling in a huge banana 🍌😆😆😆
😂 yeah!
Yeah:)
This guy, Jon Townsend, Kent Rollins, Atomic Shrimp, Max Miller, Food Wishes and Binging with Babish are the Wholesome Front of TH-cam and I love every second of it!
Edits: Found Atomic Shrimp's name and added Food Wishes.
I've never seen this kind of flan before. Here in Latin America, a flan is a custard with optional caramel sauce (from what I gather, it's also called a crème caramel, I just know it as a flan).
I have never wanted to make something so much as this!!!! I love how you explain things! I like to learn!!! Thanks for the video!
I agree 100% It was so cathartic to just chill out and watch. I wished the video was longer. By the end, I could smell and taste it !!!
Thank you Chef. This looks wonderful!
Well explained.
So delicious.
wowww absolutely marvellous look forward to trying this myself. Absolutely fabulous!!!
Absolutely fantastic sir. So therapeutic just watching you at work making it look so easy
Lovely piece. I made flan for a party; I mispronounced 'flan' and some monstrosity of a girl berated me for saying 'flan' wrong. I had never felt so horrid in my whole life.
Keep doing what you're doing; you are an inspiration to many greenhorn chefs.
Angie, don’t let it bother you!
@@e.conboy4286 Andie*
I read the title as Princess William and Harry 🤣
You make it look so easy and wonderful!. Love this video and that cheeky Winston and his squeaky banana made me chuckle.
I ❤️ you (and Winston!). 🙂
looks delish mr Darren, fantastic job
Looks fantastic
OMG Darren! I've always been intimidated by crème patisserie, but this turned out to be rather simple yet amazing, many thanks and much love from Goa! :)
I love all the winston lines ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
If you call it a tart in Texas, people will think you're trying to sound stuffy; if you call it flan in Briton, they'll think you're flaunting your time in Texas.
I can't wait to make this.
Looks absolutely delicious. I love it chef, and I love Winston too
Very well presented and sold ~ Hungry now !
I cried laughing when you pulled out the squeaky toy! 🤣 had to put it on repeat! This looks delicious I might give this a go :-)
"Super easy dessert" he says, making and blind baking pastry from scratch, followed by creme pat and a meticulous arrangement of sliced bananas 😅 Probably not something I'd knock up in the middle of the night having woken up with a sweet craving, but looks great regardless!
Thank you Darren, I enjoyed this. Will give it a go,
I love cooking. You are so much fun to watch! Thank you for sharing your receipes and kind stories
I love this...can’t wait to make it💕🤗💯