Banana Pie with Nuts and Raisins

Remove the pitted light raisins, wash them, and soak them in hot water for 15 minutes (not boiling water, so that the raisins do not boil and lose their integrity). Drain the raisins on a sieve.

Finely chop the walnuts with a knife or grind them in a blender, coffee grinder, or meat grinder. It is not necessary to grind the nuts too finely (for example, like coarse flour), let there be large chunks, as it will make the pie more flavorful.

Mash ripe bananas with a fork or puree them in a blender.

Add sugar, raisins, chopped nuts, odorless vegetable oil, and orange juice (store-bought or freshly squeezed) to the banana puree. Mix the mixture thoroughly.

Sift wheat flour with baking soda. In this recipe, it is better not to substitute the soda with a raising agent, you specifically need baking soda.

Add the flour mixture to the sticky banana mass and mix well. The dough will be thick, but it should not fall off the spoon, instead, it should slowly stretch into a wide ribbon.

Prepare a baking dish. You can either grease the edges and bottom of the dish with a thin layer of vegetable oil or line it with parchment paper. It is convenient to use a dish with a diameter of about 20-22 cm. Bake the cake for 30-35 minutes at 180 degrees Celsius. Preheat the oven to the specified temperature beforehand.

After the pie has been baking in the oven for 30 minutes, you can check its readiness by inserting a toothpick into the middle of the pie. If the toothpick comes out dry, it means that the pie is ready and can be removed from the oven. First, let the pie cool in the mold, and then transfer it to a wire rack.

The Lenten banana pie with nuts and raisins is ready. You can decorate it according to your preference: drizzle honey on top, sprinkle powdered sugar, chopped nuts, or berries.