Chocolate Banana Cream Pie
My husband loves banana cream pie, and I love chocolate, so I decided to combine the two and the result was better than either one of us could imagine. It is delicious, and has tuned out to be a favorite.
Yield
8 servingsPrep
25 minCook
20 minReady
3 hrsIngredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| ½ | cup |
sugar
|
|
| ¼ | cup |
cornstarch
|
|
| ¼ | teaspoon |
salt
|
|
| 1 ½ | cups |
milk
|
|
| 1 | cup |
heavy whipping cream
|
|
| 3 | large |
egg yolks
lightly beaten |
|
| 1 | tablespoon |
butter
|
|
| 2 | teaspoons |
vanilla extract
|
|
| 1 | each |
pie shell (9 inch)
baked |
|
| 4 | ounces |
semi-sweet chocolate
4 (1 ounce) squares, melted, null |
*
|
| 2 | medium |
bananas
firm ripe, sliced |
|
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 118 | ml |
sugar
|
|
| 59 | ml |
cornstarch
|
|
| 1.3 | ml |
salt
|
|
| 355 | ml |
milk
|
|
| 237 | ml |
heavy whipping cream
|
|
| 3 | large |
egg yolks
lightly beaten |
|
| 15 | ml |
butter
|
|
| 1E+1 | ml |
vanilla extract
|
|
| 1 | each |
pie shell (9 inch)
baked |
|
| 115.6 | ml/g |
semi-sweet chocolate
4 (1 ounce) squares, melted, null |
*
|
| 2 | medium |
bananas
firm ripe, sliced |
|
Directions
In a saucepan, combine sugar, cornstarch and salt.
Gradually add milk and cream until smooth.
Cook and stir over medium-high heat until thickened and bubbly, about 2 minutes.
Add a small amount to egg yolks; mix well. Return all to the pan.
Bring to a gentle boil; cook for 2 minutes, stirring constantly.
Remove from the heat; stir in butter and vanilla.
Pour half into the pastry shell; cover and refrigerate.
Add chocolate to remaining custard; mix well.
Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour.
Do not stir.
Arrange bananas over filling.
Carefully spoon chocolate custard over all.
Refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
Garnish with whipped cream and chocolate shavings if desired.
Yield: 6 to 8 servings.
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