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Ingredients
| unsalted butter: 1/2 cup |
| semisweet baking chocolate squares: 3 oz (chopped) |
| chocolate wafer cookies (crushed): 1 1/2 cups |
| half and half cream: 1 1/2 cups |
| granulated sugar: 1/2 cup |
| eggs: 2 (large) |
| eggs: 1 (yolk, large) |
| all-purpose flour (unsifted): 2 Tbl |
| vanilla extract: 2 tsp |
| light whipping cream (fluid): 1/2 cup |
| unsalted butter: 1 Tbl |
| semisweet baking chocolate squares: 4 oz (chopped) |
| vanilla extract: 1/2 tsp |
| bananas: 4 (ripe) |
Scrumptious Black-Bottom Banana Cream Pie
Credit: Food.com
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Prep Time
45 min -
Cook Time
180 min -
Servings
8 serving(s)
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- For pastry cream:.
- Bring half and half to simmer in heavy medium saucepan.
- Whisk sugar, eggs, yolk and flour in medium bowl to blend.
- Gradually whisk in hot half and half.
- Transfer to saucepan.
- Whisk over medium heat until mixture thickens and comes to a boil, about 5 minutes.
- Boil 1 minute.
- Pour into medium bowl.
- Stir in vanilla.
- Press plastic wrap onto surface of pastry cream. Cover; chill until cold about 4 hours. Can be made 1 day ahead and kept chilled.
- For crust:.
- Butter 9-inch diameter glass pie dish.
- Stir butter and chocolate in heavy small saucepan over low heat until smooth.
- Mix in cookie crumbs.
- Press into bottom and sides of pie dish.
- Chill 30 minutes, or until firm.
- To make ganache:.
- Heat cream and butter in medium saucepan over medium heat until mixture is hot, but do not boil.
- Remove from heat; add chocolate and vanilla.
- Whisk until smooth.
- Reserve 2 tablespoons chocolate ganache in small bowl at room temperature; pour remainder over crust.
- Chill crust until ganache is firm, about 30 minutes.
- To complete pie:.
- Thinly slice 3 bananas and arrange them over the chocolate ganache.
- Whisk vanilla pastry cream until smooth.
- Spread pastry cream evenly over bananas.
- Drizzle reserved ganache over top; draw toothpick through cream and drizzle to marbelize.
- Refrigerate until pastry cream is set; about 3 hours. (Can be made 1 day ahead and kept refrigerated).
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