I have been on a sweets kick lately, and on this hot day I felt like having a cool southern dessert. So I made this banana pudding, liberally adapted from a few different recipes. It is good! I did not add the whipped cream this time but I think it will make the finished result even better. Also: a few maraschino cherries on top.
BANANA PUDDING
Ingredients
BANANA PUDDING
Ingredients
- 6 Tbsp. sugar
- 3 tablespoons cornstarch
- 3 cups milk
- 3 egg yolks
- 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 Tbsp. butter
- 3 large bananas, sliced, one handful reserved
- 1/2 (12-ounce box) vanilla wafers, one handful reserved
- 1 cup whipping cream
- 1 Tbsp sugar
1) Mix together sugar and cornstarch in a large heavy-bottomed pan on the stove and slowly whisk in milk.
2) Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until it
thickens and coats the back of a spoon, about 10 or 15 minutes--do not leave it unattended. The cornstarch needs to reach boiling to thicken, but then the mixture can bubble up quite a bit, so you may need to adjust the heat as it cooks.
3) Slightly beat egg yolks and temper
with about a cup of the hot custard; stir well.
4) Add the egg mixture to
custard pot and boil 1 more minute, whisking the whole time.
5) Remove from heat and add vanilla
and butter. Let cool.
6) In a 9 by 9-inch clear dish (or 9 inch round clear dish), alternate
pudding, bananas, and wafers, beginning with pudding and ending with
pudding. Chill.
7) Whip cream with the 1 Tbsp. sugar until stiff peaks form. Top the pudding with the whip cream, and then decorate the top with reserved bananas and vanilla wafers.
8) Enjoy!
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