Deconstructed Bananas Foster Cream Pie Recipes

DECONSTRUCTED BANANA CREAM PIE & BANANAS FOSTER VARIATION

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°F.
• PIE CRUST: Make your favorite pie crust, roll dough as you normally would but into a rectangular shape, cut six 3 1/2" - 4" squares and at least 18 - 1 1/3" squares (sizes are approximate they are prettier if you have a crimped cutter for the small squares I have a cookie cutter this size). Place squares on baking sheet, sprinkle the small squares with a little cinnamon sugar, bake about 10 minutes or until golden on the bottom.
• PASTRY CREAM: Make filling according to the directions on the box for pie filling, using half and half in place of milk, add vanilla; stir, chill until ready to serve.
• TOPPING: Whip cream with powdered sugar and vanilla, adjust amounts to your taste,chill.
• PUTTING IT TOGETHER: Place a large pastry square on each dessert plate, spoon on some pudding mix - if using all six at once divide evenly.
• Place about 6 banana slices on top of each square, top with whipping cream.
• Place 3 small pastry squares into the whipping cream, on point. TA DAH! Fast and beautiful!
• •BANANAS FOSTER VARIATION: Make pie crust, filling, and whipping cream as above.
• Chop some pecans.
• Prepare the bananas from Recipe #191028, use 3 Bananas and cut each banana in half length wise first, then each half into 3 pieces.
• And make Recipe #165874.
• PUTTING IT TOGETHER: As before - pastry square, then pastry cream, then spoon bananas with some of their sauce on top of the filling, then whipping cream, sprinkle with chopped pecans and drizzle the whole thing with Praline Sauce.
• Serve with coffee.

BANANAS FOSTER PIE

Steps:

• Combine the wafer crumbs and butter; press onto the bottom and up the sides of a greased 9-in. pie plate. Bake at 350° for 8-10 minutes or until crust is lightly browned. Cool on a wire rack., In a large saucepan, melt butter. Stir in the flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, salt and nutmeg until smooth. Gradually add milk. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Remove from the heat., Stir a small amount of hot filling into egg yolks; return all to the pan, stirring constantly. Bring to a gentle boil; cook and stir 2 minutes longer. Remove from the heat. Stir in the peanut butter, rum and vanilla., Slice bananas into the crust; pour filling over top. Refrigerate for 3 hours or until set. Garnish as desired with whipped cream, caramel syrup and peanuts. Store leftovers in the refrigerator.

BANANAS FOSTER CREAM PIE

Steps:

• Bake pie shell according to package (empty); cool and set aside.
• Melt butter in saute pan, add banana slices and cook for a minute to two minutes (do not over cook or the bananas will cook down) on low heat.
• Add brown sugar, vanilla and cinnamon, stirring for two minutes (this avoids cooking down of bananas).
• Turn off heat, add rum and walnuts. Stir and cool. (It will thicken as it cools).
• Cream Layer:.
• In a medium sauce pan over medium heat, combine half and half, six tbsp of measured sugar and salt. Bring to simmer, stirring occassionally (till sugar is disolved). Keep on heat while making the yolk mixture.
• In a small bowl, whisk egg yolk together till smooth. Add remaining sugar and whisk till combined.
• In another small bowl, whisk together cornstarch and a little water till fully blended.
• Add cornstarch to yolk mixture, whisking till fully blended.
• Take half and half mixture and pour ribbon slowly (just a little) into yolk mixture whisking fast (too much and fast could cook the eggs!).
• Pour yolk mixture into the half and half mixture and continue to cook over medium heat.
• Whisk constantly until mixture is thickened and glossy.
• Remove from heat and stir in butter slices and vanilla extract until fully blended.
• Strain cream in fine mesh strainer into a medium bowl-push all throughly and may do it twice to remove any lumps.
• Cover top in plastic wrap (prevents from skin-forming) and cool.
• Pie Assembly:.
• Pour Banana Foster's into cooled pastry shell.
• Next, spread pastry cream over the Banana Fosters.
• Place plastic wrap on pastry cream top and chill.
• When ready to serve, remove plastic wrap and decorate, garnish with whipped topping/whipped cream, sprinkles,. chopped nuts, dried banana chips, if like.

BANANAS FOSTER PIE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 450°F In small bowl, mix all sauce ingredients until well blended; set aside.
• Make pie crust as directed on box for One-Crust Baked Shell using 9-inch glass pie plate. Bake 9 to 11 minutes or until golden brown. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
• In medium bowl, toss banana slices with 3 tablespoons of the sauce until coated. Layer bananas in bottom of cooled baked shell.
• In large bowl, beat milk and pudding mix with wire whisk 2 minutes or until thickened. In small bowl, beat whipping cream with electric mixer on high until stiff peaks form. Fold into pudding until well combined. Spread evenly over bananas.
• Refrigerate 2 to 4 hours or until firm.
• Top individual servings of pie with additional banana slices and sauce. Store in refrigerator.