Fantastic Banana Cream Pie Or Pudding Using 3 4 Ripe Bananas Recipes

BANANA CREAM PIE III

Steps:

• Slice 2 of the bananas and arrange in bottom of baked and cooled pastry shell.
• Pour cold milk into a medium bowl. Add pudding mix and whisk until thoroughly combined. Fold in 1/2 cup of the whipped topping. Pour into pastry shell.
• Chill at least 3 hours before serving. Garnish with remaining whipped topping and slices of the remaining banana.

FANTASTIC BANANA CREAM PIE OR PUDDING USING 3-4 RIPE BANANAS

Steps:

• Mix cornstarch, sugar, salt with the cold milk in a large saucepan.
• Cook mixture over medium heat to dissolve. (Stir constantly) until boiling.
• Pour 1/4 of the mixture into the beaten eggs and blend thoroughly.
• Return mixture back to saucepan.
• Add 1 smashed banana to mixture and stir until blended .
• Cook until thick and creamy.
• Add margarine/butter and vanilla.
• Add dash of salt.
• Add 1/2 of the mixture to 2x10" pie shells (1/4 of mixture to each shell).
• Slice the remaining bananas on top of the 2 pies.
• Cover the bananas with the rest of the mixture.
• Put in refrigerator to set.
• When ready top the pies with whipped cream or Cool Whip.

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.

FANTASTIC BANANA CREAM PIE WITH BANANA GRAHAM CRUST

Steps:

• To make the crust: set oven to 350°F.
• For the crust; in a bowl stir together the cracker crumbs, sugar and mashed banana.
• Add in the melted butter and stir to moisten.
• Press into bottom and up sides of a deep-dish 10-inch glass pie dish.
• Refrigerate for about 40 minutes until firm.
• Remove from the fridge and bake for about 15 minutes; cool completely.
• For the filling: In a heavy-bottomed saucepan whisk together cornstarch, sugar and salt to blend.
• Whisk in the whipping cream and whole full-fat milk, then egg yolks.
• Scrape the vanilla bean seeds and then add them in with the whole bean (if using).
• Bring to medium-high heat and whisk until the custard thickens and simmers (about 6 minutes).
• Remove from heat. Whisk in butter, vanilla extract and 1/4 teaspoon banana extract (if using).
• Transfer the cooked thickened custard to a bowl; cool completely for about 1 hour, stirring or whisking occasionally.
• When ready to fill the pie crust, spread 1 cup of the custard over the bottom of prepared crust.
• Top with half of the bananas (about 2-1/2 bananas).
• Then top with the remaining custard covering the bananas totally.
• Repeat layering with remaining bananas and then remaining custard on the top.
• Chill for a minimum of 8 hours (overnight is even better), or until the filling is completely set.
• Cut pie into wedges and top with a dollop of whipped cream if desired.

FRIED GREEN BANANAS

Steps:

• Peel the bananas.
• Slice them into 1/2 inch pieces or whatever size you prefer.
• Fry in the oil until they are golden. About 10 minutes per side, though.
• This could take shorter or longer, depending on your stove and fry pan.
• Make sure they are crunchie on each side.
• Drain on a paper towel.
• Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar.
• Bon Appetit.