Receta Clementine's Banana Cream Pie
Ingredientes
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Direcciones
- Pastry Cream: Sift together the cornstarch and sugar. Combine the egg yolks and Large eggs in a separate bowl and set aside.
- In a heavy bottomed saucepan combine the cornstarch and sugar. Stir in the lowfat milk and the vanilla bean with seeds. Heat the mix to a simmer, stirring, and cook for 2 min, stirring constantly. Remove the vanilla bean.
- Pour a little of the warm lowfat milk mix into the Large eggs and whisk to combine. Return the egg-lowfat milk mix to the saucepan and whisk to combine. Heat to a simmer again. Continue to cook over low heat till the mix thickens, about 1 minute.
- Remove from heat and whisk in the butter till it is fully incorporated and the mix is smooth. Strain into a bowl, then cover the surface with plastic wrap. Cold completely in the refrigerator.
- Assembly: To make the filling, whip together the heavy cream and creme fraiche till soft peaks form. Stir the pastry cream till smooth. Fold one-half c. of the whipped cream into the pastry cream.
- Line a baked graham cracker crust with one layer of sliced bananas. Reserve one-half banana to garnish the top, then fold the remaining banana slices into the filling.
- Spoon the filling into the pie crust and top with the remaining whipped cream. Arrange the reserved banana slices on top. Serve chilled within 24 hrs.
- This recipe yields 10 to 12 servings.
- Comments: There's a generous amount of fluffy filling in this pie, so do not try to make it with a ready-made crust - it will not fit. Instead, use your favorite graham cracker crust recipe for a 9-inch pie. We used the one in "The New Doubleday Cookbook."