GRANDPA'S FAVORITE BANANA CREAM PIE

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How to make Grandpa's Favorite Banana Cream Pie

Provided by @MakeItYours

Number Of Ingredients 22

Ingredients

Makes one 9 inch pie.
Crust
2 1/2 cups all purpose flour, plus more for dusting
2 sticks unsalted butter
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon sugar
1/4-1/2 cup ice water
Combine flour, butter, salt and sugar in a food processor or with a pastry blender until it starts to resemble coarse sand.
Slowly add the water. Stop immediately once the dough starts to come together. It should be lumpy.
Divide the dough in half. Form both halves into discs, wrap them in saran wrap and place them in the refrigerator for at least one hour.
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Banana Cream Pie
1 disc of your fresh pie dough (Save the other disc for another pie, it keeps in the freezer for months.)
5 very ripe bananas. 3 sliced into rounds and 2 mashed
1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
1/4 cup corn starch
1/2 of a vanilla bean
1 pinch salt
5 egg yolks
2 cups whole milk
2 tablespoons butter
5 ounces semi-sweet chocolate, melted

Steps:

Preheat your oven to 425 degrees. Liberally flour a large work surface and roll out your pie crust until it is about 1/4 of an inch thick. Carefully place the dough in a 9 inch pie dish, and allow a 1/2 inch overlap over the sides of the pie dish. Trim the sides so that the overlap is uniform. Crimp the edges, and prick the the entire bottom and all around the sides of the dish with a fork.
Place the crust in the freezer for about 15 minutes or until it is nearly frozen.
Line the interior of the crust with parchment paper and fill the pie with pie weights or dried beans.
Bake the crust for fifteen minutes. Remove the weights, reduce the oven temperature to 325 degrees, and bake the pie crust until it is golden brown. Remove it from the oven and allow it to cool completely on a wire rack.
Once the crust is completely cooled, brush the interior with a light coat of the melted chocolate. This keeps the crust from getting soggy.
Place the pie in the refrigerator until the chocolate is hard (about 15 minutes). Then arrange the sliced bananas at the bottom of the crust.
Prepare the custard.
Slice the vanilla bean in half lengthwise, and using a paring knife remove the seeds.
In a medium sauce pan bring the milk to a simmer. Add the vanilla seeds and the pod.
Combine the corn starch, sugar and salt
Add the egg yolks and whisk until smooth.
Temper the yolk mixture. Take 1/2 cup of the simmering milk and slowly pour it into the yolk mixture while whisking vigorously.
Next, pour the yolk mixture into the milk while whisking vigorously.
Stir and allow the mixture to bubble and become thick---about 5-7 minutes.
Remove the custard from the heat. Discard the vanilla bean pod. Add the butter. Fold in the mashed bananas.
Pour the banana custard into the pie dish. Cover the pie directly with saran wrap and place it in the refrigerator for at least 3 hours.
Whipped Cream
1/2 cups whipping cream
teaspoons sugar
2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Beat cream, sugar and vanilla together until soft peaks form.
Spread the whipped cream on top of the pie. Shape it into soft peaks.
Serve.