Black Bottom Banana Pie

By pinkadidas178

Ingredients

• optional:
• Crust
• 1 1/2 c. crushed chocolate wafer cookies (about 27)
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
• 5 tablespoons butter, melted
• Filling
• 1/2 c. sugar
• 1/3 c. cornstarch
• pinch of salt
• 3 1/4 c. whole milk
• 4 large egg yolks
• 1 tsp. rum extract
• 3 ripe bananas, sliced
• Topping
• 3/4 c. heavy cream
• 4 tsp. sugar
• 1 tsp. rum extract
• chocolate shavings

Details

Preparation time 20mins

Preparation

Step 1

Crust
In a medium bowl, combine all crust ingredients. Press onto bottom and sides of a 9-inch pie plate. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes. Let cool.

Filling
Place sugar, cornstarch and salt in a large saucepan. Whisk to combine. Whisk in milk. Place over medium high heat and bring to a simmer, whisking constantly. Cook, continuing to whisk well until it thickens. Place yolks in a medium bowl and beat until just combined. While whisking, slowly drizzle 1 cup of milk mixture. Slowly add remaining milk mixture. Whisk in rum extract.

Pour mixture back into large saucepan and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until it comes to a boil. Gently boil until custard is thick enough to coat the back of the spoon. Pour custard through a fine meshed sieve into a bowl and fold in bananas. Pour custard over cooled crust. Cover with plastic wrap. Let cool and then refrigerate at least one hour.

Topping
In a small chilled bowl, beat heavy cream with sugar and rum extract until soft peaks form. Remove plastic wrap and spoon whipped topping over custard, leaving a border. Sprinkle with chocolate shavings (or mini choc. chips) if desired.

Chill until ready to serve.