Title: Black Bottom Banana Cream Pie III
Time: 6 1/2 hours
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Categories: Desserts, Pie
Yield: 8 Servings
Black Bottom Banana Cream Pie
For The Crust:
1/2 cup butter
3 ounces semisweet chocolate - chopped
1 1/2 cups chocolate wafer cookies - crushed
For Chocolate Ganache
1/2 cup whipping cream
1 tablespoon butter
4 ounces semisweet chocolate - chopped
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 bananas - ripe
Vanilla Pastry Cream
1 1/2 cups half and half
1/2 cup sugar
2 large eggs
1 large egg yolk
2 tablespoons flour
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Vanilla Whipped Cream
1 cup whipping cream - chilled
1 tablespoon powdered sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
For The Crust:
Butter 9-inch glass pie dish. In a heavy, small saucepan stir butter and chocolate
over low heat. Mix in cookie crumbs. Press unto bottom and sides. Chill until
firm (about 30 minutes).
For Chocolate Ganache:
In a medium saucepan over medium heat, heat butter and cream until hot,
but do not boil. Remove from heat and add chocolate and vanilla. Whisk until
smooth. Reserve 2 tablespoons of the ganache in a small bowl at room temperature
(to be used as garnish). Pour remaining ganache over crust. Chill crust until
chocolate ganache is firm (about 30 minutes).
Assembly:
Thinly slice 3 bananas. Arrange banana slices over chocolate. Whisk Vanilla
Pastry Cream until smooth. Spread pastry cream evenly over bananas. Drizzle
reserved chocolate ganache over pastry cream. Draw toothpick through pastry
cream and chocolate to marbleize. Refrigerate until pastry cream is set (at
least 3 hours and up to one day).
Spoon vanilla whipped cream around edges of pie or decoratively pipe cream with pastry bag. Slice remaining banana. Garnish banana with pie slices.
Vanilla Pastry Cream:
In a heavy medium saucepan, bring half and half to a a simmer. In a medium
bowl, whisk sugar, eggs, egg yolk and flour in medium bowl to blend. Gradually
whisk in hot half and half. Transfer to saucepan. Whisk over medium heat until
mixture thickens and comes to a boil (about 5 minutes). Boil 1 minute. Pour
into a medium bowl. Stir in vanilla. Press plastic unto surface of cream. Cover;
chill until cold (about 4 hours).
Vanilla Whipped Cream:
In a medium bowl, beat cream, powders sugar and vanilla extract until peaks
form. Can be made 4 hours ahead.