Banana-Cream Pie Recipe

Banana-Cream Pie Recipe

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Banana-cream pie is a fixture of Los Angeles dining, Jennifer Steinhauer reported for The Times in 2007 In large part, it seems that both the banana, a staple fruit in many parts of the world, and...

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Ingredients

  • 1 1/4 cup graham-cracker crumbs, about 10 or 11 whole crackers
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 4 tablespoons butter, melted
  • 1 2/3 cups milk
  • 1/4 cup plus 3 tablespoons sugar
  • 1/2 vanilla bean, seeds scraped out and reserved
  • 3 tablespoons cornstarch
  • 1 large egg
  • 2 large egg yolks
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons butter
  • 1 1/2 cups heavy cream
  • 1/4 cup creme fraiche
  • 3 1/2 medium bananas, sliced into 3/8-inch-thick rounds

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