Retro Banana Cream Pie

Total Time: 5 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 5 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 1/2 cups graham wafer crumbs
• 1/3 cup melted butter
• 2 ounces semisweet chocolate, melted
• 4 egg yolks
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup cornstarch
• 3 cups milk
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 small bananas, sliced
• 1 cup whipping cream
• 2 tablespoons grated semisweet chocolate

Recipe

• 1 filling: in bowl, whisk together egg yolks, sugar, cornstarch and 1/2 cup milk; set aside.
• 2 in a heavy saucepan, heat remaining milk over medium heat until bubbles form around edge; whisk into yolk mixture.
• 3 return to pan and cook over medium-low heat, stirring, until thick enough to mound on spoon, about 5 minutes.
• 4 stir in butter and vanilla.
• 5 scrape into bowl.
• 6 place plastic wrap directly on surface; refrigerate just until cooled, about 2 hours.
• 7 in bowl, stir graham wafer crumbs with butter until moistened; press onto bottom and up side of 9 inch pie plate.
• 8 refrigerate until firm, about 30 minutes.
• 9 drizzle melted chocolate over bottom of crust; spread evenly with back of spoon.
• 10 refrigerate until set, about 10 minutes.
• 11 without stirring custard, spoon half over chocolate.
• 12 arrange banana slices over top, overlapping slightly.
• 13 top with remaining custard.
• 14 place plastic wrap directly on surface; refrigerate until cold, about 2 hours.
• 15 garnish: in bowl, whip cream.
• 16 using piping bag or with spatula, pipe into rosettes or spread to cover top.
• 17 sprinkle with grated chocolate.