Black-Bottom Banana Cream Pie

By dcarriger56

Ingredients

• Crust
• 1/2 cup (stick) unsalted butter
• 3 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
• 1 1/2 cups chocolate wafer cookie crumbs(about 7 ounces)
• CHOCOLATE GANACHE
• 1/2 cups whipping cream
• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
• 4 ounces semisweet chocolate chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 4 ripe bananas (about 1 1/2 pounds )
• Vaniila Pastry Cream recipe
• 1 1/2 cups half-half
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 large egg yolk
• 2 tablespoons all purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• Vanilla Whipped Cream recipe
• 1 cup chilled whipping cream
• 1 tablespoon powdered sugar
• 1/2 vanilla extract

Preparation

Step 1

For crust
Butter 9-inch-diameter glass or ceramic pie dish Stir butter and chocolate in heavy small saucepan over low heat until smooth. Mix in cookie crumbs. Press onto bottom and up sides of prepared dish. Chill until firm, about 30 minutes.
For Chocolate Ganache
Heat cream and butter in meduim saucepan over medium heat until mixture is hot(do not boil) Remove from heat. Add chocolate and vanilla. Whisk until smooth. Reserve 2 tablespoons choclate ganache in small bowl at room temperature; pour remainder over crust. Chill crust until chocolate ganache is firm, about 30 minutes.
Thinly slices 3 bananas. Arrange banana slices over choclate. Whisk Vanilla Pastry Cream until smooth. spread pastry Cream evenly over bananas, Drizzle reserved chocolated ganache over pastry cream and chocolate to marbleize. Refrigerate until pastry cream is set. about 3 hours (can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and keep refrigerated.)
Spoon Vanilla Whipped Cream around edges of pie, or spoon whipped cream into pastry bag that's fitted with large star tip and pipe cream around edges of pie. Slice remaining bananas. Garnish pie with banana slice
vanilla pastry cream
Bring half-half to simmer in heavy meduim saucepan. Whisk sugar, eggs, egg yolk and flour in medium bowl to blend. Gradually whisk in hot half ans half. Transfer to saucepan. Whisk over medium heat until mixture thickens and comes to boil , about 5 minutes. Boil 1 minutes. Pour into bowl. Stir in vanilla. Press plastic onto surface of pastry cream. Cover; Chill until cold, about 4 hours (can be made 1 day ahead keep chilled)
Vanilla Whipped Cream
Beat cream powdered sugar and vanilla in large bowl until stiff peaks form. (Can be made 4 hours ahead. Cover and chill.)














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