JEAN ANDERSON’S BANANA PUDDING
Source of Recipe
Arthur Schwartz The Food Maven
Recipe Introduction
Serves at least 10
List of Ingredients
3/4 cup sugar
1/3 cup unsifted all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 quart (whole) milk
1 cup half and half
3 large eggs, lightly beaten together
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
About 75 vanilla wafers (about 3/4 of a 12-ounce box)
6 medium firm-ripe bananas (about 2 1/4 pounds)
Plus:
1 cup heavy cream, whipped to soft peaks with
2 tablespoons confectioners’ sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Recipe
Combine the sugar, flour and salt in a large, heavy saucepan.
Whisk in the milk and half and half, then set over moderate heat, and cook,
stirring constantly, for 7 to 8 minutes, or until the mixture simmers, is
thickened and smooth. Remove from the heat.
Whisk a few spoonfuls of the hot mixture into the beaten eggs, then pour the
heated eggs into the saucepan with the remaining hot mixture. An instant read
thermometer should read 160 degrees. If not, place the pudding over medium heat
for another minute or so, stirring constantly. Do not let it boil. It will
curdle. Stir in the vanilla.
Assemble the pudding while the custard is still hot.
Skim coat a 9 by 9 by 2-inch baking dish or a glass dish with similar volume,
such as a trifle bowl, with about 1/2 cup the hot custard. “Pave” with about 25
of the vanilla wafers, arranging the cookies side by side.
Peel the bananas and slice about 1/4-inch thick. Add a layer of about a third of
the slices over the cookies, again arranging them side by side.
Spread with a third of the remaining pudding. Add another layer of cookies, then
bananas, then half the remaining custard. Spread with a final layer of cookies,
bananas, and the remaining pudding.
Cover the dish with plastic wrap and refrigerate for several hours, until the
custard is well-chilled, or overnight.
To serve, whip the cream with the confectioners’ sugar and remaining vanilla
until it holds soft peaks. Spoon the whipped cream on top of the pudding and
serve.
Leftovers hold well in the refrigerator for 1 day.
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