My favorite and best dessert, is the Southern banana pudding recipe I inherited from my mother. It's simple, it's delicious, and it looks good sitting on a dinner table.
Lora's Famous Banana Pudding
You will need:
2 cups of milk
2 eggs
1/3 cup all purpose flour
1/2 cup sugar
Teaspoon of vanilla extract
Pinch of salt
5 or 6 just ripe bananas
Vanilla wafers (preferably Nilla brand if you can get them)
Get you a good stainless double boiler. Fill the bottom about half full of water, and put it on to heat.
Take the top half of the double boiler, and in it combine the milk, eggs, sugar and flour, and make sure they're well mixed. I use a handheld immersion blender for this. Add the pinch of salt and stir. Put the top portion of the double boiler inside the other, and cook mixture over the boiling water for 10-15 minutes, or until it's well thickened. Don't overcook it--it'll come out tasting like eggs. So you may have to sample partway through. When done, take the boiler off heat, and mix in the teaspoon of vanilla extract. Set the pot aside. (Note: DO NOT leave the custard unattended--you'll need to stay with it and stir it the entire 10-15 mins to avoid clumping or burning.)
Line a large, flat-ish bowl with vanilla wafers on the bottom, then a layer of sliced bananas, then wafers, and so on until its deep as you want it. Once done, grab the boiler pot, and carefully pour the cooked custard mix over the wafers and bananas until the bowl is filled and it has gotten down into all the crevices. Top with a layer of vanilla wafers in whatever attractive pattern you choose. Tinfoil the bowl, and ideally refrigerate overnight to let the pudding's custard set.
Voila, you've got one of the best Southern sweets ever created.
Lora's Famous Banana Pudding
You will need:
2 cups of milk
2 eggs
1/3 cup all purpose flour
1/2 cup sugar
Teaspoon of vanilla extract
Pinch of salt
5 or 6 just ripe bananas
Vanilla wafers (preferably Nilla brand if you can get them)
Get you a good stainless double boiler. Fill the bottom about half full of water, and put it on to heat.
Take the top half of the double boiler, and in it combine the milk, eggs, sugar and flour, and make sure they're well mixed. I use a handheld immersion blender for this. Add the pinch of salt and stir. Put the top portion of the double boiler inside the other, and cook mixture over the boiling water for 10-15 minutes, or until it's well thickened. Don't overcook it--it'll come out tasting like eggs. So you may have to sample partway through. When done, take the boiler off heat, and mix in the teaspoon of vanilla extract. Set the pot aside. (Note: DO NOT leave the custard unattended--you'll need to stay with it and stir it the entire 10-15 mins to avoid clumping or burning.)
Line a large, flat-ish bowl with vanilla wafers on the bottom, then a layer of sliced bananas, then wafers, and so on until its deep as you want it. Once done, grab the boiler pot, and carefully pour the cooked custard mix over the wafers and bananas until the bowl is filled and it has gotten down into all the crevices. Top with a layer of vanilla wafers in whatever attractive pattern you choose. Tinfoil the bowl, and ideally refrigerate overnight to let the pudding's custard set.
Voila, you've got one of the best Southern sweets ever created.