Banana Pudding

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3 1/2 cups milk
• 1/3 cup granulated sugar, plus
• 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup cornstarch
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 2 large eggs
• 1 large egg yolk
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
• 3 bananas

Recipe

• 1 in a large stainless steel bowl whisk together the 1/3 cup sugar, cornstarch, salt, eggs, and egg yolk.
• 2 whisk in 1/2 cup of the milk. set aside while you heat the rest of the milk and sugar. have ready a fine medium-sized strainer and bowl as you will need to strain the pudding after it is cooked.
• 3 pour the remaining 3 cups of milk, along with 3 tablespoons of sugar, into the saucepan and bring just to a boil.
• 4 gradually pour the hot milk into the egg mixture, whisking constantly, until the mixture is smooth.
• 5 transfer the pudding mixture to a clean large, heavy bottomed saucepan and place over medium-low heat.
• 6 cook, stirring constantly, until the mixture thickens to the consistency of mayonnaise. remove from heat and whisk in the butter and vanilla extract.
• 7 pour through the strainer to remove any lumps that may have formed during cooking.
• 8 take 4 bowls or wine glasses and spoon a little of the custard into the bottom of each bowl.
• 9 peel and slice the bananas and place a layer of bananas over the custard in each bowl. place another layer of custard and bananas, then finish off with a layer of custard.
• 10 the puddings can be eaten right away or placed in the refrigerator for several hours.
• 11 if you are going to place in the refrigerator, press plastic wrap onto the surface of the warm puddings to prevent a skin from forming.
• 12 just before serving garnish each pudding with whipped cream and more slices of banana.