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TEXT SUZANNE MOUTIS | PHOTOGRAPHY JOE KIM | PROP STYLING ANN MARIE FAVOT
banana cream pie
Recipe developer and food stylist Tanya Eng makes over an after-dinner favourite with a layer of creamy caramel.
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take a favourite recipe and update it with a twist is not a novel concept. But when said twist involves our 2015 go-to ingredient, dulce de leche, and a delicious standby like banana cream pie, the culinary world feels dazzlingly, delightfully new again. It seems our taste buds have been waiting forever for this scrumptious flavour infusion, and now that we’ve had it, we’re never letting it go.
MAKES 10 SERVINGS
Crust 1 cup banana chips 1½ cups graham cracker crumbs ¼ cup granulated sugar ½ cup unsalted butter, melted
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Filling 1½ cups 2% milk ½ cup granulated sugar + ⅓ cup for caramelizing the bananas ⅓ cup cornstarch 4 egg yolks
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tsp pure vanilla extract cup dulce de leche bananas cups whipping cream tbsp icing sugar
PHOTOGRAPHY, JOE KIM/TC MEDIA
INGREDIENTS