Banana Meringue Pie
- 1 1/4 cups flour, all-purpose
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 6 tablespoons butter, unsalted cold, diced
- 1 each eggs beaten
- 6 each bananas ripe
- 1/2 cup light cream (half&half) warm
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 4 each egg whites room temperature
- 1 pinch salt
- 13 cup sugar
- To make pastry, combine flour, sugar and butter in a food processor.
- Process until the consistency of fine meal.
- Add beaten egg; continue to process just until dough starts to come together.
- Gather into a ball, wrap and refrigerate for one hour or place in freezer for 15 minutes to chill.
- Roll out dough on a floured surface or roll out between two sheets of plastic wrap to an 11-inch circle.
- Dough is sticky and falls apart easily; just patch together and fit into a nine-inch flan pan with removable bottom; trim edges.
- (If you don't have a flan pan, a pie plate can be used.)
- Chill for 30 minutes.
- Bake pastry at 375F (190C) for 12 minutes until light golden in color.
- Thinly slice five of the bananas and arrange on bottom of pastry shell.
- Mash the remaining banana and combine with warm cream, 1/2 cup sugar, cornstarch and vanilla.
- Pour over banana layer.
- Bake at 350F (180C) for 35 to 40 minutes or until filling is set.
- Let pie cool slightly.
- To make meringue, beat egg whites with a pinch of salt until soft peaks form.
- Gradually beat in 13 cup sugar until meringue is stiff and glossy.
- Spread meringue over warm pie; bake at 350F (180C) for 12 to 15 minutes or until browned.
- Let cool; refrigerate until serving time.
- Serves 6.
flour, sugar, butter, eggs, bananas ripe, light cream, sugar, cornstarch, vanilla, egg whites, salt, sugar
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/banana-meringue-pie-4129 (may not work)