Gluten-Free Banana Cream Pie
- 13 cup whole milk
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 24 grams cornstarch (about 2 1/2 tablespoons)
- 1 large egg yolk
- 96 grams sugar (about 1/3 cup plus 1 1/2 teaspoons)
- 1/4 teaspoon salt, more as needed
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 127 grams gluten-free flour blend about 1 cup, purchased or homemade see recipe
- 22 grams sweet rice flour (about 2 tablespoons)
- 6 tablespoons cold, unsalted butter, plus more to grease the pan
- 1 egg
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 3 ripe bananas
- 1 tablespoon confectioners sugar, to taste optional
- Stir together the milk and 1 cup of cream.
- Dissolve the cornstarch in 1/3 cup of the cream mixture.
- Whisk in the egg yolk.
- Mix 88 grams of sugar (about 1/3 cup), 1/8 teaspoon of salt, and the remaining cream mixture in a heavy saucepan.
- Bring the mixture to a simmer and remove from heat.
- Whisk a third of the sugar-and-cream mixture into the egg yolk mixture, then stir that into the saucepan.
- Return to medium heat and stir without stopping, being sure to stir the bottom and sides of the pan, for 5 minutes, until the mixture thickens and coats the back of a spoon.
- Remove from heat and stir in 1 teaspoon vanilla extract.
- Strain into a bowl, cover this pudding with plastic and chill completely, at least 3 hours.
- Stir together the gluten-free flour, sweet rice flour, 8 grams of sugar (about 1 1/2 teaspoons) and the remaining 1/8 teaspoon of salt.
- Cut the butter into chunks and, using your fingertips, work the butter into the dry ingredients to form a coarse meal.
- Make a well.
- Break the egg into the well.
- Add the lemon juice.
- Use a fork to stir from the center, working the flour into the egg to form a soft dough.
- Shape into a disk and chill in the freezer for 15 minutes.
- Heat the oven to 400 degrees.
- Grease a pie pan and press the pastry into it in an even layer.
- If the dough seems very sticky, put a piece of parchment paper on top and pat it out to smooth, then remove it.
- Bake until golden brown, 12 to 15 minutes.
- Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
- To assemble the pie, pour half the pudding into the crust.
- Slice 2 of the bananas and arrange the slices over the pudding.
- Pour the remaining pudding on top of the bananas.
- Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until thoroughly cooled, about 3 hours.
- Just before serving, slice the remaining banana and arrange the slices over the pudding.
- Whip the remaining cup of cream until stiff.
- If you like, add confectioners sugar and remaining 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract.
- Spread whipped cream on top or pipe it from a pastry bag.
milk, heavy cream, cornstarch, egg yolk, sugar, salt, vanilla, flour, sweet rice, cold, egg, lemon juice, bananas, confectioners sugar
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1013628 (may not work)