TWD: Banana Cream Pie and Deconstruced Ice Cream Sundae !WOOOOOOOOOOOT!

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!

Best. Dorie. Recipe. EVER!

I have never had banana cream pie. What was I MISSING?!  Up in NY, especially Italian land where I proudly grew up, I never even SAW a banana cream pie.   So when Amy of Sing For Your Supper (click for recipe) chose this, I was super excited. 

This recipe is amazing.

First, let's start with Dorie's ungodly good-for-everything-but-my-diet pie crust.  This is the best pie crust that exists in the entire universe.  It is unbelievably flaky and buttery.  I have actually been told that the crust is TOO good and sometimes will outshine the filling, like in the case of a pumpkin pie that I made back in October. 

I took it as a compliment to the crust rather than an insult to the pumpkin pie filling because I like to look at things positively.

Because I don't need an entire banana cream pie sitting around, I made six mini tarts.  I had a half of one, my boyfriend had the rest.  He LOVED it. He actually did a little dance when he tasted it.  The pastry cream is thick, rich, and wonderfully spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg. I used little red bananas, which actually have a bit of a cinnamon taste as well.  If you can find them in your grocer, I suggest you try them.  They are wonderful.  The whipped cream was delicious and I loved the bit of tang from the sour cream. 

Because I wanted to try something a bit different, I also made a deconstructed banana pie... as an ice cream sundae! I made a no-cook vanilla ice cream (seriously, this recipe is dangerous for me and my willpower) base and split it into three flavors - banana, cinnamon and nutmeg to mock the pastry cream, and then I mixed homemade graham crackers into the third flavor (which I topped with a little pie slice of Dorie's awesome crust).

HOLLA!!!!

This tasted EXACTLY like the banana cream pie, but even more dangerous because it is ice cream and I can't resist ice cream. I did a dance when I tasted this.  In fact, all I heard was Katrina and the Waves' hit song "I'm Walking on Sunshine" as I danced around my apartment with a spoon in my hand.  I looked like I was straight out of a scene of Look Who's Talking in a room full of dancing babies and a once-upon-a-time sexy John Travolta.

Check out TWD for more of this amazing pie! 

Comments

[Tracey]

That deconstructed banana cream pie sounds so yummy! I much prefer ice cream to pie so this is right up my alley. Great job!!

[mike]

You're wild. With food. I have enough energy just to finish the assigned recipe, and here you are developing mock banana cream pie ice cream. Love it! You should start selling that. I like that even more than the pie! Love the tarts too - I made small pies, but your tarts are beautiful!

[Jamie]

Your blog looks adorable AND so do your pies! Nice Job!!!

[Jessica]

I love the deconstructed pies, what a great idea! I'm expecting any day to pop over here and read about the fantastic restaurant that you're starting up. Seriously, the food that you make always looks so good and so professional. I'm so glad that you liked this week's pick.

[Marthe]

The ice cream looks absolutely delicious!! And the pies are simply adorable!

[Sarah Schoolcraft]

I love the mini tarts idea! And the ice creams looks amazing, as well. I was also surprised by how much I loved this pie. Bananas in pie--who knew they'd go together so well?? :-)

[Maria]

Oh my! I have gone into sugar shock! Everything looks amazing!! Great job this week!! I can't wait to try this now!! Glad you loved it!

[Amy]

Banana cream pie is SO GOOD! And I love these ice creams you created. I'll have to try this -- maybe caramel ice cream, too!

[dorie]

I'm so sorry I missed your boyfriend's little dance! Your ice cream sundae is amazing -- what a wild and wonderful thing to do with all the "pieces" of the pie.

[Jules]

It all just looks fabulous. The pie, the ice cream, the.... can I have some, please?

[Shari]

Lots of dancing going on at your place this week! I'll have to look for red bananas. And your deconstructed ice cream sounds delicious!

[Nancy (n.o.e.)]

Good gracious Teanna, you really ran with the theme this week! How cool that you found a new favorite Dorie recipe (and that Dorie got to read about it, too!)
Nancy

[Spike]

I was super excited about this pie too! If I had made the full size, I would have ended up eating the whole thing. Your tarts look amazing!

[Cathy]

I don't know what I want to dive into first -- the mini tarts or the ice cream sundae! All I know is that I would have been in big, big trouble had I been in your kitchen this week. And it would have taken SOME kind of dancing to burn off all of the banana cream pie & ice cream goodness that I would have consumed.

[Michelle]

Oh...your mini-minis looks so cute!

This is a fab recipe and one I will make again and again!

[Sara]

So cute and creative. All that ice cream would be dangerous for me, too. I have been known to sneak spoonfuls of ice cream from the freezer when I am making dinner and no one is looking.

[lisaiscooking]

I love banana cream pie! Your tarts look fantastic, and the sundae sounds great too.

[RecipeGirl]

Amazing! Love what you did with it. I'm horrible at pie crust, so I will need to try out Dorie's pie crust recipe for sure!

[farah]

Ice cream and tarts? You go girl!! I really like this recipe and now i think i'm going to have to make your ice cream, it sounds sooooo good!

[Kimberly]

You are so creative! Both the tarts and sundae are brilliant!