This is a Southern recipe for banana that uses evaporated milk rather than sweetened condensed and whipped cream rather than meringue. It is creamy, sweet and very easy.
serving container I used a large glass bowl but a 9 x 13 baking dish would also work
Ingredients
5Tablespoonsall purpose flourthis should equal 1/4 cup plus 2 Tablespoons
1Cupsugar
⅛ Teaspoonsalt
1Cupwater
1Cupevaporated milk
2Largeeggslightly beaten
¼Cupbutterunsalted
2Teaspoonsvanilla
2Cupsheavy whipping cream
36-40vanilla wafersSave some out for garnish
4bananasripe
Instructions
In a medium saucepan (no heat under it yet), whisk together dry ingredients (flour, sugar and salt). Whisk in water, milk and lightly beaten eggs. Get it as smooth as possible, but there may be some lumps.Cook over medium heat stirring constantly, until mixture thickens.
5 Tablespoons all purpose flour, 1 Cup sugar, 1/8 Teaspoon salt, 1 Cup water, 1 Cup evaporated milk, 2 Large eggs
Add butter and vanilla and cook gently over low heat until butter melts. Let it cool a bit before layering the pudding.
1/4 Cup butter, 2 Teaspoons vanilla
While the pudding is cooling, make the whipped cream. Simply beat the heavy cream in a stand mixer until soft peaks have formed (adding sugar or a little bourbon to the whipped cream is optional).
2 Cups heavy whipping cream
Place a thin layer of pudding on the bottom of your glass dish (large bowl or baking dish is fine). Add a thin layer of whipped cream, then a layer of Nilla wafers, then a layer of sliced bananas. Repeat layering, saving out enough whipped cream to use as the top layer. Garnish with crumbled vanilla wafers. You can serve it immediately for crunchier wafers, or chill (covered) for a few hours for a softer meld of the wafers.Keeps covered in the refrigerator for up to a week.
36-40 vanilla wafers, 4 bananas
Notes
**NOTE: Whipped cream doesn’t require any baking like a meringue does. They both need to be whipped into soft peaks, but the whipped cream is then used right away without baking. Note this example of what soft peaks with whipped cream looks like.