Banana Cream Pie

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 1 large or 2 medium bananas
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 1 egg
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• A sprinkle of salt

Method

1. 1

   Slice the banana into a baked crust shell.

2. 2

   Heat the milk in a double boiler to boiling point.

3. 3

   Stir the flour and a little cold milk or water to a smooth paste, and pour slowly into the hot milk, stirring as it is being added, and let cook for 15 minutes.

4. 4

   Add 1 tablespoon of the hot cream, a sprinkle of salt, and the sugar to the yolk of egg, and mix well; then pour the hot cream in a slow stream into the yolk mixture, stirring briskly as it is being added.

5. 5

   Stir over the fire for a few minutes, until the mixture thickens a little from the yolk, but do not boil.

6. 6

   Pour over the sliced banana in the crust shell and set aside.

7. 7

   Add 1 tablespoon cold water to the white of egg, and beat rapidly until very foamy; then add gradually 1 tablespoon sugar and a few drops of vanilla or lemon extract, and beat until firm enough to spread nicely over the top.

8. 8

   Brown lightly in the oven, and let cool.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Science of food & cookery (1921) by H. S. Anderson, page 118. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

BANANA CREAM PIE il/2 cups milk i large or 2 medium bananas 3 tablespoons flour i egg 3 tablespoons sugar ' A sprinkle of salt

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