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| Type | Cream pie |
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| Course | Dessert |
| Place of origin | United States |
| Main ingredients | Bananas, egg custard, whipped cream, pastry or cookie crust |
Banana cream pie is an American dessert pie made with bananas, egg custard and whipped cream.
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| Type | Cream pie |
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| Course | Dessert |
| Place of origin | United States |
| Main ingredients | Bananas, egg custard, whipped cream, pastry or cookie crust |
Banana cream pie is an American dessert pie made with bananas, egg custard and whipped cream.
Bananas "took the American market by storm in the 1880s" according to food historian Lynn Olver as quoted by the New York Times. [1] According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the first use of 'cream pie' dates to the 1810s. [2]
The dish dates to the end of the 19th century. A recipe for a banana pie, in which sliced bananas were placed into a baked pie crust and baked to soften the bananas, then topped with whipped cream, appeared in the 1901 Woman's Exchange Cook Book by Minnie Palmer. [3] [4] [5] A 1906 recipe in The Blue Ribbon Cook Book calls for the addition of custard on top of the bananas with no further baking. [3] [4]
Classic recipes typically call for fresh bananas and custard in a prebaked pie crust which is then topped with whipped cream. [3] [6]
Typically ingredients include a pastry crust which has been blind-baked or a graham cracker crust, which is then filled with bananas and custard or pastry cream (a cooked mixture of milk, sugar, vanilla, eggs, butter) and topped with crème fraiche or whipped cream. [5]
The dish is known throughout the US but is most common in Midwestern cuisine and Southern cuisine. [5] As of 2007 it was also popular in Los Angeles, according to the New York Times. [5] [1] According to the South Florida Reporter it was a favorite of US soldiers in 1951. [4] [5]
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Pastry refers to a variety of doughs, as well as the sweet and savoury baked goods made from them. These goods are often called pastries as a synecdoche, and the dough may be accordingly called pastry dough for clarity. Sweetened pastries are often described as bakers' confectionery. Common pastry dishes include pies, tarts, quiches, croissants, and pasties.
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A cremeschnitte, also known as vanilla slice or custard slice, is a custard and chantilly cream cream cake dessert commonly associated with the former Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. However, its origin is most commonly associated with a city in Slovenia known as Bled where it is called "Blejske kremšnita. This dish remains popular across Central Europe and the Balkans in various variations, all of which include a puff pastry base and custard cream.
Custard tarts or flan pâtissier/parisien are a baked pastry consisting of an outer pastry crust filled with egg custard.
Buko pie, sometimes anglicized as coconut pie, is a traditional Filipino baked young coconut (malauhog) pie. It is considered a specialty in the city of Los Baños, Laguna located on the island of Luzon.
Bread and butter pudding is a traditional bread pudding in British cuisine. Slices of buttered bread scattered with raisins are layered in an oven dish, covered with an egg custard mixture seasoned with nutmeg, vanilla, cinnamon or other spices, then baked.
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