Banana Cream Pie 2
Finally got the crust to work. Here's the recipe for the pie (click here for pie pic):
Pie crust:
200 g ginger biscuits, finely crushed
65 g butter, melted
1/2 tsp nutmeg
- Preheat the oven to 190°C and grease a 21-cm pie dish.
- In a mixing bowl, mix the biscuit crumbs with the melted butter and nutmeg.
- Press the crumb mixture into the pie dish.
- Bake for about 10 - 15 minutes or until biscuit crust is firm. Then remove from oven and leave to cool on a wire rack.
Filling:
175 g ripe bananas, mashed
350 g or 12 oz cream cheese, at room temperature
4 tbsp plain yoghurt
1 tsp vanilla essence
- In a mixing bowl, mix the mashed bananas with the cream cheese, yoghurt and vanilla essence.
- Spoon the filling into the biscuit crust.
- Chill the pie for at least 4 hours or overnight in the fridge.
Topping (to be spread on pie half-way through chilling process - best after pie has been in the fridge for 4 hours):
1/2 cup whipping cream
1 - 2 bananas, sliced
- Whip the cream until it becomes thick.
- Spread the cream on top of the pie filling.
- Arrange the sliced bananas on top of the cream.
- Continue to chill the pie in the fridge.



