Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Try this banana pudding recipe

I've been cooking more in the past few weeks. Yesterday I made tuna patties (tuna, carrot, onion and bread crumbs dipped in egg and cooked on a skillet) for dinner. I also made brownies for dessert :-). Two weeks ago I attempted my mother's favorite recipe for banana pudding. It was surprisingly easy and it is really delicious (recipe reprinted from this site on about.com):

INGREDIENTS:
1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk (NOT evaporated milk)
1-1/2 cups cold water
1 (4-serving-size) package instant French vanilla pudding and pie filling mix
2 cups (1 pint) heavy whipping cream
40 vanilla wafers cookies (about)
3 to 4 medium bananas, sliced and dipped in lemon juice from concentrate
4 vanilla wafers, crushed to crumbs for garnish

PREPARATION:
Combine sweetened condensed milk and water in a large mixing bowl. Add pudding mix and beat on medium speed for 3 minutes. Refrigerate pudding mixture for 15 minutes. Meanwhile, whip heavy cream to stiff peaks. Fold whipped cream into chilled pudding mixture until combined. Select a large (3-quart) decorative glass bowl. Spread 1/2 cup of pudding around the bottom of the bowl and top with one-third of the vanilla wafers, followed by one-third of the bananas and one-third of the remaining pudding. Continue layers, finishing with pudding on top. Sprinkle with crushed vanilla wafer crumbs. Chill at least 4 hours before serving. Refrigerate leftovers.
Yield: 8 to 10 servings

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