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Southern Banana Pudding

Layers of homemade vanilla pudding, ripe bananas and soft cookies, topped with whipped cream.

By Wanda Oyola 5 h 30 min Easy

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Recipe in testing: I'm cooking it in my TM7™ and will update the steps and the photo with my own.

A glass trifle dish with layers of vanilla pudding, banana slices and graham crackers, topped with whipped cream and whole crackers.

Banana pudding is a staple of Southern potlucks, church suppers and family reunions: layers of creamy vanilla pudding, sliced ripe bananas and vanilla wafer cookies that soften overnight into something close to cake. It is usually built in a big glass dish so everyone can see the layers, and it feeds a crowd.

The Thermomix® TM7™ cooks the pudding from scratch, with milk, egg yolks and cornstarch stirred the whole time at 90°C (195°F), so it turns thick and smooth without a single lump. Let it chill with the bananas and cookies for at least 4 hours, and whip the cream just before serving.

Made in the Thermomix® TM7™

Southern Banana Pudding

Makes: 1 trifle bowl, about 3 L (3 qt), 12 servings

  • Prep30 min
  • Cook12 min
  • Total5 h 30 min
  • Serves12

Ingredients

Vanilla pudding

Layers

Whipped cream

Instructions

  1. Place the milk, sugar, cornstarch, egg yolks and salt in the mixing bowl and cook 10 min/90°C (195°F)/speed 4, until thick. If it is still thin, cook 2 min/90°C (195°F)/speed 4 more.
  2. Add the butter and vanilla and mix 20 sec/speed 4. Pour the pudding into a bowl, press plastic wrap onto the surface and let it cool for 30 minutes.
  3. In a 3 L (3 qt) trifle bowl or glass dish, make a layer of cookies, then a layer of banana slices, then a third of the pudding. Repeat twice, ending with pudding.
  4. Cover and refrigerate for at least 4 hours, or overnight, so the cookies soften.
  5. Just before serving, wash and dry the mixing bowl well. Insert the butterfly whisk, add the cold cream, powdered sugar and vanilla, remove the measuring cup and whip 1-2 min/speed 3.5, watching through the lid opening, until soft peaks form.
  6. Pipe or spread the whipped cream over the pudding and decorate with a few whole cookies and some crumbs.

Tips

  • Slice the bananas right before you layer them and cover them completely with pudding, so they do not turn brown.
  • Vanilla wafers are the classic choice and turn soft and cakey; graham crackers add a light honey flavor and keep a bit more bite.
  • Banana pudding is best within 2 days. Keep it covered in the fridge.

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