Vanilla Custard with Salted Caramel & Banana

Vanilla Custard with Salted Caramel & Banana is a simple dessert with complex flavor. I think bananas may be my favorite fruit. I love the flavor of bananas in desserts, and I like to eat them as a quick breakfast or meal replacement. This recipe has been swirling around my head as the proverbial “bee in my bonnet”. This is usually a phrase reserved for Jackie; I kindly poke fun at her by using this unusual phrase that she grew up saying. Well now it’s me that’s been stung by the bee. I am not sure where it started, but the idea of bananas and cashews in a recipe has been in my head for a while. I just was not sure what to do with it. I asked Jackie for some help, and together, almost simultaneously we blurted out “salted caramel”. Well it had to be fate. Now we had an idea, we just needed a vessel to support that brilliant flavor combination. Vanilla Custard with Salted Caramel & Banana was coming to life. Sure, we could have done a bread, a muffin, or some other wonderful baked good, but I am not one who loves to bake. I wanted something a little different. I had a recollection of the vanilla wafer and boxed pudding dessert my mom made me when I was younger, and I thought why not create a variation of that. If I do say so myself, this Vanilla Custard with Salted Caramel & Banana is a delicious, elevated take of one of my childhood favorites.

Vanilla Custard with Salted Caramel & Banana

 

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Prep time

15 mins

Cook time

15 mins

Total time

30 mins

 

A fresh tasting custard that has a warm salted caramel banana topping with a touch of sea salt.

Author: Superman Cooks

Recipe type: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Serves: 4 portions

Ingredients

• ¾ C sugar
• 2½ Tbsp corn starch
• 2¼ C whole milk
• 3 large egg yolks, beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon banana extract
• 4 Tbsp unsalted butter
• 2 bananas, sliced ¼ inch thick
• 2 tbsp cashew pieces
• ½ tsp sea salt

Instructions

1. In a medium bowl, whisk ¼ C of the sugar and all of the cornstarch together. Whisk in ¼ C milk and then transfer to medium sauce pan. Add the egg yolks and mix until smooth.Whisk in the remaining milk and bring to a boil over medium heat. Make sure to use a high heat spatula and scrape the sides and bottom of pan to avoid sticking.
2. Continue to cook until thickened (about 3 minutes).
3. Remove from heat and whisk in vanilla and banana extract along with 1 tbsp butter.
4. Divide into 4 dessert glasses.
5. To caramelize the bananas, combine the remaining ½ C sugar and 2 tbsp water in a large skillet. Cook over medium high heat, moving the pan constantly to cook the sugar evenly and cook until golden brown, about 6 minutes.
6. Add the remaining butter, sliced bananas and cashew pieces and cook an additional minute.
7. Remove from heat and add salt and stir.
8. Spoon over warm pudding and serve

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