National Banana Cream Pie Day was a few days ago, and it got me thinking. Creating a gluten free banana cream pie recipe wasn’t high on my list of to-do’s, but I became intrigued, and that was that. Before you knew it, I was surveying my Facebook friends on what types of crust they would enjoy. The 2 highest voted for were graham cracker, graham cracker coated with chocolate, and regular coated with chocolate. Since I already had all of those Gluten Free Pie Crust Recipes on this website, I decided to go for a shortbread crust for my own. I include links to some of my gluten free pie crust recipes below, and even the chocolate ganache coating. You may garnish the pie with whipped cream, meringue, or leave plain. Perhaps some shredded coconut would do well for some people. I hope you enjoy this recipe. I hadn’t had a banana cream pie in decades and being a pastry cream lover, it’s hard to believe. It was truly wonderful!
A traditional textured gluten free banana cream pie with several crust choices including shortbread, regular, graham, and even a chocolate ganache coating.
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Instructions:
Tips
To prevent bananas from browning, you may toss them in lemon juice, 1/2 teaspoon per banana. If you're allergic to citrus, try mixing 2 teaspoons cream of tartar with enough water to coat bananas.
To speed up cooling of custard, you may place it in an ice water bath.
If you desire a high whipped cream topping, make a whole whipped cream recipe instead of half. If you desire to just garnish the edges, as in the photo, make 1/4 recipe whipped cream.
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Hi Carla,
I want to use the baked custard instead of the pastry cream. I'm assuming the custard is firm so how do I pour the firm custard into the pie crust? I'm wondering how I incorporate the custard into the crust.
Thanks,
Rob
Carla, Would the texture of the chilled pastry cream accept whipped cream gently folded into it? or do you think it might not work? I have done this with puddings but am unfamiliar with this pastry cream. Thanks.
Hi Debbie,
It sounds like you're trying to create a Bavarian cream. I use a different custard recipe for that. Pastry cream contains flour, but Bavarian cream is a mixture of custard and whipped cream. Here's the link to my Bavarian Cream recipe: http://glutenfreerecipebox.com/gluten-free-bavarian-cream/
If this is not what you're trying to accomplish, just let me know.
Carla
This is my first time on your blog. I couldn't see how to access the recipes for the crusts or the filling. This just shows how to assemble the already prepared items ?????
Hi Claudia!
Usually anything on the Internet that has a word or group of words underlined is a link to another page, as is the case here. I have linked to the recipes for the Pastry Cream, Baked Custard, Graham Cracker Crust, Shortbread Crust, Chocolate Ganache, and Homemade Whipped Cream Above. If you wish to keep this page open and open each in a new window, just right click the underlined links above and then click "Open Link in New Tab". I hope this helps. If not, I will just provide you the links to whatever you need.
Carla