Banana cream pie with graham crackers
A Filipino tart: a graham cracker crust, pastry cream made with evaporated milk, sliced bananas, and homemade whipped cream, best served chilled.
This Filipino pie features a graham cracker crust, a smooth pastry cream made with evaporated milk, and sliced bananas. It is topped with whipped cream. It should be kept refrigerated until serving.
Ingredients and directions
- Prep time40 min
- Cook time15 min
- Resting3 hr
- Total3 hr 55 min
- DifficultyMedium
- CostBudget
- Cooking methodwater bath
- Estimated cost$3.55 $0.44 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 7, 2026.
- Vegetarian
Ingredients
people
Crust
- $1.02
- $0.03
pastry cream
- $0.06
- $0.12
- $0.90
- $0.65
- $0.14
- $0.52
Decoration
- $0.11
Prices from US supermarkets for 5 of 9 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.
Directions
- Combine all the crust ingredients. ≈ 4 min
- Press this mixture firmly into the bottom and along the sides of a 23 cm (9 inch) tart tin. ≈ 3 min
- Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
- Combine the sugar and flour in a double boiler. ≈ 4 min
- Add the evaporated milk. ≈ 3 min
- Cook until thickened.
- Add a small amount of this cream to the beaten egg yolks. ≈ 3 min
- Mix well, then return everything to the heat. ≈ 4 min
- Continue to stir constantly until the mixture thickens. ≈ 3 min
- Add the butter and vanilla. ≈ 3 min
- Peel the bananas and slice them into rounds. ≈ 8 min
- Arrange them in circular layers within the crust. ≈ 3 min
- Pour over the pastry cream. ≈ 3 min
- Save for later. ≈ 3 min
- Whip the cream until it thickens.
- Add the powdered sugar. ≈ 3 min
- Top the pie with whipped cream. ≈ 3 min
- Serve chilled.
The bill
Banana cream pie with graham crackers
- 110 g of melted butter (1/2 cup)$1.02
- 2 tablespoons of sugar$0.03
- 50 g of sugar (1/4 cup)$0.06
- 3 tablespoons of cornstarch$0.12
- 375 ml of evaporated milk (1 1/2 cups)$0.90
- 2 egg yolks, beaten$0.65
- 1 tablespoon of butter$0.14
- 3 banana lakatan mulberry$0.52
- 2 tablespoons of powdered sugar$0.11
Total$3.55
that's $0.44 per person
Estimated price; varies by store.
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