Banana custard pie

This lovely pie combines homemade custard with fresh bananas and a jam glaze that goes perfectly with a crisp shortcrust pastry shell. Easy to make and a kid-favourite too!

Ingredients

  • 1 sweet pastry case

  • 1 cup cream

  • 1 tsp cornflour

  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

  • 2 eggs

    lightly beaten

  • 3 bananas

    sliced

  • 250g jar Mango, pineapple and passionfruit conserve

Equipment

  • 1 pan

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 180C.
  2. Bake the pastry case for 20 minutes until lightly golden.
  3. Mix cream, cornflour and vanilla with eggs and pour into pastry case.
  4. Bake for a further 20-25 minutes.
  5. Place sliced bananas in a circular pattern over the top of the baked custard.
  6. Heat conserve gently in a pan and brush generously all over the bananas.

Notes

Tip
This is a very sunny looking pie and the conserve really adds to the appeal.
Variation
You can add 2 tblsp of coconut into the custard mix before baking to add more of a tropical flavour.

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