Milk Chocolate Banana Pudding

Total Time: 4 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 4 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 3 cups whole milk
• 3 ounces good-quality milk chocolate, finely chopped
• 1 ounce unsweetened chocolate, finely chopped
• 6 large egg yolks
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 3 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1/2 teaspoon good vanilla extract
• 12 ounces thin chocolate wafer cookies (nabisco)
• 4 large bananas, peeled and sliced 1/2-inch thick
• 2 cups sweetened whipped cream
• milk chocolate, shavings

Recipe

• 1 milk chocolate pastry cream:.
• 2 place milk in a medium saucepan and bring to a simmer.
• 3 whisk in both chocolates and heat until melted and smooth. remove from heat.
• 4 whisk together the yolks, sugar, and cornstarch in a large bowl.
• 5 slowly whisk in the chocolate-milk mixture and then return the mixture to the saucepan over medium-high heat abd whisk until thickened.
• 6 remove from the heat, stir in the vanilla, and transfer to a clean bowl.
• 7 place plastic wrap over the surface(touching the cream)of the pasrty cream and let cool to room temperature.
• 8 assembling the pudding:.
• 9 spoon about 1 cup of the pastry cream into a 9"x13" glass dish.
• 10 layer the cookies, bananas, and pastry cream in the dish, ending with the pastry cream.
• 11 cover tightly and refrigerate until chilled, at least 4 hours or overnight.
• 12 just before serving, spread the whipped cream over the top of the pudding and sprinkle with chocolate shavings.