Toasted-Coconut Banana Pudding

Name: Toasted-Coconut Banana Pudding
Yield: Serves 12
Ingredients: 7 , large bananas, slightly underripe; 1 1/2 cups (10½ ounces/298 grams), sugar; 8 , large egg yolks; 6 tablespoons (1½ ounces/43 grams), cornstarch; 4 cups, half-and-half; 1 (16-ounce) can, coconut milk; 1/2 teaspoon, salt; 3 tablespoons, unsalted butter; 1 tablespoon, vanilla extract; 3 tablespoons, lemon juice; 1 (12 ounces/340 grams) box, vanilla wafers; 1 cup, heavy cream, chilled; 1 tablespoon, sugar; 1/2 teaspoon, vanilla extract; 1/4 cup, toasted sweetened shredded coconut

Desserts or Baked Goods
Fruit Desserts

Appears in Cook's Country August/September 2010

Creamy, sweet, cold, and fruity, good banana pudding can't be beat. What a shame it isn't always good.

SERVES 12

TIME 1¼ hours, plus 8¾ hours chilling

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