Banana Meringue Pie

Total Time: 1 hr 52 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, cold, diced
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 egg, beaten
• 4 egg whites, room temperature
• 6 bananas
• 1 pinch salt
• 1/2 cup light cream, warm
• 1/3 cup granulated sugar

Recipe

• 1 to make pastry, combine flour, sugar and butter in a food processor.
• 2 process until the consistency of fine meal.
• 3 add beaten egg; continue to process just until dough starts to come together.
• 4 gather into a ball, wrap and refrigerate for one hour or place in freezer for 15 minutes to chill.
• 5 roll out dough on a floured surface or roll out between two sheets of plastic wrap to an 11-inch circle.
• 6 dough is sticky and falls apart easily; just patch together and fit into a nine-inch flan pan with removable bottom; trim edges. (if you don't have a flan pan, a pie plate can be used.) chill for 30 minutes.
• 7 bake pastry at 375 degrees for 12 minutes until light golden in color.
• 8 thinly slice five of the bananas and arrange on bottom of pastry shell.
• 9 mash the remaining banana and combine with warm cream, 1/2 cup sugar, cornstarch and vanilla.
• 10 pour over banana layer.
• 11 bake at 350 degrees for 35 - 40 minutes or until filling is set.
• 12 let pie cool slightly.
• 13 to make meringue, beat egg whites with a pinch of salt until soft peaks form.
• 14 gradually beat in 1/3 cup sugar until meringue is stiff and glossy.
• 15 spread meringue over warm pie; bake at 350 degrees for 12 - 15 minutes or until browned.
• 16 let cool; refrigerate until serving time.