Pawpaw Banana Cream Pie

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup cornstarch
• 3 egg yolks, slightly beaten
• 1 cup milk
• 1 cup half-and-half
• 3/4 cup pureed pawpaw
• 1/4 cup mashed banana
• 3 egg whites
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1 pinch salt
• 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 9 inches baked pie crusts

Recipe

• 1 combine sugar and corn starch. add beaten egg yolks, milk and cream and mix well. mix pawpaw pulp and mashed banana, add to egg mixture.
• 2 cook and stir constantly over medium-low heat until thickened to the consistency of thick chunky pudding (think banana cream pie filling). let cool.
• 3 make meringue by beating the egg whites stiff with 3 tablespoons sugar, a pinch of salt and cream of tartar.
• 4 pour custard into baked pastry shell and cover with meringue. bake at 350 degrees for 12 minutes or until meringue is browned.