Banana Custard Pie Recipe

Banana Custard Pie Recipe

by Rob Cahill Comment Closed

CCFC’s agro-forest parcels produce tons of bananas, literally tons! This recipe is one of the many ways we use bananas. Makes two pies.

For the Crust

Ingredients

  • 2 cups flour
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 3/4 cup vegetable shortening or butter
  • 1/2 cup cold water

Directions

  1. Cut the shortening or butter into the salted flour until the clumps are the size of a pea or a black bean
  2. Wet the flour mixture lightly with enough cool water to form a ball. Divide balls for crust
  3. Roll out each ball of dough 3 cm or 1 inch larger than the diameter of the pie plate
  4. Place rolled crust in pie plates and fold and crimp the edges

For the Filling

Ingredients

  • 10 bananas
  • 2 Tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 6 egg yolks
  • 1/4 cup lemon juice
  • 2 cups whole milk or part cream
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon powder (optional)
  • 1/2 Tablespoon vanilla (optional)
  • 1/4 cup Maizena corn starch
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1-2 more bananas for decoration

Directions

  1. Peel the bananas. Cut the bananas in circles or diagonal ovals
  2. Lightly fry the banana circles in vegetable oil in a frying pan until slightly golden
  3. Separate the yolks from the egg whites (save egg whites for omelettes)
  4. Mix all ingredients well
  5. Fill each pie crust with creamy puree for single crust pie
  6. Cut remaining 1-2 bananas in circles or diagonals to decorate the surface of the pie
  7. Bake 30-40 minutes at 175 degrees Celsius or 350 degrees Fahrenheit
Peach Pie Recipe

Peach Pie Recipe

by Rob Cahill Comment Closed

If you’re following us on social media, you saw the beautiful peach harvest we had this year! The trees were planted four years ago during WALC of 2022, and this year was our first harvest from these trees. We enjoyed the peaches fresh, frozen, in jam, and also in pie! Included below is Tara’s peach pie recipe if your mouth is watering!

Makes 1 pie

The Crust

Ingredients:

  • 3/4 cup margarine
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup cold water

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F or 175 degrees C
  2. Mix together the salt and flour
  3. Mix the butter into the flour and salt mixture until the margarine is in small pieces, the size of beans
  4. Wet the mixture with enough water that it sticks together and can be formed into 2 or 3 balls
  5. Spread flour on the counter and on a rolling pin
  6. Roll out each ball in a circle 3 cm larger than your pie pan
  7. Line the pan with your dough, reserving a circle of dough for the top of your pie

The Filling

Ingredients:

  • 4 cups of peaches
  • 1/2 cup of sugar
  • 1/2 cup of flour

Directions:

  1. Mix the fruit with the sugar and flour
  2. Fill the pie with the fruit mixture
  3. Top with the remaining dough and seal the edges
  4. Bake for 30-45 minutes at 350 degrees Fahrenheit or 175 Celsius