Banana Curd
Banana curd is a silky-smooth cooked delight of butter, sugar, eggs, and of course it's namesake - bananas! Banana curd makes a treat out of a simple slice of toast or a scone and is also a fantastically unique filling for tarts and pavlovas.
Ingredients
- 1 cup +2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 9 tablespoons butter
- 3 very ripe bananas, mashed
- 3 eggs
- 5 egg yolks
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Combine sugar and cornstarch (so that the cornstarch is evenly distributed in the sugar and will not clump when liquid is added).
- Melt butter in a saucepan. If using an immersion blender/stick blender, add all ingredients to the butter, taking care not to cook the eggs if the butter is hot. Pulverize until smooth.If using a traditional blender, add all ingredients to the blender and pulverize. Then transfer the mixture to a saucepan.
- Cook over medium low heat until thickened, stirring constantly.
- Remove from heat and stir occasionally during the cooling process to prevent a skin from forming (or place plastic wrap on the surface of the mixture as it cools).
- Refrigerate. The mixture will continue to thicken as it cools.