Am I the only person who buys bananas and never manage to get them eaten before they turn brown?
It doesn't seem to matter if I buy 3 or 6, I always end up with at least one that I'm scrambling to use rather than throw it away. Today, I have 4, so I thought first of banana cream pie, then had the idea of combining the bananas with butterscotch cream Doesn't that sound yummy?
Early this morning I started making the filling so it would have plenty of time to chill. Well as luck would have it, I paused from my diligent stirring while the mixture was heating on the stove, just mere moments, while I instant messaged a friend. In those moments disaster happened....yup, it burned on the bottom. I strained it to get out the burned bits, but the taste test sealed the deal. I had to dump it and start over.
The do-over went much better, but it did require a trip to the store. While I was traveling down the baking isle at the grocery, I spied some Nestles Butterscotch Chips. Hum....I thought as I put a bag in my cart. I've made chocolate ganache with semi-sweet chips, I bet that same technique would work with butterscotch. The plan is in place. A layer of exquisite butterscotch ganache sitting on a flaky pastry crust, above it, layers of bananas and butterscotch cream topped off with a glorious crown of Italian Meringue. Shameless? Maybe, but there were bananas to save....you've gotta dream big!