Banana Pudding So Good They Have a Festival For IT

I was not aware of this but now that I am it is going on the list of places to visit. National Banana Pudding festival. If you are from the south then you most likely know that banana pudding is one of heck of a delicious dessert. It is fixed for holidays and every day because it is one of those desserts that is longed for.

At the festival you can do all sorts of fun things including:
banana pudding cook off in front of live audience
banana pudding cook-off auction
banana pudding restaurant competition
puddin' path where you can taste several puddings made by nonprofits

COME TASTE THE SWEETNESS!

You may want to simply fix up some banana pudding at home so here is a southern style recipe

For the Pudding

• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup + 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• Heaping 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 6 egg yolks

• 3-1/2 cups whole milk
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1 tablespoon dark rum

For the Sweetened Whipped Cream

• 1/2 cup heavy cream, cold

• 2 tablespoons Confectioners' sugar

For Assembling

• 3-4 large bananas, very ripe but not mushy, sliced
• 1-1/2 boxes Walkers Pure Butter shortbread cookies, or similar, broken into 1/4-inch pieces

In a medium saucepan, stir together the sugar, cornstarch, salt and yolks. Whisk in the milk and bring to simmer, stirring frequently, over medium heat (it will take 5-8 minutes). When the mixture starts to bubble, turn the heat down to low and continue cooking, whisking constantly, for 1-2 minutes until the mixture thickens. Remove the pan from the heat and immediately whisk in the butter, vanilla and rum. Transfer the mixture to a bowl and place a piece of saran wrap directly over the pudding to prevent a film from forming. Chill in the refrigerator until cool, a few hours. (To hurry it up, you can place the bowl in an ice bath and whisk occasionally until cold.)

1. Once the pudding is cold, place the heavy cream in a medium mixing bowl. Using an electric mixer, whip on medium-low speed until the whisk or beaters begin to leave tracks in the cream. Add the Confectioners' sugar and whip until the cream holds medium, silky peaks. Go slowly towards the end; if it gets grainy or curdled, you’ve gone too far. Use a rubber spatula to fold the whipped cream into the cold pudding.
2. Spoon a large dollop of the pudding mixture into the bottom of each parfait glass. Top with one layer of cookie pieces and one layer of sliced bananas. Repeat once and top with a final layer of pudding. Crumble some of the cookie pieces and sprinkle over top. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
3. *Do not slice the bananas until you are ready to assemble the parfaits. Parfaits are best when made 3-4 hours ahead of time.

recipe source here