Chiquita Banana And Cheese Pie Recipes

Steps:

• Brown pie shell to lightly brown. Remove from oven.
• Puree 3 bananas and place in mixing bowl with the ricotta cheese, cream cheese, eggs, light cream, ground cinnamon, ginger, and honey. Mix and blend well.
• Slice 3 bananas into thin rounds and place slices into pie crust and pour banana and cheese filling over sliced bananas.
• Preheat oven to 350. Bake for 45 minutes or until browned. Shut oven off, leave pie in oven with door open for 5 to 10 minutes to settle.
• Serve warm or chilled with whipped cream topping.
• Variation: Add 1/2 cup chopped walnuts to top of pie before baking. Press walnuts into pie. Bake till golden.

Steps:

• On a lightly floured surface, roll dough to a 1/8-in.-thick circle; transfer to a 9-in. pie plate. Trim to 1/2 in. beyond rim of plate; flute edge. Refrigerate 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 425°., Line crust with a double thickness of foil. Fill with pie weights, dried beans or uncooked rice. Bake on a lower oven rack until edge is golden brown, 20-25 minutes. Remove foil and weights; bake until bottom is golden brown, 3-6 minutes longer. Cool on a wire rack., Meanwhile, in a saucepan, combine sugar, flour and salt; stir in milk and mix well. Cook over medium-high heat until mixture is thickened and bubbly. Cook and stir for 2 minutes longer. Remove from the heat. Stir a small amount into egg yolks; return all to saucepan. Bring to a gentle boil. Cook and stir 2 minutes; remove from the heat. Add butter and vanilla; cool slightly. , Slice bananas into crust; pour filling over top. Cool on wire rack for 1 hour. Store in the refrigerator. If desired, garnish with whipped cream and additional sliced bananas.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat cream cheese and sugar until smooth. Combine bananas and lemon juice; stir into cream cheese mixture. Fold in whipped topping. Pour into crust. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour or until set. , In a large saucepan, combine sugar and cornstarch. Stir in strawberries and food coloring if desired. Let stand for 5 minutes. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Cool. Drizzle some over pie. Cut into wedges; serve with remaining topping.

Steps:

• Mix wafer crumbs and butter for crust in a bowl until thoroughly combined. Press into a 9-inch pie plate and chill 8 hours to overnight.
• Beat cream cheese for filling in a large bowl with an electric mixer until fluffy. Beat in cold milk, condensed milk, pudding mix, and 1/2 of the whipped topping until smooth. Fold in remaining whipped topping.
• Remove chilled crust from the refrigerator and layer the bottom with 1/2 of the banana slices. Add 1/2 of the filling and spread with a spoon or cake spatula until smooth and bananas are covered. Sprinkle with 1/4 cup wafer crumbs. Place remaining banana slices over top and spread remaining filling over top to cover.
• Border the cheesecake all around the edges with wafer cookies and sprinkle 1/4 cup wafer crumbs in the center. Chill for 6 hours before serving.