[TV clip begins] "oh no"
"oh well, no use crying over spilled pudding"
"hey you guys, your banana pizza is great
everybody's going crazy over it" "huh?"
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see the very episode of Doug in question season 1 episode 11 to be exact more on
that later because for now we're going to try out Doug and Patti's banana
pudding pizza which as you may have guessed involves bananas something to
which I am quite allergic so we'll be bringing in my buddy Sawyer later on as
a taste tester before that however we need to make banana pudding we're going
to start with 3 tablespoons of corn starch 3/4 of 1 cup of plain white sugar
we're going to whisk that together to make sure that it's well combined before
adding 2 and 1/2 cups of whole milk again whisking to combine making sure
that it's well combined and I hope used a glass or metal bowl because returning
this guy into a double boiler bring it over to an awaiting simmering pot of
water upon which we're going to willingly whisk this saccharine serum
until it becomes steaming hot at which point we're going to grab a 1/4 cup
of it and slowly stream it into three beaten egg yolks whisking the whole time
so as to temper said egg yolks that we're going to bring back to our
steaming milky mixture and slowly stream in again in an effort to not cook the
eggs then after about 10 minutes of diligent whisking over a hot stove we're
gonna realize that the double boiler setup was wholly unnecessary in the
first place and we're just gonna dump out the hot water and dump the egg
mixture into the pot itself heating over medium low heat and stirring constantly
until it coats the back of a spoon once it's nice and thick take it off the heat
admire the viscosity that you've achieved and we're gonna whisk in about
a tablespoon of butter and maybe two teaspoons of vanilla paste because
banana pudding is really just a vanilla pudding with
is in it so we're gonna set this guy aside to cool off before we put in the
fridge once he stops steaming after about 30 minutes we're going to press
down a layer of plastic wrap directly onto the surface of the pudding so as to
not form a skin unless you're George Costanza and you're into that sort of
thing now it's time to make some pizza we've made pizza many many times on this
show so if you want a solid dough recipe click the link in the upper right-hand
corner right now 24 hours later once you've got your dough fridge fermented
and stretched out to your desired specifications we are placing it on a
well floured pizza peel hitting with tomato sauce mozzarella and pepperoni as
is visible in the show then we're placing it directly onto a pizza stone
that has been preheating in a 500 degree fahrenheit oven for one hour now it's
time to make our pudding into banana pudding it's not entirely set but I
don't really have super high hopes for this recipe out comes the pizza from the
oven and in comes my taste tester Sawyer
so uh what do you think, this is pretty good right
it looks great
it's one of the better looking pizzas i've ever made
it tastes like a like a the child's lunch got a big step you know you opened your lunch and you're like oh mom didn't wrap it right
okay so biggest twist ending yet of 2018 banana pudding on
pizza not very good but what about the inexplicably popular Swedish pizza which
starts with slices of bananas then ups the ante a little bit with a handful of
peanuts for some reason then takes a sharp turn back toward normality with
ham and then just adds to the craziness with a healthy sprinkle of curry powder
no I did not just make this up this is a Swedish favorite out of the oven it
comes and I have high hopes that this is going to redeem the name of banana on pizza
let's check in with Sawyer yeah unfortunately this is a perfect piece of
ruined by these random things
i believe it
okay so we're over to it we got some very good pizza dough here courtesy of America's Test Kitchen
but even that cannot save this pizza from hard jazz hands of death
you can just feel the disapproval
I've got one last shot to combine bananas with pizza and that is with plantains
making a faux pizza crust out of beef fibrous fruit blending it
together with a 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda and a few sprinkles of some
Italian seasonings like onion powder garlic powder and oregano we're also
gonna add about two tablespoons of olive oil and a good pinch of salt then we're
gonna blend the whole thing together using a food processor attachment
scraping down the sides of the bowl as necessary and re-blending until a
smooth paste is achieved one that we're going to turn out onto an ultra nonstick
surface like a Silpat padding and forming into a shape reminiscent of a
pizza if you can even remember what one looks smells feels tastes or sounds like
after making such a bastardized version which to my dismay turned out pretty
green and gross so we're gonna try to get with some slightly more ripe
plantains repeating the exact same method in an actual food processor this
time forming a smooth luxurious pace that we are going to spoon onto a piece of parchment paper
because our Silpat is in the sink
bake these guys at 375 for about 12 minutes until they come out
golden-brown and almost kind of bread like pull them out onto a cooling rack
and immediately curse yourself or using parchment paper because they're stuck
but then once you've got one free put it onto a well oiled baking sheet before
topping with the usual pizza suspects tomato sauce fresh mozzarella and a bit
of grated Parmesan cheese into the oven it goes for an additional 10 minutes
until it kind of sort of looks like a pizza if you've been starving yourself
of carbs for 30 days and you will do absolutely anything to any kind of
tropical fruit to get your fix while this might not look super great it was
actually according to Sawyer pretty tasty and is quite simply the closest
we're gonna get to combining bananas with pizza