Michael Voltaggio’s Banana Parfait
Wilber’s Barbecue & Restaurant in Goldsboro, NC, serves up a homey bread pudding. In a playful spin on this classic, Chef Michael Voltaggio transforms vanilla pudding, sliced bananas and vanilla wafers into a decadent parfait. The crowning touch: scoops of vanilla wafer ice cream.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
Counts 7 of 8 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 7 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Milk | 1 cup (244ml) whole | 149 |
| Banana | 1 medium (118g) | 105 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Ice Cream | 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy | 51 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Vanilla | 1 tsp extract (4ml) | 12 |
| Bean | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 4 1/4 cups milk
- 1 cup plus 2 tsp. sugar
- 1 vanilla bean, cut in half lengthwise
- 6 Tbs. cornstarch
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 6 egg yolks
- 3 bananas, cut on the bias into 1/4-inch-thick slices
- 8 vanilla wafer cookies, crumbled, plus 4 whole vanilla wafers
- Vanilla wafer ice cream for serving (see related recipe at left)