Banana Pudding Tiramisu

Ingredients:

• 4.5 cups of milk
• 1 cup of sugar
• 1/3 cup cornstarch
• 5 large egg yolks, beaten
• 2 cups mascarpone cheese at room temperature
• 0.5 cup of brewed espresso at room temperature
• 1/4 cup coffee liqueur
• 320 g of American wafer cookies
• 6 ripe bananas, sliced ​​into 0.5 cm thick circles.
• Cocoa powder for sprinkling
• Special equipment: 3L glass trifle dish.

Preparation:

1. In a large saucepan, heat 4 cups of milk over medium heat until steaming. In a large bowl, whisk together the sugar, cornstarch, and 1/2 teaspoon of salt. Add the egg yolks and 1/2 cup of milk. Pour half of the hot milk into this mixture and whisk until smooth. It's important to add the milk gradually. Then, stirring constantly, pour everything from the bowl into the saucepan. Bring the mixture to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly. Once boiling, simmer for 3-4 minutes until thickened and the consistency of pudding.
2. Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the mascarpone cheese until melted. Pour the pudding into a bowl or baking dish (a 22x32 cm dish will cool it faster) and let it cool slightly, stirring to prevent a skin from forming on the surface. Then, cover the surface of the pudding with a piece of plastic wrap and refrigerate for 2 hours to cool completely.
3. Before assembling the dessert, whisk the cooled pudding vigorously until it becomes slightly thinner.
4. In a small bowl, combine espresso and coffee liqueur. Dip into the coffee mixture. wafer cookies for a couple of seconds to soak it up, and place it against the wall of a 3-quart trifle pan.
5. Then arrange the soaked cookies in two layers on the bottom of the pan. Top with 2 cups of pudding. Use a small offset spatula to smooth the surface of the pudding. Evenly distribute half of the prepared banana slices. Top with another 2 layers of soaked cookies, 2 cups of pudding, and the remaining bananas.
6. Cover the bananas with cookies and pudding once more. Cover the pudding with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 4 hours or overnight.
7. Before serving, sprinkle the tiramisu with cocoa powder.
   
   Recipe Tiramisu - trifle in portioned bowls.