Je reprends ce que j'ai dit hier

I take back what I said about the weather yesterday. Yes, it is not raining. Yes, it is colder. No, it's not a lot better than it was. After a beautiful Friday, we were blanketed in thick fog all day yesterday. It was dim and gray. Oh well. At least it didn't rain. But because of the pea soup fog I lost sight of Tasha a time or two on the morning walk, and I don't like that. I finally had to put her on the leash.

So I got busy in the kitchen after the morning walk. I made a Bœuf miroton (or is that mironton?) using the leftovers from (remains of?) our recent pot-au-feu (boiled beef). It's basically a hash with the beef roughly chopped up and shredded, a lot of sauteed onion, and some sliced carrots in a thickened sauce flavored with a little bit of vinegar and tomato paste. I didn't take pictures of any of that. But I did take a couple of photos of the pie we made to have as dessert with it.

It's a banana cream pie, and an American recipe as far as I know. Walt, the pastry whiz, made a flaky pie crust in a deep tin that has a removable bottom. I made a sweet custard thickened with flour and cornstarch using a mixture of milk and cream, and enriched with three beaten egg yolks, a dash of vanilla, and some melted butter. Sliced banana went into the pie shell and the the warm custard got poured over all. The warm custard softened the banana slices just slightly and then firmed up as it cooled. Delicious.