Sombremesa de Banana com Queijo (Banana and Cheese Pudding)

Name: Sombremesa de Banana com Queijo (Banana and Cheese Pudding)
Total time: PT0D0H0M
Yield: serves 6-8
Ingredients: 1 (14-oz.) can sweetened condensed milk; 1 (12-oz.) can evaporated milk; 1 stick cinnamon; 4 ripe bananas, cut crosswise into 2" pieces, then lengthwise into ¼"-thick slices; 12 oz. cream cheese, cubed; 1 ⁄ 4 tsp. ground cinnamon

Serves
serves 6-8

JAMES OSELAND

Fresh bananas layered with sweetened condensed milk and cream cheese comprise this sumptuous Brazilian dessert. This recipe first appeared in our June/July 2012 issue along with Neide Rigo's story Passage to the Amazon.

Ingredients

1 (14-oz.) can sweetened condensed milk
1 (12-oz.) can evaporated milk
1 stick cinnamon
4 ripe bananas, cut crosswise into 2" pieces, then lengthwise into ¼"-thick slices
12 oz. cream cheese, cubed
¹⁄₄ tsp. ground cinnamon

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Instructions

Step 1

Heat oven to 350°. Boil milks and cinnamon stick in 12" nonstick skillet over medium heat until reduced by half, about 30 minutes; discard cinnamon. Spread ⅓ reduced milk over bottom of an 8" x 8" baking dish; top with half the bananas and half the cream cheese. Repeat layering, ending with reduced milk; sprinkle with ground cinnamon. Bake until bubbly, about 30 minutes.

Heat oven to 350°. Boil milks and cinnamon stick in 12" nonstick skillet over medium heat until reduced by half, about 30 minutes; discard cinnamon. Spread ⅓ reduced milk over bottom of an 8" x 8" baking dish; top with half the bananas and half the cream cheese. Repeat layering, ending with reduced milk; sprinkle with ground cinnamon. Bake until bubbly, about 30 minutes.