Chocolate-Banana Cream Pie

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(serves 8)

Frozen pie crust* or pastry for a 9"single-crust pie (I make so many quiches that I use frozen
     exclusively*)
2/3 cup plus 1/4 cup sugar, divided
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1 envelope unflavored gelatin
1&1/4 cups half and half
3 large egg yolks, lightly beaten
1 cup sour cream or plain Greek yogurt*
1 t. rum extract
1 t. good* vanilla extract
1 oz. unsweetened or semi-sweet* or milk* chocolate, melted
4 medium bananas, sliced into rings
1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
Shaved chocolate curls for serving

Prepare the pastry: roll pastry out on a floured surface to a 1/8" thick circle; transfer to a 9" pie plate. Trim pastry to 1/2" beyond rim and flute edges. Refrigerate 30 mins. Or, thaw frozen crust*. Preheat oven to 425. Line pastry with a double thickness of foil. Fill with pie weights, dry beans or uncooked rice. Bake on a lower oven rack until edges are golden brown, about 20-25 mins. Remove foil and weights. Bake until bottom is golden brown, about 4 mins. Cool on a wire rack.
Meanwhile, in a top of a double boiler or metal bowl over simmering water, mix 2/3 cup sugar, flour and gelatin. Whisk in half and half and egg yolks; cook whisking constantly, until temp. reaches 160 and mixture is thick enough to coat a metal spoon. Remove from heat; whisk in sour cream and extracts. Transfer 3/4 cup of the mixture to a small bowl; stir in melted chocolate until blended. Refrigerate vanilla and chocolate mixtures until set but not firm, about 30 mins. Spread chocolate mixture evenly over crust. Fold bananas into vanilla mixture; spread over chocolate layer. Refrigerate until firm, about 2 hours. Beat cream until it begins to thicken. Add the remaining sugar; beat until stiff peaks form. Spread over top. Sprinkle with shaved chocolate curls and a cold glass of milk*.

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