White Chocolate Banana Cream Pie

The Buckhead Diner in Atlanta, Georgia, is an updated, postmodern homage to the diner, a genuine American institution. In the same way, former chef-owner Gerry Klaskala’s banana cream pie is a new reading of an old favorite—with its spirit kept intact.

Cocoa-dusted white chocolate curls dramatically top this pie. (If you’d like to simplify the recipe a little, leave out the chocolate curls, spread the custard with a thin layer of whipped cream and then sprinkle it lightly with cocoa