Welcome back to my kitchen!
Thought I'd give you and your oven a little break
today, by sharing my most popular recipe,
Coconut Cream Pie, as promised.
This particular recipe comes from the magazine,
Ladies' Home Journal, May 1991 edition. The recipe calls
for a ready made, baked, pastry crust, but because this is
not available here on the island, I always substitute it with my
own digestive cookie crumble crust, which only requires
ten minutes of baking. The rest of the pie is cooked on the stove top!
To make the crust:
1 single 9-inch baked pastry crust
or
¼ cup butter, melted
1 tbsp sugar
To make the filling:
⅔ cup sugar
¼ cup cornstarch
¼ tsp salt
2 ½ cups milk
½ cup heavy or whipping cream
3 large egg yolks
1 ⅓ shredded coconut (I add a little more)
1 tbsp butter or margarine
2 tsp vanilla extract
To make the topping:
¾ heavy or whipping cream
2 tbsp icing sugar (my addition)
1 tbsp rum or brandy (my addition)
½ cup shredded coconut, toasted
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350°F/175°C.
Crumble cookies, stir in butter and sugar
and press into pie plate.
Bake 10 minutes. Cool on wire rack.
Combine sugar, cornstarch and salt in large
saucepan. Gradually whisk in milk and cream
until smooth. Bring to boil over medium-high
heat, stirring gently, boil 1 minute. Remove from heat.
Beat egg yolks lightly in a small bowl.
Gradually whisk in 1 cup hot filling mixture,
then return to saucepan, whisking constantly.
Boil 1 minute more. Remove from heat.
Immediately pour filling into baked pastry/cookie crust.
Cool on wire rack 15 minutes, (I bring it to room temperature).
Cover filling and refrigerate for at least 3 hours.
Beat whipping cream until soft peaks form.
Add icing sugar and rum, (optional, but adds to
that exotic essence!).
Just before serving, spread pie with
whipped cream mixture, and sprinkle with toasted
coconut. Makes 8 servings.
I made this tasty, tropical pie recently for
some dear friends, for a Sunday luncheon
I had the pleasure of hosting, here at the house.
Now, this family is quite traditional, and
they don't stray too far away from their Cretan
cuisine, but as soon as they tasted this pie's creamy,
coconut flavour, it was love at first bite!
Eva, the lovely daughter, and a student of mine,
carefully noted down the recipe, while her parents
indulged in the tropical luxury of a luscious coconut treat!
Thanks for visiting!
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