In the midst of our home renovation this summer, the carpenter’s wife came by with this awesome coconut cream pie… so you know I mugged her for the recipe.
(The original recipe called for the cream filling to be cooked on the stove, the traditional way — but I’ll give you instructions for doing it in a microwave oven, too.)
Now, I’m not even going to try to pretend that this pie is anything but deliciously decadent. Taste it once, though, and you won’t care about the calories!
Coconut Cream Pie
Ingredients:
3 cups milk
1 cup medium or fine unsweetened coconut
3/4 cup white sugar
1/3 cup flour
1/4 tsp salt
2 eggs, slightly beaten
2 Tbsp butter
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp almond flavouring
1 baked pie shell (9″ or 10″)
whipped cream
Directions: Stove-top method:
Scald the milk in a saucpan and stir in the coconut. In another saucepan, combine the white sugar, flour, and salt. Gradually add the scalded milk. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until thickened. Cover and cook 2 minutes longer, stirring a few times.
Stir a small amount of hot mixture into the 2 slightly beaten eggs. Blend the eggs back into the rest of the hot mixture in the saucepan using a whisk. Cook 1 minute longer, stirring constantly.
Remove from heat. Blend in the butter, vanilla and almond flavouring. Let stand 5 minutes, stirring a few times, then pour into baked 9″ or 10″ pie shell. When the pie has cooled completely, serve it with whipped cream on top.
Directions: Microwave Oven method:
Scald the milk in large microwave-safe bowl. In a separate bowl, combine the coconut, white sugar, flour, and salt. Stir these dry ingredients into the scalded milk. Cook on ‘High’ in 2 minutes intervals, stirring each time, until it thickens.
Stir a small amount of hot mixture into the 2 slightly beaten eggs. Blend the eggs back into the rest of the hot mixture with a whisk. Cook for 2 minutes more.
Whisk in the butter, vanilla and almond flavouring. Let stand 5 minutes, stirring a few times, then pour into baked 9″ or 10″ pie shell. When the pie has cooled completely, serve it with whipped cream on top.
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