Great Coconut Cream Pie

Name: Great Coconut Cream Pie
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 8 servings 9 inch pie crust, frozen or homemade, blind baked; 2 teaspoons butter, sliced thinly off the stick; 8 servings Toasted coconut for garnish; 3 Tbsps cornstarch; 3 larges egg yolks; 118 milliliters heavy cream; 237 milliliters heavy whipping cream; 355 milliliters milk; 2 Tbsps powdered sugar; 0 teaspoons salt; 118 milliliters sugar; 296 milliliters shredded, sweetened coconut; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 8 servings Whipped Cream Topping

Great Coconut Cream Pie might be just the dessert you are searching for. This recipe serves 8. Watching your figure? This gluten free recipe has 541 calories, 11g of protein, and 32g of fat per serving. Head to the store and pick up vanilla, butter, heavy whipping cream, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes.

Instructions

Thoroughly mix the sugar, cornstarch and salt together in a medium size mixing bowl.

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Corn Starch

Sugar

Salt

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Mixing Bowl

Pour the milk and cream in a heavy saucepan, then whisk the sugar mixture into the cream until it’s free of any lumps.

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Cream

Sugar

Milk

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Sauce Pan

Whisk

Whisk the egg yolks in the bowl you used to mix the sugar and set it next to the stove.Turn the heat on to medium and whisk the milk mixture until it begins to bubble and is very hot. When hot, whisk about ¼ cup of the hot milk mixture into the bowl of egg yolks, then whisk the rest of the milk into the egg yolks.

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Egg Yolk

Sugar

Milk

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Stove

Whisk

Bowl

Pour the egg yolk/milk mixture back in the saucepan, whisking all the while. Continue to whisk until mixture thickens and boils. Reduce heat to a low boil and whisk and boil for 1 minute.

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Egg Yolk

Milk

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Whisk

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Remove from heat and let cool for 5 minutes.

Whisk in coconut and vanilla, then pour into the baked pie crust.Arrange thin slices of butter over the hot pie filling and let them melt, making a thin layer of butter that coats the surface.

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Pie Filling

Pie Crust

Coconut

Vanilla

Butter

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Whisk

Let cool for about an hour at room temperature, then transfer to the refrigerator. Chill for a few hours. Prepare whipped cream topping.Beat the cream until peaks form. Beat in sugar and vanilla.

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Whipped Cream