Chocolate Haupia (coconut) Pie

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 prepared 9 inch pie shell
• 1 (14 ounce) can coconut milk
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup whole milk (but you can us skim or low fat)
• 1/2 cup cornstarch
• 1 cup water
• 7 ounces semisweet chocolate
• 1 1/2 cups heavy whipping cream
• 1/4 cup sugar
• chocolate shavings, for garnish

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c).
• 2 bake crust for 15 minutes, or until golden brown.
• 3 set aside to cool.
• 4 in a medium saucepan, whisk together milk, coconut milk and 1 cup sugar.
• 5 in a separate bowl, dissolve the cornstarch in water.
• 6 bring coconut mixture to a boil.
• 7 reduce to simmer and slowly whisk in the cornstarch.
• 8 continue stirring mixture over low heat until thickened.
• 9 in a small sauce pan, melt chocolate chips for 1 minute or until melted.
• 10 reserve 1/2 of the coconut mixture.
• 11 mix remaining half with the melted chocolate and pour in bottom of pie crust; pour reserved half on top of chocolate layer.
• 12 cover and refrigerate for about an hour.
• 13 whip cream with 1/4 cup sugar until stiff peaks form.
• 14 layer the cream on pie; if desired garnish with chocolate shavings.
• 15 *bestif it refrigerates over night to completely firm.