Coconut Pie

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 3/4 cup butter
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 large egg
• 4 tablespoons ice water
• 2 cups shredded sweetened coconut or 2 cups unsweetened coconut
• 12 ounces evaporated milk
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1/3 cup cornstarch
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 4 eggs (divided into yolks and whites)

Recipe

• 1 pie crust;.
• 2 in food process or or with hand pastry fork, combine butter and flour until fine meal is formed.
• 3 add sugar, salt and yolk, pulse blend or hand work until just incorporated.
• 4 add water 1 t at a time and pulse blend or slowly work into dough.
• 5 form dough into a flat disk about the size of pie pan bottom, cover with plastic and refrigerate.
• 6 when ready roll out onto floured surface to correct size and press into plate.
• 7 coconut pie filling;.
• 8 heat coconut and milk in saucepan to bubbling. remove from heat and let stand 15 minutes.
• 9 combine sugar and corn starch, mix into coconut, add butter, place back on heat until thickens.
• 10 place in bowl to cool to near room temperature then mix in salt and egg yolks.
• 11 in separate bowl whip egg whites to soft peaks then fold into coconut mixture gently.
• 12 pour into prepared crust. bake at 365 for about one hour or until brown and set.
• 13 serve warm or cool with some mango sorbet.