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Coconut Cream Pie

URL: https://www.cookingclassy.com/coconut-cream-pie/

Ingredients

The pie filling

  • 1 pre-baked 9-inch pie crust pie crust
  • ¾ cup shredded sweetened coconut
  • 1½ cups canned coconut milk
  • 1 cup milk
  • ½ cup heavy cream
  • ½ cup granulated sugar
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • ⅓ cup cornstarch
  • 4 large egg yolks
  • 3 oz cream cheese
  • 1 Tbsp butter
  • ½ tsp vanilla extract
  • ½ tsp coconut extract

The topping

  • 1½ cups heavy cream
  • ⅔ cup shredded sweetened coconut

Instructions

  1. Blind bake the pie crust and set aside to cool.
  2. Pulse ¾ cup coconut in a food processor until ground.
  3. In a saucepan, combine coconut milk, ½ cup milk, ½ cup heavy cream, ½ cup sugar, and salt, and heat until nearly boiling.
  4. In a small bowl, whisk together the remaining ½ cup milk and cornstarch.
  5. In another bowl, whisk the egg yolks with the remaining 3 Tbsp sugar until pale.
  6. While whisking, pour ½ cup of the nearly boiling milk into the egg yolk mixture.
  7. Pour the egg yolk mixture and cornstarch mixture into the saucepan, cooking until thickened while whisking constantly.
  8. Remove from heat and stir in cream cheese, butter, vanilla extract, coconut extract, and ground coconut.
  9. Pour the filling into the baked pie crust and chill for 2-3 hours.
  10. For the topping, whip the heavy cream with the remaining 3 Tbsp sugar until stiff peaks form.
  11. Spread the whipped cream over the chilled pie and top with toasted coconut.

Nutrition Facts (estimated)

Servings
8
Calories
615
Total fat
43g
Total carbohydrates
49g
Total protein
7g
Sodium
323mg
Cholesterol
201mg

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