Crazy good. I made this Coconut Cream Pie for Father's Day for my dad and I fell in love. I actually made two and snacked on the second all week. It was firm and delicious almost a week later. I made my own crust from the Crisco package and used half wheat flour. It wasn't the prettiest, but it was quite delightful! (See bottom for recipe.)
I copy and pasted the recipe as I followed for the pie but the only thing I had to change was how long my meringue took to brown. I ended up leaving it in 10-12 minutes before it ever started browning. I would check it every couple of minutes though to make sure. I also had to make the meringue twice. I read a tip on-line that to prevent it from sweating you could make it ahead. Well, I did and mine flopped. I wasted 6 eggs and was not happy about it. So, my suggestion is to make it right before you need it. It turned out beautifully when I did it the second time just before I cooked it.
This is Emeril's Recipe from FoodNetwork.com:
Ingredients
1 blind-baked 9-inch pastry shell
2 1/4 cups whole milk
3/4 cup sugar, plus 1/4 cup for the egg whites
3 eggs, separated
1/4 cup cornstarch
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 3/4 cups toasted coconut
1 tablespoon butter
Directions
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. In a saucepan, whisk the 2 cups of the milk and 3/4 cup sugar together. Place the pan over medium heat and bring the liquid up to a simmer. Whisk the egg yolks together. Temper the hot milk into the egg yolks. Whisk the egg mixture into the hot milk mixture. In a small bowl, dissolve the cornstarch in the remaining milk, making a slurry. Whisk the slurry into the hot milk mixture. Bring the liquid up to a boil and reduce to a simmer. Cook the mixture, stirring constantly, until the filling is thick, about 4 to 6 minutes. Fold in the vanilla, coconut, and butter. Mix well. Pour the filling into the prepared pan and cool the pie completely. Using an electric mixer with a whip attachment, whip the egg white to soft peaks. Add the remaining sugar and whip the egg white to stiff peaks. Spread the egg whites over the top of the pie. Place the pie in the oven for about 3 to 4 minutes, or until the meringue is golden brown.
Read more at: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/emeril-lagasse/coconut-cream-pie-recipe.html?oc=linkback
I toasted my coconut for 8-10 minutes (turning twice) at 375* and saved a little for the top.
- SINGLE CRUST
- 1 1/3 cups Pillsbury BEST® All Purpose Flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 stick well-chilled Crisco® Baking Sticks All-Vegetable Shortening
- OR 1/2 cup well-chilled Crisco® All-Vegetable Shortening
- 3 to 6 tablespoons ice cold water
- DOUBLE CRUST
- 2 cups Pillsbury BEST® All Purpose Flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 stick well-chilled Crisco® Baking Sticks All-Vegetable Shortening
- OR 3/4 cup well-chilled Crisco® All-Vegetable Shortening
- 4 to 8 tablespoons ice cold water
- DEEP DISH DOUBLE CRUST
- 2 2/3 cups Pillsbury BEST® All Purpose Flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 stick well-chilled Crisco® Baking Sticks All-Vegetable Shortening
- OR 1 cup well-chilled Crisco® All-Vegetable Shortening
- 6 to 10 tablespoons ice cold water
1.
BLEND flour and salt in medium mixing bowl.
2.
CUT chilled shortening into 1/2-inch cubes. Cut in chilled shortening cubes into flour mixture, using a pastry blender, in an up and down chopping motion, until mixture resembles coarse crumbs with some small pea-sized pieces remaining.
3.
SPRINKLE half the maximum recommended amount of ice cold water over the flour mixture. Using a fork, stir and draw flour from bottom of bowl to the top, distributing moisture evenly into flour. Press chunks down to bottom of bowl with fork. Add more water by the tablespoon, until dough is moist enough to hold together when pressed together.
TIP
Test dough for proper moistness by squeezing a marble-sized ball of dough in your hand. If it holds together firmly, do not add any additional water. If the dough crumbles, add more water by the tablespoonful, until dough is moist enough to form a smooth ball when pressed together.
4.
SHAPE dough into a ball for single pie crust. Divide dough in two for double crust or double deep dish crust, one ball slightly larger than the other. Flatten ball(s) into 1/2-inch thick round disk(s).
TIP
For ease in rolling, wrap dough in plastic wrap. Chill for 30 minutes or up to 2 days.
5.
ROLL dough (larger ball of dough for double crust pie) from center outward with steady pressure on a lightly floured work surface (or between two sheets of wax or parchment paper) into a circle 2-inches wider than pie plate for the bottom crust. Transfer dough to pie plate by loosely rolling around rolling pin. Center the rolling pin over the pie plate, and then unroll, easing dough into pie plate.
6.
For a SINGLE pie crust, trim edges of dough leaving a 3/4-inch overhang. Fold edge under. Flute dough as desired. Bake according to specific recipe directions.
7.
For a DOUBLE pie crust, roll larger disk for bottom crust, trimming edges of dough even with outer edge of pie plate. Fill unbaked pie crust according to recipe directions. Roll out smaller dough disk. Transfer dough carefully onto filled pie. Trim edges of dough leaving a 3/4-inch overhang. Fold top edge under bottom crust. Press edges together to seal and flute as desired. Cut slits in top crust or prick with fork to vent steam. Bake according to specific recipe directions.
Two Methods for Pre-baking Pie Crusts (Cream Pies)
1.
Pre-baking without weights: Thoroughly prick bottom and sides of unbaked pie dough with fork (50 times) to prevent it from blistering or rising. Bake crust in lower third of oven, at 425°F, 10-12 minutes or until edges and bottom are golden brown.
2.
Pre-baking with weights: Thoroughly prick bottom and sides of unbaked pie dough with fork (50 times) to prevent it from blistering or rising. Chill or freeze for 30 minutes. Line pie dough snugly with foil or parchment paper. Fill with dried beans or pie weights. Bake at 375°F for 20 minutes. Remove foil and weights. Reduce oven to 350°F. Bake 5-10 minutes or until edges and bottom are golden brown.
- http://www.crisco.com/recipes/details.aspx?recipeID=1242
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