Rick Bayless'S Yucatecan-Style Fresh Coconut Pie
Ready In: 1 hr 20 mins
Serves: 8
Ingredients
- 1 cup slivered almonds
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 4 ounces firm white bread, torn into pieces (abt 5 -slices)
- 3 1⁄2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- 1 medium coconut, with lots of liquid inside
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 2⁄3 cup sugar
- 3 large egg yolks
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1⁄2 cup sour cream
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.
- Toast the almonds on a baking sheet in the oven stirring occasionally,until golden, 7 to 10 minutes.
- Cool; set 1/2 cup of the almonds aside.
- Ina food processor; pulverize the remaining almonds with the sugar.
- Add thebread and pulse the machine until reduced to fine crumbs.
- Drizzle in themelted butter and pulse to mix thoroughly.
- Evenly pat the mixture over thebottom and sides of a 3/4-inch deep, 9-inch tart pan with a removablebottom.
- Refrigerate several minutes to set.
- Twist a corkscrew (or dive an ice pick or screwdriver) into 2 ofthe coconut's"eyes" (the dark indentations on one end), then drain thetrapped liquid into a cup (strain if it contains any bits of coconutshell).
- Place the coconut on a baking sheet and put into the oven forabout 15 minutes to help loosen the flesh from the shell.
- With a hammercrack the coconut into several pieces, then use a small knife orscrewdriver to pry the flesh from the shell.
- Use a paring knife or avegetable peeler to peel away the dark brown skin.
- In a food processor (or, with determination and stamina, using a four-sided grater) grate thecoconut into medium-fine shreds.
- Measure out 2 1/2 cups for the pie;reserve the remainder for the garnish.
- Raise the oven temperatureto 350 degrees.
- In a small (1- to 11/2-quart) saucepan, combine the coconut water, cream and sugar.
- Simmer over medium heat, stirring frequently, until reduced to 1cup, 10 to 15 minutes.
- Pour into a large bowl, then stir in the 2 1/2 cupsof coconut, the reserved 1/2 cup almonds, the egg yolks and vanilla.
- Set the prepared crust onto a baking sheet, scoop in the coconut filling and bake in the middle of the oven until set and lightly browned on top, 30 to 35 minutes.
- Cool on a wire rack.
- While the pie is baking, toast the reserved coconut on a baking sheet in the oven, stirring occasionally, until nicely browned, 7 to 10 minutes.
- Coolthe pie completely and slice.
- Place the pie back in the oven and heat for 10 minutes.
- Serve with sour cream and coconut.
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