Pineapple Coconut Cream Pie (SF)

[Guest guest]

This looks great! Is coconut cream the same as coconut milk?

 

-Tamara

 

At 04:30 PM 5/9/2006, you wrote:

>Pineapple Coconut Cream Pie

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>Base:

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> 8 or 9 " (20 or 23 cm) base of choice (cookie crumb, nut etc.)

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>Coconut Cream Layer:

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> two 400 ml (13 1/3 oz) cans coconut cream

> 1 tsp vanilla essence (extract)

> 1/4 cup cornflour

> 1 1/2 tsp agar powder

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>Pineapple Layer:

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> one 825 g (29 oz) can unsweetened pineapple

> 4 teaspoons sugar

> 6 2/3 tablespoons (5 Aust. tbsp) cornflour (cornstarch)

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>In a small bowl, combine cornflour with a little of the coconut

>cream to form a smooth paste. Set Aside.

>In a saucepan, combine remaining coconut cream, vanilla essence,

>sugar and agar powder. Bring to the boil. Reduce heat and simmer for

>4 –5 minutes. Stir in cornflour paste. Stirring constantly, return

>to the boil. Still stirring, allow to simmer and thicken for around

>30 seconds. Pour over prepared base. Place in refrigertor to cool

>and set.

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>In a food processor, combine pineapple, sugar and cornflour. Place

>in a saucepan. Stirring constantly, bring to the boil. Reduce heat

>and simmer for around 60 seconds, until mixture has thickened.

>Spread over the coconut layer. Return to refigerator.

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>If desired, decorate with slices of fruit such as pineapple, bananas

>(soaked in lemon juice), strawberries, kiwi fruit etc.

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[Guest guest]

Hi Tamara,

 

Coconut cream has less water than coconut milk and is therefore

thicker.

 

Kim.

 

 

, " Tamara S. Packer "

<Tamara.Packer wrote:

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> This looks great! Is coconut cream the same as coconut milk?

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> -Tamara