French Coconut Pie

Name: French Coconut Pie
Yield: Serves 8 to 10
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 1 (9-inch), store-bought pie dough round; 1 1/4 cups (3 3/4 ounces), unsweetened shredded coconut; 1/2 cup, buttermilk; 1 teaspoon, vanilla extract; 1 cup (7 ounces), sugar; 8 tablespoons, unsalted butter, melted and cooled; 2 , large eggs plus 1 large yolk; 2 tablespoons, all-purpose flour; 1/4 teaspoon, salt

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Appears in Cook's Country June/July 2015, Cook's Country TV

Desserts or Baked Goods

Southern

Dessert Pies

SEASON 9

Balancing the flavor in this Southern favorite (no, it’s not from France) was all about using the right coconut.

SERVES8 to 10

TIME1¾ hours, plus 4 hours cooling

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

This custard pie combines a rich, dense filling with softened shreds of coconut. For a proper custard consistency without eggy flavor, we use two whole eggs and an extra yolk; since it’s the sulfur-rich egg whites that contribute the eggy f...

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