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; 106 grams), unsweetened shredded coconut; 1/2 cup, buttermilk; 1 teaspoon, vanilla extract; 1 cup (7 ounces; 198 grams), 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

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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