Milk Chocolate Coconut Cream Pie
By Heather Cheney
This creamy milk chocolate custard studded with coconut and topped with lightly sweetened whipped cream is sure to knock the socks off your next dinner party guests.
- Course: Dessert
INGREDIENTS
- Butter
- corn starch
- Egg
- Egg yolks
- For the crust:
- For the custard:
- For the whipped cream:
- graham cracker crumbs
- granulated sugar
- heavy whipping cream
- kosher salt
- milk chocolate chips
- shredded sweetened coconut
- Vanilla Extract
- Whole milk
DIRECTIONS
- Combine graham cracker crumbs with sugar and butter and press firmly into the bottom and up the sides of a 9†pie pan. Bake at 350°F for about 8 minutes or until lightly golden brown.
- In a heavy-bottomed sauce pan, combine the milk with 1/4 cup of sugar and salt. Dissolve the sugar and bring just to a boil. In a separate bowl whisk together the egg yolks, egg, remaining 1/4 cup of sugar, and cornstarch and beat until smooth. Temper the egg mixture by slowly streaming the hot milk into the egg, stirring constantly until the egg is warm. Add the egg mixture to the rest of the milk on the heat and continue to cook, stirring constantly until it comes to a boil and thickens. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla, butter, chocolate chips, and coconut until chocolate is melted thoroughly.
- Pour hot custard into pie shell, cover and refrigerate until well chilled. Beat whipping cream with sugar until stiff peaks form and spread over pie. Top with toasted coconut and chocolate shavings if desired.
