Tuesday 16 September 2014

chocolate and coconut pie

I have a pie
It is a lovely chocolate and coconut pie and is delicious, but my family and I just Can't finish it.
And tomorrow I have to make ANOTHER one.
so we are going to have one and 3/4 pies!!!!!!

How are we going to eat it all?!?!?!?
We are going to have to get my uncle to to take some home with him.
I'll give you the recipe because it is delicious

For the Pastry:
100g plain flour
50g coconut flour
80 g butter room temp. cut into small cubes
1 egg yolk
1 or 2 TBSP cold water
For savoury fillings add a little salt and pepper to flour
For sweet filling add 50 g caster sugar to flour

For the filling:
50g caster sugar
2 egg yolks
120 g Dark chocolate
70g desiccated coconut
3 TBSP cornflour
100 ml water


Method:
Preheat oven to 190 C / Gas 6

  1. put the flour and sugar/ seasoning into a mixing bowl
  2. Add the butter and use fingertips to rub the flour and butter and sugar/seasoning together so that it look likes breadcrumbs.
  3. add the egg yolk to the flour mixture
  4. Using a knife, add enough water to make a stiff dough. wrap in cling film and refrigerate for 5-10 mins 
  5. press onto pie tin so that it is about 3/4 of a cm thick and thin on the side put greaseproof paper on top to weigh it down
  6. Bake for 10 mins with greaseproof paper on top then remove and bake 5 minutes more. The pastry should be PALE golden 

  1. Reduce oven heat to 180 C
  2. Place water, chocolate, sugar and cornflour in saucepan and stir over a low heat until mitre boils and thicken.s
  3. Remove from heat and cool slightly and egg yolks and coconut then pour into pastry once it has cooled
  4. Cook for 15 minutes 

this is delicious











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