Description
White as winter snow and packed with a coconut filling.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 tbsp gelatin
- ¼ cup cold water
- ½ cup sugar,
- 4 tbsp all-purpose Flour
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 ½ cups milk
- ¾ tsp vanilla
- ¼ tsp almond extract
- ½ cup whipping cream, whipped until stiff
- 3 egg whites
- ¼ tsp cream of tartar
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 cup moist shredded coconut, more for toasting
- Store-bought pie crust
Instructions
For the Pastry Shell:
- Choose your favorite store-bought pie crust. Bake according to instructions and let cool.
For the Filling:
- In a clean bowl, whip together egg whites, cream of tartar, and sugar until stiff peaks form. Set aside in cool place.
- In another clean mixing bowl, whip cream until stiff and carefully fold into mixture. Refrigerate.
- Toast a few tablespoons of shredded coconut and set aside to cool.
- Soften 1 tbsp gelatin in ¼ cup cold water
- In a saucepan, stir together sugar, flour, salt, and milk.
- Stir over low heat until it boils for one minute.
- Remove from heat and add softened gelatin. Stir until dissolved.
- Let cool. When partially set, beat with a rotary beater until smooth.
- Add vanilla and almond extract and beat until just combined.
- Fold in 1 cup of moist shredded coconut.
- Carefully fold whipped cream into mixture.
- Carefully fold meringue into mixture.
To Assemble:
- Spoon mixture into pie shell.
- Chill about two hours until set and serve cold.
- Garnish with toasted coconut.