Chocolate Haupia Pie
Ingredients:
1 9-inch, unbaked pie crust
1 cup milk
1 can coconut milk (14 ounces)
1 tbsp. coconut extract
1 cup sugar
1 cup water
1/2 cup cornstarch
7/8cup chocolate (Dutch chocolate, or any chocolate with high cocoa butter content)
1 1/2 cups heavy cream
1/4 cup sugar
Preparation:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Bake crust for 15 minutes, or until golden brown. Set aside to cool.
- In a medium saucepan, whisk together milk, coconut milk, coconut extract and 1 cup sugar.
- In a separate bowl, dissolve the cornstarch in water.
- After bringing the coconut milk mixture to a boil, reduce to simmer and slowly whisk in the cornstarch mixture. Continue stirring over low heat until thickened -- about three minutes. Divide evenly into two bowls.
- In another bowl, microwave chocolate until melted.
- Mix chocolate into one of the bowls of coconut pudding, then pour mixture into the pie crust, spread and let sit.
- Pour the remaining bowl of coconut pudding on top of the chocolate-coconut pudding mixture and spread smooth, being careful not to mix the two layers. Refrigerate the pie for an hour or more.
- Whip the heavy cream with 1/4 cup of sugar until stiff. Layer the whipped cream on the pie surface. Garnish with chocolate shavings.
Courtesy of Hawai'i Magazine.
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