Post by garyrbeck on Oct 5, 2002 16:58:12 GMT -6
FRUITS OF AFRICA PIE
Yield: one 9-inch pie
Prepare one cooked 9-inch pie shell using packaged pie crust.
In a 2-quart saucepan:
Bring 1 1/2 cups PAPAYA or GUAVA or APRICOT NECTAR to the boiling point. Dissolve: 4 Tbs. CORNSTARCH in 4 Tbs. LEMON JUICE.
Add: 4 Tbs. sugar, 1 t cinnamon and 1/2 tsp. salt.
Add to the nectar and cook until thick and clear. Cool slightly.
Add 2 cups DICED FRESH FRUIT such as PAPAYA, PINEAPPLE, MELON, ORANGES, GUAVAS, etc., singly or in combination. Drain them of excess moisture first.
Cool to room temperature.
Pour into pie shell. Chill.
Spread with: 1 cup HEAVY CREAM whipped with 4 Tbs. SUGAR and 1/2 t pure vanilla extract.
Sprinkle: 1/2 cup MOIST SHREDDED COCONUT mixed with 1/2 cup CHOPPED PEANUTS over the top.
From: Bea Sandler. The African Cookbook. Diane & Leo Dillon, 1993.
I made this last week and was excellent. I made some changes reflected above!
Gary
San Francisco, CA., USA
www.hometown.aol.com/garyrbeck/myhomepage/index.html
Yield: one 9-inch pie
Prepare one cooked 9-inch pie shell using packaged pie crust.
In a 2-quart saucepan:
Bring 1 1/2 cups PAPAYA or GUAVA or APRICOT NECTAR to the boiling point. Dissolve: 4 Tbs. CORNSTARCH in 4 Tbs. LEMON JUICE.
Add: 4 Tbs. sugar, 1 t cinnamon and 1/2 tsp. salt.
Add to the nectar and cook until thick and clear. Cool slightly.
Add 2 cups DICED FRESH FRUIT such as PAPAYA, PINEAPPLE, MELON, ORANGES, GUAVAS, etc., singly or in combination. Drain them of excess moisture first.
Cool to room temperature.
Pour into pie shell. Chill.
Spread with: 1 cup HEAVY CREAM whipped with 4 Tbs. SUGAR and 1/2 t pure vanilla extract.
Sprinkle: 1/2 cup MOIST SHREDDED COCONUT mixed with 1/2 cup CHOPPED PEANUTS over the top.
From: Bea Sandler. The African Cookbook. Diane & Leo Dillon, 1993.
I made this last week and was excellent. I made some changes reflected above!
Gary
San Francisco, CA., USA
www.hometown.aol.com/garyrbeck/myhomepage/index.html
