Buco (young Coconut) Pie
photo by Vnut-Beyond Redempt
- Ready In:
- 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Yields:
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1 pie
- Serves:
- 6
ingredients
- 1⁄4 cup water
- 1⁄3 cup cornstarch
- 2 cups coconut water
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 cups shredded young coconut (buco)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 8-inch double-crust pie shell
- 1 egg white
directions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- Put the 1/4 cup water and cornstarch into a saucepan and mix with a spoon to combine.
- Stir in the coconut water and sugar and bring to a boil.
- Cook, stirring constantly, over medium to low heat until thick.
- Add the shredded buco and vanilla and cook 3 more minutes.
- Cool buco mixture slightly and put into piepan that has been lined with bottom pie crust.
- Top with upper pie crust, seal edges and flute decoratively.
- Brush with slightly beaten egg white to glaze (some will be left over- do not use more than necessary), and make a few cuts in the top crust to let steam escape.
- Bake at 375 degrees 25 to 30 minutes, or until the crust is golden brown.
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Reviews
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My son and his wife are having about a dozen people over for the big Manny Pacquiao fight tonight. Since I grew up in the Phillippines as an Army brat, I had enjoyed Buco pie as a child. We are doing a "Manny themed" party and this will be perfect! I made a tester yesterday, and I added chopped macadamia nuts in with the coconut. Really added great texture and gave relief from the sweetness.
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I had some frozen buco (helpfully labeled buco and young coconut) from our asian market and had no idea what to do with it. For NYE I whipped up this pie and it turned out wonderfully. The delicate coconut flavor is not overly sweet. I used canned coconut milk since we were using frozen buco. My boyfriend hates all things coconut and he liked this pie (high praise for him!). I'm not a fan of pie crust and may try it without the top crust next time and do some sort of creamy topping.
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ABSULUTELY GREAT!!!wow i never baked my own coconut pie eversince.when i saw this recipe i really wanted to make this pie coz its simple and easy.i had lots of coconut pie recipe and this pushes me to make one.mine turn out to be yummy with a perfect crust pie that i took from this site my bro who is soo picky with foods loved it!!!though mine didnt set up coz i put more than 3 c of coconut water.but in totality,WOW!!!this is really deliciously,heavenly good!!
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