Fresh Pineapple Pie
- Ready In:
- 1hr 3mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Yields:
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1 pie
- Serves:
- 8
ingredients
- 1 large fresh pineapple
- 1⁄2 cup granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon freshly grated lemon zest
- 1⁄8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 1⁄2 cups water
- 3 drops yellow food coloring
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Nut Crust
- 2⁄3 cup toasted ground walnuts
- 3⁄4 cup vanilla wafer crumbs
- 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
- 5 tablespoons butter, melted
directions
- Twist crown from pineapple. Cut pineapple into quarters. Remove fruit from shell. Core and cut pineapple into bite-size chunks.
- Combine sugar, cornstarch, lemon peel, and nutmeg in a large saucepan. Stir in water and food coloring. Cook, stirring constantly, until sauce is clear and thickened. Remove from heat. Add pineapple chunks. Cool.
- Preheat oven to 325°F While filling is cooling, prepare the nut crust. Grind walnuts; spread in shallow pan. Bake in oven 10-15 minutes or until just roasted, turning occasionally to roast evenly. Advance heat to 400 degrees.
- Add vanilla wafers, a few at a time to blender and blend to make enough crumbs to measure 3/4 cup. Combine measured walnuts, crumbs, sugar and melted butter. Press into bottom and up sides of a 10-inch pie plate. Bake in oven 8 minutes. Cool.
- Spoon filling into cooled crust. Pour sauce evenly over fruit. Cover and chill overnight.
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Reviews
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This is a really refreshing pie, perfect for summer. I used a medium size pineapple, one of those extra sweet varieties. I chilled the topping in the refrigerator as I was preparing the crust and it thickened nicely. I did need to prepare about 25% more crust (using a food processor for both the nuts and vanilla wafers) for it to evenly cover all of my 10" Pyrex pie plate. To make it more "tropical", I topped the filling with a layer of toasted coconut. Thanks for sharing the recipe; I was looking for a dessert that called for fresh pineapple and this was perfect!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Lorraine of AZ
Scottsdale