Macadamia Nut Cream Pie

Name: Macadamia Nut Cream Pie
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 1 Nine inch pie, 8 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 1/3 cups milk; 3/4 cup sugar; 1/2 cup chopped macadamia nuts; 1 dash salt; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 1 whole egg; 5 teaspoons cornstarch; 2 egg whites; 1 9-inch baked pie crust; 1 cup heavy cream, whipped

Submitted by Steve P.

"This recipe is per a board request for this Hawaiian treat. The recipe originates from a recipe from the Residential Services Division Organization: Hawaiian Electric Company"

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Ready In:: 40mins
Ingredients:: 10
Yields:: 1 Nine inch pie
Serves:: 8

ingredients

1 ¹⁄₃ cups milk
³⁄₄ cup sugar
¹⁄₂ cup chopped macadamia nuts
1 dash salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 whole egg
5 teaspoons cornstarch
2 egg whites
1 9-inch baked pie crust
1 cup heavy cream, whipped

directions

In a saucepan, combine 1 cup of the milk, 1/4 cup of the sugar, 1/4 cup of the nuts, the salt and the vanilla; scald.
Mix the remaining 1/3 cup milk with 1 whole egg and cornstarch.
Thoroughly stir some of hot mixture into egg mixture (adding a small amount first to even out the temperature helps to prevent the egg from scrambling when added to the rest of the hot mixture); return all to saucepan.
Cook 5 more minutes, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens.
Cool 1 hour.
Beat egg whites until soft peaks form; fold carefully into cooled mixture.
Pour into pie shell; chill.
Before serving, top with sweetened whipped cream and remaining 1/4 cup nuts.

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Reviews

Made this a couple of weeks ago. The custard was nice and thick when it finished cooking. For some reason the filling didn't "set" after being refrigerated. It was a very delicious, but very messy, pie. I'm not sure what went wrong.

skwerl
I use this as a filling for chocolate cake. Absolutely fantastic.

Funda