Brazilian Coconut Pie With Tropical Fruit

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (9 inch) pie crusts
• 2 cups milk
• 4 medium eggs
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1/2 cup coconut (grated )
• mango (sliced) (optional)
• papaya (sliced) (optional)
• guava (sliced) (optional)

Recipe

• 1 make sure the pie shell has been chilled for 30 minutes before baking. preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 heat the milk in a double boiler until bubbles form around the outer edge of the pan.
• 3 in a bowl beat the eggs and sugar add salt, vanilla, butter and grated coconut. stir in the heated milk
• 4 pour the custard mixture into the pie shell.
• 5 bake for 30 minutes or until the custard sets.
• 6 take the pie out of the overn and let cool and then place in the fridge for at least 2 hours
• 7 before serving garnish the pie with fresh fruit slices.