Coconut Pie Ii

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1 recipe pastry for a 9 inch double crust pie
• 3 whole coconuts, meat shredded and juice reserved
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1/4 cup water
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 3/4 cup sweetened condensed milk

Recipe

• preheat oven to 400 degrees f (200 degrees c).
• place shredded coconut meat in a heavy saucepan. add enough water to coconut juice to make 1 1/2 cups of liquid. add to coconut meat. simmer mixture over medium heat until coconut is tender, about 10 minutes.
• mix cornstarch with 1/4 cup water. add cornstarch mixture, condensed milk, and sugar to coconut mixture. cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until thickened. pour mixture into pastry-lined pie pan. cover with second pastry. seal edges and cut steam vents in top.
• bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes, until crust is golden brown.