macaroons and coconut cream pie, wasRe: Re: how did you go grain-free?

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At 02:41 PM 3/12/2004, you wrote:

>Katja, can I have your recipes for macaroons and coconut cream pie?

>

>Rhea

sure! they're roughly sally's recipes, but in case you don't have the book,

here you go!

pie (which we have available almost all the time)

6 eggs, separated

vanilla to taste (yum!)

a small amount of raw honey (1/2tablespoon) - the recipe calls for 1/2CUP!!

but that's just way too much.

1 cup of cream (or coconut cream)

several handfulls of chipped coconut (i prefer that to the finely shredded)

a good amount of butter

first, the " crust " - take about 1/3c of butter and melt it, mix with enough

chipped coconut to fill the bottom of a pie plate with a nice thick layer.

don't skimp here! (alternately, you can use finely chopped nuts here - also

quite tasty) bake at 350 till golden-brown. chill.

in a bowl over a pan of boiling water, wisk the egg yolks and the bit of

honey until they thicken. this takes a bit of time, so be patient. i like

to get it off the heat as soon as possible, so as to cook the eggs as

minimally as possible. pop this in the fridge.

whip up the cup of cream, and add it to the yolks. if you're using raw

cream, sometimes it just doesn't whip up too fluffy. that's fine, it just

makes a " soupier " pie. still tastes great.

whip the egg whites till they're very fluffy. add in vanilla. wisk them

into the bowl of yolks-n-cream. pour everything onto your " crust " , and

chill overnight. voila! sooo tasty!

i have found that some days, it just will. not. set up for me. i can't

figure out what makes the difference some days and not others, except the

degree of whippiness i get in my cream. but it never seams to matter - it's

always tasty, even if we have to use a spoon.

macaroons:

egg whites leftover from whatever i was doing with the yolks (generally

smoothies). beat them till their good and fluffy, add in vanilla. add in

some arrowroot (a spoonful or so) and lots of handfuls of coconut (i just

love coconut). you can spoon these onto a sheet for individual 'roons, but

i don't have stainless cookie sheets yet, so instead i spoon the whole mess

into a glass pie plate and bake at about 300. it comes out as a GIANT

macaroon, which is fun, but usually we break it into pieces or cut it like

a pie. bake it for a while (30 min) if you like them crispy, just a bit (15

minutes) if you like them chewy. i've been thinking of adding fun things to

them too, like cocoa or berries...

-katja

[Guest guest]

At 02:57 PM 3/12/2004, you wrote:

>. it comes out as a GIANT

>macaroon, which is fun, but usually we break it into pieces or cut it like

>a pie.

i should note here:

do *not* be tempted to eat the entire GIANT macaroon by yourself in one

sitting.

certain tummyache will follow.

-katja, the voice of experience.