Macadamia Nut Cream Pie"

Ingredients

• 1 9 inch baked pie crust
• 1/2 cup cornstarch
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 cups milk
• 1 egg
• 1 egg yolk
• 2 Tablespoons butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 4 oz. macadamia nuts, chopped (3/4 cup)
• 1 cup whipping cream
• 2 Tablespoons sugar

Directions

1. Make pie crust

2. Mix cornstarch and 1/2 cup sugar in top of a double boiler. Stir in milk gradually. Cook stirring constantly over simmering water until very thick 10 to 12 minutes. Beat egg and egg yolk in small bowl. Whisk a small amount of the milk mixture into the eggs then whisk egg mixture into remaining milk mixture. Cool stirring constantly over simmering water 3 minutes. Remove from heat. Stir in butter & vanilla. Refrigerate covered stirring occasionally until cold, about 3 hours.

3. Reserve 2 Tablespoons of the chopped nuts. Stir in remaining nuts, pour into shell. Beat cream and 2 tablespoons sugar in chilled bowl. Use pastry bag with big star tip to decorate, make border, sprinkle with rest of nuts.

This is really a great pie and always a hit.

Submitted 6/13/05.
Source: Macadamia Nut Cream Pie
Submitted By: Sheila Nelson
nednelson@msn.com
Macadamia Nut Cream Pie"