Coconut pie
- Nutrition Facts
- Calories: 259
- Protein: 4
- Fats: 8
- Carbohydrates: 41
When you cook a pie according to our today’s recipe, you will clearly understand what is the perfect and truly delicious coconut pie. It’ll take less than an hour to cook it which makes it the best option to bake something when your guests are about to come, so to say. And HozOboz will help you here again with our new coconut pie recipe. It will be particularly enjoyed by the lovers of moist cakes. Thanks to the cream, the pie will absorb the taste of coconut. The first reason for such lightness of the coconut pie is considerable amount of baking powder, the second is that dough for it is made of milk kefir.
Talking about some advantages and healthy features of this pie, it’s not just about the simplicity of cooking and availability of all the ingredients, it’s also about a fantastic taste and scent of the pie. And you’ll easily feel them, because once you put it into the oven, your kitchen will be filled with a savory aroma in a minute. Later you’ll hear the voices of your loved ones and family asking what smells so good over there. And truth be told, since now you’ll have to cook it very often because not only your family, but all your relatives, friends and acquaintances as well.
The history of coconut fruit
The coconut pie recipe with pictures attached which is provided for you by HozOboz, derives from the German traditional cuisine. Its original name wasnbuttermilchschnitten and, basically, it’s the name of any pie made of buttermilk or milk kefir which we’ll be using in our recipe. The surprise is that coconut is actually not an essential ingredient here. Moreover, nobody knows when it was cooked for the first time in history.
Anyway, it couldn't happened before the coco-tree fruits were imported in Europe. And the baking powder didn't exist at the time. But HozOboz actually thinks that the time and origin of such a pie is not of the greatest importance here, because the truth is it’s just a great dish. HozOboz realizes that it’s hard to estimate the pie from the pictures yet, but believe us, even the brightest and prettiest photos can’t give you even the slightest idea of the fantastic taste and smell of this yummy pie.
The pros of consuming coconut fruits
The coconut flakes used in this recipe is rich with calories and fats. For instance, 100 grams of coconut flakes consist of 65% fats and 14% for both proteins and carbohydrates. Not being the dried pulp of coconut, the coconut flake do not lose any healthy compounds. Therefore, it contains vitamins B,C and E along with minerals like sodium, calcium, phosphorus, potassium and iron.
The coconut also supports the immune system of your body, improves your digestion, decreases the risk heart and cancer deceases, and also has some anti-oxidative effects. So, have no doubt to get a great pie! And don't forget that all the bakery products are usually rich with carbohydrates which means that you can eliminate your hunger quickly and get necessary energy for new achievements.
The list of necessary ingredients to prepare a coconut pie
- An egg
- A glass of milk kefir
- 1 and a half glass of flour
- 10 grams of baking powder
- A glass of sugar
- 200 grams of cream
- 5 grams of butter
The way you should prepare your coconut pie
- Break an egg and pour it to the milk kefir (another option is to use clabber instead of kefir, it also goes very well here) . Mix it thoroughly or whip it up with a fork.
Whip an egg and kefir up.
- Add flour to your mixture of eggs and milk kefir. Mix it well again.
Add flour and whip it once more.
- Now, add the baking powder. Usually, a sachet contains 10 grams of it which is rather convenient for us. It happens, however, that some sachets have 11 grams, but please don't hesitate to use it all.
Add the baking powder now.
- Then add 1/2 glass of sugar but leave the rest to use it later.
Add 1/2 glass of sugar powder.
- Whip all the contents thoroughly so that you got the homogenous dough.
Once more, whip everything so that it become homogeneous.
- Mix the leftovers of sugar (1/2 glass) with coconut flakes.
Combine coconut flakes with sugar.
- Grease the baking dish (you can use a dish of any form, not necessarily round one like we do) with butter and pour the flour into it, then scatter the mix of sugar and coconut flakes evenly on the surface.
Pour dough into the greased baking dish and scatter milk and coconut over it.
- Now it’s time to put your pie into the oven for 25-30 minutes. Set the temperature for 350F. Anyway, you should watch it some time since there is great difference between various types of ovens. Take the baked pie out of the oven and evenly poor the cream onto it right after. You may have 10% fat cream or any other up to 20%. Soon you'll be able to feel the incredible taste of your coconut pie.
Bake the pie for 25-30 minutes, 350F. Then take it out and pour cream onto it while it’s hot. Choose the fat percentage of the cream as you like.
- That’s how this yummy coconut pie looks like when it’s ready to be served. Yummy, isn't it?
This is how the pie should look like.
- It’s preferable to cool it a bit before cutting the pie.
You can cut in only when it cooled a bit, like, in 20 minutes.
- Finally, the pie with coconut flakes is ready to be served. Goes great with milk. Actually, both tea and coffee are the way to go. Bon Appetite!
Serve its tea or coffee, children will definitely love it with milk.
Today we made a pie with coconut flakes and obviously it was really easy. But the result was fabulous! Everyone who’ll try this yummy pie will definitely ask you for the recipe. Of course, you will generously give it but please don't forget to refer to our website. In the mean time, HozOboz will be preparing some more delicious recipes for you.
