Photo: Priscilla Du Preez
Ingredients
- 1 small cocoanut, grated
- 4 tablespoons flour
- 3 egg yolks
- 1 pint scalded milk
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 egg whites
- ⅓ cup powdered sugar
- 1 baked pie shell
Directions
1
Mix sugar and flour, moisten with a little cold milk, and add egg yolks.
2
Pour in the scalding milk and cook, stirring constantly until thick.
3
Cool the mixture, flavor it, and then add ⅓ of the grated cocoanut.
4
Pour the mixture into a baked pie shell.
5
Beat the egg whites until stiff, then mix in a little cocoanut and the powdered sugar.
6
Spread the egg white mixture on top of the pie and sprinkle the remaining cocoanut on top.
7
Place the pie under the broiler to brown.