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Berries & custard in coconut shell

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Categories: Cakes, Coconut, Desserts, Fruits, Puddings & Custards
Yield: 10
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Ingredients:
COCONUT PASTRY
1 cupFLOUR, ALL PURPOSE
3/4 cupCocount, shredded
6 tbspButter
2 tbspSugar
1 Egg yolk, large
LEMON CUSTARD FILLING
1 Lemon, large
6 tbspButter
1/3 cupSugar
1 tbspCornstarch
1 cupHeavy or whipping cream
2 1/2 pintRaspberries*
1 pintBlueberries
Procedures:
1Prepare coconut pastry: into medium bowl, measure flour, coconut, butter, sugar and wgg yolk.
2With fingertips, mix just until blended.
3Press dough into bottom and up sides of 10" tart pan with removable bottom.
4With fork, prick tart shell in many places to prevent puffing and shrinking during baking.
5Preheat oven to 350°F.
6Line tart shell with foil.
7Bake 10 minutes.
8Reove foil, prick dough again.
9Bake tart shell 10-15 minutes longet till golden (if pastry puffs up, press it down gently with spoon).
10Cool tart shell in pan on wire rack.
11While tart shell is baking, prepare lemon custard filling: from lemon, grate 1 tsp peel and squeeze 2 tbsp juice; set aside.
12In heavy 2 qt saucepan over medium-low heat, heat butter, sugar and cornstarch, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens and boils; boil 1 minute.
13In small bowl with fork, beat egg yolks; stir in small amount of hot sugar mixture in pan, stirring rapidly to prevent lumping.
14Cook, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens and coats spoon well, about 1 minute (mixture should be about 170f - 175°F).
15Remove saucepan from heat.
16Stir lemon peel and lemon juice into custard, cover custard and refrigerate till very cold, about 1 hour.
17In small bowl, with mixer at medium heat, beat heavy or whipping cream till soft peaks form.
18With rubber spatula, or wire whisk, fold whipped cream into custard.
19Evenly spoon lemon custard filling into cooled tart shell.
20Arrange raspberries and blueberries around tart in circular pattern.
21Refrigerate 1 hour or till custard sets.
22* use different fruits and berries to match the different seasons.
23Bananas and oranges in the winter, pineapple and papaya in the spring, apricots and cherries in the summer and grapes and pears in the fall.
24Dice or slice fruit as needed for best looking presentation and easy serving.
 
 
 
 

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