Author Notes
This is an old family recipe from one of my aunts. It was a favorite and despite being an old recipe it is good for the health conscious, since it does not use too much fat.
—Eliana M de Simone Ferreira
Ingredients
- For the crust
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2 tablespoons
butter
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1
egg yolk
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1 cup
flour
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2 tablespoons
milk
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1/4 teaspoon
salt
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1 tablespoon
sugar
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1/2 teaspoon
baking powder
- For the filling
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1 packet
grated coconut (not the dry kind)
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or 1
freshly grated coconut
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2
whole eggs beatten
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1 cup
sugar
Directions
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Make well into flour in a bowl, add all other ingredients for the crust and mix well, forming a ball, let it rest while you prepare the filling.
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Add sugar to well beaten eggs, beat again to mix well, add grated coconut.
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Preheat oven at 350 degrees.
Arrange the dough , piece by piece, flattening as you go, in the bottom and sides of a 9 inch pie pan with a removable bottom, it is not necessary to butter the pan.
Mix the filling again and pour it on top of the dough in the pan.
Bake for 30 minutes or until a cake tester inserted comes out clean.
Let it cool on a rack, remove from the pan and serve.
Serves 8.
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