Tropical Pina Colada Pie Recipes

PIñA COLADA PIE

Steps:

• For Crust:
• Preheat oven to 350°F. Line 10-inch glass pie dish with foil, overlapping sides. Finely chop first 3 ingredients in processor. Add butter and blend until moist crumbs form. Press mixture firmly onto bottom and up sides (but not rim) of prepared pie dish. Freeze 10 minutes. Bake crust until golden brown, about 15 minutes. Freeze 20 minutes.
• For Filling:
• Spread sorbet in crust; smooth top. Place in freezer.
• Boil cream of coconut in heavy small saucepan over medium-high heat until reduced to 3/4 cup, stirring frequently, about 7 minutes. Pour into large bowl. Mix in rum and extract, then 3/4 cup coconut. Cool slightly. Add frozen yogurt to coconut mixture and fold in until blended. Freeze until semifirm, stirring occasionally, about 1 hour. Spoon filling over sorbet in pie dish, mounding slightly. Cover and freeze overnight. (Can be prepared 2 weeks ahead.)
• Turn out pie onto platter. peel off foil. Turn pie right side up. Arrange pineapple decoratively atop pie. Sprinkle with toasted coconut. Garnish with mint.

BLUEBERRY-PINEAPPLE PINA COLADA PIE

Steps:

• Roll out and fit pastry into a 9-inch pie pan; sculpt the edge into an upstanding ridge; place in freezer for 15 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 400°.
• In a bowl, combine the blueberries, pineapple, and pina colada concentrate in a large bowl.
• In a small bowl, mix the sugar and cornstarch together in a small bowl, then stir the mixture into the fruit.
• Stir in the rum, coconut extract, and salt; scrape the filling into the chilled pie shell; smooth the top with a spoon.
• Place the pie on the center oven rack and bake for 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, make coconut crumb topping: add flour, coconut, sugar, and salt to a food processor; pulse briefly to mix.
• Scatter the butter over the top and pulse until the mixture starts to form gravelly crumbs.
• Dump the crumbs into a large bowl and rub between your fingers to form large, buttery crumbs; refrigerate until ready to use.
• Remove pie from oven and decrease temperature to 375°; carefully dump the crumbs in the center of the pie, spreading them evenly over the surface; tamp them down lightly.
• Return pie to oven, rotate 180°; slide a large foil lined baking sheet onto the rack below to catch any spills.
• Continue baking about 30 minutes until juices bubble thickly around the edge.
• If top starts to get too brown, cover loosely with foil for the last 15 minutes.
• Transfer pie to a wire rack; let cool for at least 1 hour before serving.