Coconut Cream Pudding With Ginger Crust Recipes

COCONUT CREAM PUDDING

Steps:

• In a large heavy saucepan, combine 3/4 cup sugar and cornstarch; stir in milk until smooth. Cook and stir over medium heat until thick and bubbly; cook and stir 2 minutes more. Remove from heat. , In a bowl, beat egg yolks. Stir 1 cup hot milk mixture into yolks; return all to pan, stirring constantly. Bring to a gentle boil over medium heat; cook and stir 2 minutes longer. Remove from the heat. Stir in coconut and vanilla. Cool to lukewarm without stirring., Pour into an ungreased 8-in. square baking dish. In a large bowl and with clean beaters, beat egg whites on medium speed until soft peaks form. Gradually beat in remaining sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, on high until stiff peaks form. Spread over pudding, sealing to edges. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 10-15 minutes. Serve warm.

COCONUT CRUST

Steps:

• Mix coconut and butter or margarine together. Press mixture into an 8 or 9 inch pie plate.
• Bake at 325 degrees F (165 degrees C) for 15 minutes, or until golden.

LITTLE STEAMED GINGER PUDDINGS WITH COCONUT CUSTARD

Steps:

• Lightly butter 4 (8-ounce) pudding basins. In the bowl of a heavy-duty mixer or in a medium bowl using a hand held mixer, cream the butter and sugar together until the mixture is pale and creamy, about 5 minutes. Add the eggs, a little at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in the crystallized ginger. Fold in a few spoonfuls of the sifted flour into the bowl, alternating with spoonfuls of the milk, until both ingredients are used up and you have a smooth batter. Divide the pudding among the basins.
• Quarter a sheet of parchment paper and fold a thin pleat down the middle of each mini-sheet. Place a piece over each basin and tie them down with string. Place the puddings in a steamer over a saucepan of gently simmering water and steam for 40 minutes or until the puddings are cooked through. Check the water level in the saucepan from time to time, adding more as needed. Switch off the heat and serve the puddings with the coconut custard and a sprinkling of crystallized ginger.
• In a small pan, whisk together the coconut cream, egg yolks, sugar, and cornstarch. Stir, without boiling, over low heat for 5 to 10 minutes, or until the custard has thickened enough to coat the back of your wooden spoon.

COCONUT CREAM DREAM DESSERT

Steps:

• Set aside 1 cup of cookie crumbs and mix remaining crumbs with melted butter in a 9x13-inch baking dish; press buttered crumbs into the dish to form a crust. Freeze until set, about 10 minutes.
• Whisk coconut cream pudding mix with milk in a large bowl until the pudding thickens, about 2 minutes. Stir ice cream into pudding mix and pour mixture into the cookie crust. Top with a layer of frozen whipped topping; sprinkle with reserved cookie crumbs and coconut. Refrigerate until set, about 1 1/2 hours.

COCONUT CREAM PUDDING WITH CINNAMON

Steps:

• In heavy 2 quart saucepan, add milk, beaten eggs, sugar, vanilla, cinnamon and salt.
• Use a large whisk to mix and stir.
• Heat on medium heat, and whisk.
• It will start to become a custard like consistency. Cook a few minutes.
• Take off heat.
• Mix cornstarch with water in small bowl.
• Add to pudding mixture.
• Turn heat on low and cook until thickened and creamy. Use a whisk to mix and stir while cooking.
• Fold in coconut.
• Cool in the refrigerator.
• Serve as a pudding with whipped cream and cherries on top or pour into a baked pie crust shell and chill until serving.
• Note: To make a deep dish pie, add 1 1/2 cups of Cool Whip or Whipped Cream to pudding before filling the pie crust.
• Note: Pumpkin pie spice may be substituted for cinnamon if you wish.

COCONUT CREAM PUDDING WITH GINGER CRUST

Steps:

• Melt butter over low heat and stir in ginger and vanilla wafers.
• Reserve 3 tsps of crumb mixture.
• Press remainder in a 9 inch pie plate and chill while pudding is being made.
• Combine cornstarch and sugar; add 1 cup half and half, and whisk until cornstarch is dissolved.
• Stir in remaining half and half and bring to boil over medium heat, whisking, and cook 2 minutes, until thickened.
• Remove from heat and stir in vanilla and coconut.
• Transfer to a metal bowl set in a larger bowl of ice and water.
• Stir until completely cooled and pour into crust.
• Sprinkle reserved crumbs over.
• Chill for 20 minutes before serving (pudding will be soft).