Maui Macadamia Nut Rum Pie Recipes

MACADAMIA NUT CRUSTED MAHI MAHI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. In a medium bowl, stir together the nuts, panko, flour, and butter. Set aside.
• Place a piece of aluminum foil on a baking sheet and brush it liberally with vegetable oil. Place the mahi mahi on the foil and sprinkle each fillet with salt and pepper on both sides. Bake for 5 minutes. Remove from the oven and brush each fillet with the coconut milk. Divide the nut mixture among the tops of the 4 fillets, patting the mixture to spread and adhere to the fillets. Return to the oven and bake for 5 to 10 minutes, or until the crust is golden brown.
• Remove from the oven and allow to stand 10 minutes before serving.

MACADAMIA NUT PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a large bowl, mix together the dark corn syrup, sugar, and eggs. Stir in macadamia nuts and melted butter. Pour into pie shell.
• Bake in preheated oven for 50 to 60 minutes, or until filling is set. If necessary, cover edge with foil to prevent overbrowning.

MACADAMIA NUT PIE

Steps:

• Unroll crust and place in a 9-in. pie plate; flute edge and set aside. In a small bowl, beat the eggs, corn syrup, sugar, butter and vanilla until combined. Stir in the nuts. Pour into crust. , Bake at 325° for 50-55 minutes or until center is set and top is golden brown. Cool on a wire rack. Refrigerate leftovers.

MACADAMIA NUT CRUSTED MAHI MAHI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• In a food processor or blender, pulse together macadamia nuts and breadcrumbs until finely ground. Pour nut mixture onto a plate, and coat fish fillets on both sides.
• Heat butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Fry fillets on both sides until nuts are golden brown. Remove to a baking pan.
• Add shallots to skillet, and cook until translucent. Stir in chicken stock. Mix in pineapple, papaya, mango, coconut, and habanero peppers. Season with salt, pepper, and sugar to taste. Simmer until sauce is thick, about 30 minutes. Strain to remove peppers, fruit, and shallots. Reserve sauce in a pan over low heat.
• Bake mahi mahi in preheated oven about 10 minutes, until internal temperature reaches 140 degrees F. Remove fish, and lightly coat with sauce.

MAUI MACADAMIA NUT RUM PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• If madadamia nuts are salted, spread on towel and rub to remove as much salt as possible.
• Chop nuts and place in single layer on baking sheet.
• Toast about 5 minutes, or until golden brown. Set aside.
• Combine sugar, gelatin, cornstarch and salt in blender or food processor.
• Add cream cheese and sour cream.
• Whirl, gradually adding milk, and continue blending or processing until smooth.
• Note: If using a food processor, add part of the milk, process and pour part of the mixture into top of a double boiler, then add remainder of milk and process. This will prevent an overflow from too much liquid.
• Place mixture in top of double boiler and cook over gently boiling water until thick and smooth, stirring constantly, about 15 minutes.
• Whisk some of the mixture into egg yolks. Return to pan, whisking as it continues to cook, about 3 minutes.
• Remove top of double boiler and set aside to cool slightly.
• Whip egg whites until stiff peaks form.
• Stir rum into filling mixture and fold in egg whites.
• Chill until thickened but not firm.
• Whip cream until stiff and fold into filing along with half of the toasted nuts.
• Pour into prepared crust and chill at least 2 hours.
• Sprint top with remaining nuts just before serving.

MACADAMIA RUM MOUSSE PIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
• For the crumb crust: combine the nuts, flour, salt, sugar, and cinnamon in a mixing bowl, and stir to mix well. Stir in the melted butter and continue stirring until the mixture has absorbed the butter. Break the mixture into even 1/2 to 1/4 inch crumbs, rubbing with the fingertips. Place half the crumb mixture into a 9 inch Pyrex pie pan and press with the fingertips to line the pan evenly. Place the remaining crumb mixture, in an even 1/2 inch layer on a cookie sheet. Bake the crust and crumbs on the middle rack of the oven about 20 minutes, until crisp and light golden in color. Cool the crust and crumbs on racks.
• For the Mousse Filling: Whip the cream until it holds soft peaks and set it aside in the refrigerator. Sprinkle the gelatin on the water in a small, heatproof bowl. Allow to soak 5 minutes, then place over a small pan of simmering water to melt while preparing the filling.
• When the gelatin is melted, remove from the pan and allow to cool.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer, or another heatproof bowl, whisk the egg yolks. Whisk in the rum, then the sugar. Place over a pan of gently simmering water and whisk constantly until thickened, about 3 minutes. If the yolk mixture becomes too hot, it may scramble.
• Remove the bowl from the water and beat by machine, on medium speed, until cooled to room temperature. Whisk in the dissolved gelatin, then fold in the whipped cream and the chopped nuts.
• Pour the filling into the cooled shell and smooth the top. Cover loosely with plastic wrap and chill until set at least 6 hours.
• To finish the pie, top with the baked crumbs. Or whip the optional cream, spread half on the mousse and top with the crumbs. Then, pipe a border of rosettes of the remaining cream around the edge of the pie with a pastry bag fitted with a star tube.

MACADAMIA NUT CREAM PIE

Steps:

• In a saucepan, combine 1 cup of the milk, 1/4 cup of the sugar, 1/4 cup of the nuts, the salt and the vanilla; scald.
• Mix the remaining 1/3 cup milk with 1 whole egg and cornstarch.
• Thoroughly stir some of hot mixture into egg mixture (adding a small amount first to even out the temperature helps to prevent the egg from scrambling when added to the rest of the hot mixture); return all to saucepan.
• Cook 5 more minutes, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens.
• Cool 1 hour.
• Beat egg whites until soft peaks form; fold carefully into cooled mixture.
• Pour into pie shell; chill.
• Before serving, top with sweetened whipped cream and remaining 1/4 cup nuts.

GOLDEN MACADAMIA NUT PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. On a lightly floured surface, roll dough to a 1/8-in.-thick circle; transfer to a 9-in. pie plate. Trim to 1/2 in. beyond rim of plate; flute edge., In a large saucepan, mix brown sugar, flour and salt; stir in corn syrup until smooth. Add butter; bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Remove from heat; cool 10 minutes. Stir in eggs and vanilla. Stir in macadamia nuts; pour into crust., Bake on a lower oven rack until a knife inserted near the center comes out clean, 35-40 minutes. Cool on a wire rack. Refrigerate leftovers.