Pineapple Chess Pie Recipes

Steps:

• Separate eggs.
• Combine sugar, flour and melted butter.
• Beat egg yolks.
• Add to sugar mixture, mixing with an electric mixer until well-mixed.
• Add drained pineapple and mix well.
• Beat egg whites until they form stiff peaks and fold into the mixture above.
• Pour into unbaked pie shells and bake at 300 degrees for 45-50 minutes.

Steps:

• Combine first 4 ingredients in a large bowl. Add eggs and vanilla, stirring until blended.
• Stir in butter, coconut, and pineapple. Pour into unbaked pastry shell.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until set, covering with aluminum foil after 40 minutes.
• Cool on a wire rack.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Combine sugar and butter, and blend well. Add eggs and flour. Stir in pineapple, then vanilla and orange extracts.
• Pour mixture into pie shell.
• Bake for 45 minutes or until a knife inserted halfway between pie's center and edge comes out clean. Cool thoroughly before serving.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Cream the butter and sugar. Add yolks, vanilla, and cream. Fold in cornmeal. Pour into unbaked pie shell and bake 35 to 40 minutes. Filling should be firm, but not too crisp.
• Put the flour, butter, and salt into the bowl of a food processor. Pulse this mixture until butter resembles small pebbles. Transfer to large bowl and add ice water and mix.
• Turn out dough onto a lightly floured surface. Using the palm of your hand, flatten the dough against the cutting board; mixing the flour, water, and butter. Butter pieces should be visible. Press into plastic wrap and shape into disc. Chill for at least 1/2 hour before rolling out to line a 9-inch pie tin.
• Yield: 8 to 10 servings

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C.)
• In a large bowl, combine sugar, cornmeal, flour and salt. Blend in eggs and vanilla. Stir in butter, coconut and pineapple. Pour filling into pie shell.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 60 minutes, or until filling is set. Cover with aluminum foil after 40 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.

Steps:

• Make dough:
• Stir together flour, sugar, and salt in a large bowl (or pulse in a food processor). Add butter and shortening and blend with your fingertips or a pastry blender (or pulse) just until mixture resembles coarse meal with some roughly pea-size butter lumps. Drizzle 4 tablespoons ice water evenly over mixture and gently stir with a fork (or pulse) until incorporated.
• Squeeze a small handful: If dough doesn't hold together, add more ice water, 1/2 tablespoon at a time, stirring (or pulsing) until incorporated. (Do not overwork dough or pastry will be tough.)
• Turn out dough onto a work surface and form into a ball, then flatten into a 5-inch disk. Chill, wrapped in plastic wrap, until firm, at least 1 1/2 hours.
• Make salsa while dough chills:
• Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a 12-inch heavy skillet over high heat until it shimmers. Sear pineapple in 2 batches, turning once, until well blackened, about 6 minutes per batch, adding remaining tablespoon oil between batches. Transfer to paper towels to drain and cool briefly, then cut pineapple into 1/4-inch pieces, discarding core.
• Whisk together lime zest, lime juice, rum, and brown sugar in a medium bowl. Stir in pineapple and chill until ready to use.
• Make caramel sauce:
• Bring sugar and water to a boil in a 10-inch heavy skillet, stirring until sugar has dissolved, then wash down any sugar crystals from side of skillet with a pastry brush dipped in cold water. Boil, without stirring, swirling pan occasionally, until dark amber, 7 to 8 minutes. Cool 2 minutes, then whisk in butter, cream, and yogurt. Transfer to a bowl and chill.
• Make tart shell:
• Preheat oven to 375°F with rack in middle.
• Roll out dough on a lightly floured surface with a lightly floured rolling pin into an 11-inch round (about 1/8 inch thick), then fit into tart pan. Trim excess dough flush with rim, then press side to make dough come up slightly above rim. Lightly prick bottom all over with a fork, then chill 30 minutes.
• Line tart shell with foil and fill with pie weights. Bake on a baking sheet until side is set and edge is pale golden, about 15 minutes. Carefully remove foil and weights and continue to bake until pale golden all over, about 25 minutes more, loosely covering edges with foil if they get too dark. Cool shell in tart pan 15 minutes.
• Make filling and bake pie:
• Reduce oven temperature to 350°F.
• Whisk together eggs, yolks, and sugar in a large bowl, then whisk in remaining ingredients. Transfer filling to tart shell and bake until a light crust forms on top and filling is set 3 inches from edge but center is still wobbly, 45 to 50 minutes (filling will be slightly puffed and will continue to set as it cools).
• Serve slightly warm or at room temperature, topped with pineapple salsa and drizzled with caramel sauce.