Best Caribbean Pineapple Pie Recipes

BAHAMIAN PINEAPPLE-COCONUT TART

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
• 2. Roll pastry out thinly to form a square. Line bottom and sides of a 9-inch square cake pan with the pastry. Spread the jam over the pastry.
• 3. Beat butter and sugar together. Gradually beat in eggs. Mix in coconut, flour, rum (or extract). Pour over the jam layer.
• 4. Bake for 30 to 40 minutes or until the pastry is lightly golden.

PINEAPPLE PIE III

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
• In a medium saucepan combine sugar, cornstarch, pineapple with juice, and lemon juice. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until thickened, then allow to boil 1 minute.
• Cool slightly and pour mixture into pastry-lined pie pan. Cover with top crust and seal. Make a few steam vents in crust, then brush with milk and sprinkle with sugar. Place in preheated oven and bake for 35 minutes. Serve chilled or at room temperature.

SELA'S PINEAPPLE PIE

Steps:

• Heat the pineapple in a saucepan.
• Mix in the custard, 1 cup of sugar and the salt.
• Cook until thick stirring constantly.
• Remove from heat.
• Add the butter and mix in.
• Cool.
• Base: Cream the butter and suagar together and add egg yolks.
• Add sifted dry ingredients.
• Stir well.
• Roll out pastry and place into a large 13"x9" pan.
• Bake 20-25 minutes or until brown in a 350 deg F oven.
• Remove from oven and pour the pineapple mixture on top.
• Beat the egg whites in a separate bowl until frothy, add cream of tartar and sugar.
• Beat until stiff.
• Add to top of pineapple pie and bake until lightly browned in a 375 deg F oven.

CARIBBEAN BAKED PINEAPPLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°F Remove all but about 1 inch of green leaves from top of pineapple. Cut pineapple in half lengthwise. With a serrated knife, carefully cut around the perimeter of each half pineapple. With a large serving spoon, carefully scoop out pineapple, separating it from the shell - be sure to keep the shell intact.
• Cut the flesh (not the shell) of each half pineapple in half again, lengthwise. Cut out the tough inner core. Cut the pineapple in 1-inch bite-size pieces (about 3 cups). Drain one pineapple shell on paper toweling. Discard the other shell.
• Melt 4 tablespoons butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add pineapple, lime segments, sugar and red pepper flakes. Cook for 5 minutes, stirring frequently. Transfer pineapple mixture, including all butter, to pineapple shell. Set aside.
• Melt remaining 4 tablespoons butter in a medium skillet over medium-high heat. Add breadcrumbs and saute, stirring frequently, until crumbs are toasted and browned. Top pineapple with tasted breadcrumbs.
• Place pineapple shell in an appropriately sized baking dish. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes. (You can prepare this recipe early in the day, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until baking. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes.).
• NOTE: In the tropics, fruit is quite often cooked like a vegetable and served as a side dish. If you want an even more peppery kick to this dish, add 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper to the breadcrumb-butter mixture.

TROPICAL COCONUT PIE

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine 2 cups coconut and butter. Press onto the bottom and up the sides of a greased 9-in. pie plate. Bake at 325° for 8-10 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on a wire rack. Toast the remaining coconut; set aside., Drain pineapple, reserving 1/2 cup juice (discard remaining juice or refrigerate for another use); set pineapple aside. In a saucepan, combine marshmallows and reserved juice. Cook and stir over medium heat until marshmallows are melted. Remove from the heat. Add pineapple, extract and salt; mix well. Refrigerate for 2 hours or until cool., Fold in the whipped cream; spoon into prepared crust. Sprinkle with toasted coconut. Refrigerate for 2 hours or until set. Refrigerate leftovers.