MACADAMIA NUT CREAM PIE

Submitted by: Residential Services Division
Organization: Hawaiian Electric Company

Ingredients:

     1 1/3 cups               milk
     3/4 cup                  sugar
     1/2 cup                  chopped macadamia nuts
     Dash                     salt
     1 teaspoon               vanilla
     1                        egg
     5 teaspoons              cornstarch
     2                        egg whites
     1                        9 inch baking pie shell
     1 cup                    heavy cream, whipped

Procedure
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 egg and cornstarch. Thoroughly stir some of hot mixture into egg 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 sweeteded whipped cream and remaining 1/4 cup nuts. Makes 8 servings.

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