Amaretto Custard Pie
Recipe: #16807
January 18, 2015
Categories: Desserts, Almond, Brunch, Christmas, Mothers Day, Oven Bake, Vegetarian, Make it from scratch, Kosher Dairy, , more
"Fancy, with egg white topping"
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (165.5 g)
- Calories 369.3
- Total Fat - 23.5 g
- Saturated Fat - 8.7 g
- Cholesterol - 210 mg
- Sodium - 209 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 30.7 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0.5 g
- Sugars - 17.1 g
- Protein - 9.7 g
- Calcium - 130.8 mg
- Iron - 1.4 mg
- Vitamin C - 0.7 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Press some of the toasted almonds in bottom of the pie crust. Bake in a 350 degree Fahrenheit oven until lightly browned, about 10 15 minutes.
Step 2
Meanwhile in double boiler heat 1/2 and 1/2 cream to 110 degrees Fahrenheit.
Step 3
In another bowl mix egg yolks, almond paste, vanilla extract, almond extract, and Amaretto together.
Step 4
Temper cream into egg yolk mixture. Mix until smooth. Pour into pie crust.
Step 5
Cook in ban marie water bath under pie pan so it doesn't get wet.
Step 6
Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 45 minutes until set.
Step 7
Beat egg whites with 1/4 cup sugar until stiff. Put on top of custard.
Step 8
In a broad band around perimeter of pie, spread the toasted almond flakes.
Step 9
Bake until whites brown.
Tips
No special items needed.