Bourbon Street Caramel Custard Pie
From birdy 16 years ago
- 35-45 minutes to make
- Serves 8
If you like caramels you'll love this rich pie.
Ingredients
- 1 (9") pastry shell (Make sure it's "deep-dish") shopping list
- 25 caramels, unwrapped shopping list
- 2 tbsp. brown sugar, firmly packed shopping list
- 3 c. evaporated milk shopping list
- 5 egg yolks shopping list
- 1/4 c. water shopping list
- 1 tsp. vanilla shopping list
- 1/2 c. sugar shopping list
- 1/4 c. whole almonds, blanched shopping list
How to make it
- Bake pastry shell in very hot oven (450 degrees) 6 minutes. Cool. Melt caramels
- and brown sugar with small amount of evaporated milk in medium saucepan over low
- heat. Stir until smooth. Gradually add remaining milk, stirring constantly. Beat
- caramel mixture into egg yolks. Stir in water and vanilla. Place pastry shell on
- rack in center of preheated 450 degree oven. Pour filling into shell. Reduce
- heat to moderate (350 degrees) and bake 30 to 40 minutes or until filling is
- almost set.
- Combine sugar and almonds in small heavy saucepan. Cook over low heat, stirring
- constantly, until sugar melts and turns a light amber. Pour immediately onto a
- well buttered cookie sheet. Cool completely. Break into pieces. Crush in blender
- or processor Sprinkle over pie last 5 minutes of baking time. Cool completely
- before serving.
The Rating
Reviewed by 3 people-
Fabulous recipe, can't wait to try it.
sunny
in Portland loved it
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Mmmm, I love caramel! Got to try this! You've got my 5!
wdsdy
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Tried it. It wasn't as great as I hoped it would be. I love caramel too. It was good, just not great. I think I will make it one more time just to make sure. Thank you!
canzi
in San Diego loved it
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