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Café Au Lait Pie

Dairy Farmers of Canada
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If you like the taste of coffee, you'll adore this real cream dessert. For a distinctive European flavour try finely crushed biscotti (use your food processor), instead of graham wafer crumbs.

  • Course Desserts & Sweets
  • Prep. Time 15 mins
  • Cooking Time 10 - 15 mins
  • Refrigeration Time 1 hr
  • Yields 8 servings

Preparation

What You Need


Crust:
1 1/2 cups (375 ml) finely crushed biscotti or
graham wafer crumbs
1/3 cup (80 ml) butter, melted

Filling:
2/3 cup (160 ml) sugar
3 tbsp (45 ml) cornstarch
3 tbsp (45 ml) instant coffee
2 cups (500 ml) 35 % real whipping cream
2 tbsp (30 ml) butter, at room temperature

Topping:
1 cup (250 ml) 35 % real whipping cream
2 tbsp (30 ml) sugar
Cocoa powder for dusting
Coffee beans , (optional)

Instructions

For Crust:
Stir together cookies and butter. Press onto bottom and sides of a 9-inch (23 cm) pie plate. Bake in preheated 350 °F (180 °C) oven 8 min. Cool completely.

For Filling:
In heavy saucepan, mix sugar, cornstarch and coffee granules well. Over medium heat, slowly whisk in cream. Bring to a boil, stirring continuously.

Reduce heat; simmer 1 min stirring continuously. Stir in butter a tablespoon at a time. Pour filling into pie shell. Refrigerate until cold.

For Topping:
Whip cream with sugar until soft peaks form.

Swirl whipped cream over coffee filling. Chill 1 hour before serving. Dust with cocoa and decorate with coffee beans.

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Nutritional Info

Per serving

Energy: 544 Calories
Protein: 3 g
Carbohydrate: 38 g
Fat: 43 g
Fibre:
Sodium: 204 mg

Top 5 nutrients provided by a serving of this recipe

Nutrient (% DV)*

Calcium: 6 % / 68 mg
Vitamin A: 44 %
Vitamin D: 16 %
Riboflavin: 13 %
Vitamin E: 10 %

* Note: The daily value (DV) is established by Health Canada and corresponds to the daily quantity recommended for each nutrient. The percentage of the daily value (% DV) indicates the proportion of the nutrient provided by a serving of the recipe, in comparison with the quantity recommended.


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