Oasis Marigot's Ocean Cottage

Castries, Saint Lucia, West Indies

Specialty Recipe

Saint Lucian Coconut Pie

Ingredients - Pastry:

1/2 cup butter

2 cups flour

3/4 cup sugar (white or brown)

1 teaspoon baking powder

3 Tablespoons water

Ingredients - Filing:

1 coconut

1 cup brown sugar

1 cup water

Pastry: Mix dry ingredients with butter until mixture is crumbly, then add water. Dough should be slightly sticky. Pat into 9-inch pie pan, reserving enough dough to make a latticework top.

Filing: Grate coconut (coarsely) into a pot; add sugar and water and heat until mixture becomes syrupy. Pour into crust and make latticework over the top by rolling out thin strips of reserved dough. Bake at 350 degrees, covered with foil for first 1/2 hour, then uncovered until golden brown.

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