Spring is official here! Never mind the snow on the ground. The landscape is finally stirring from winter’s stupor. This is reflected at the grocery stores where the produce section is getting more colorful and exciting. Asparagus and mangoes, two of my favorites are abundant right now. I bought several mangoes last week and used two to make this wonderful Mango Coconut Cream Pie. If you love mangoes, you have to give this pie a try. You will not be disappointed.
The color of the mango coconut custard is a cheerful yellow that speaks of spring. It is sweet and tangy and combines beautifully with the whipped cream topped with toasted coconut flakes. The fragrant and tasty crust is gluten free and has almond meal in it. If you prefer a more traditional crust, please check out my Pandan Cream Pie for a Graham cracker crust.
I used Bird’s custard powder to make the custard layer but Jell-o Cook & Serve coconut cream pudding and pie filling will also work. To cook the pudding, use only 1 cup of milk and the mango puree as specified in the recipe instead of 2 cups of milk as specified in the packaging instructions. Bird’s custard powder may be purchased at the World Market here in the United States.
The recipe below was inspired by Mary’s Tropical Coconut Pie. Do visit Lovefoodies for more warm or chilled desserts, puddings, and pies.
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Enjoy…..and have a wonderful day! 😎
Lovefoodies says
March 24, 2014 at 3:47 pmWhat a wonderful pie Linda! I’m so curious about your pie crust recipe too as I haven’t used those ingredients when making pie pastry. Now you have inspired me in return. Thank you for mentioning Lovefoodies.
Mary
Linda says
March 24, 2014 at 10:06 pmThanks Mary! I really like this pie crust and have made it several times. It is nice and flaky, perfect for cream pies. No one would know it is gluten free as the ground nuts make it really tasty. 🙂
Veronica @ Minty's Kitchen says
March 24, 2014 at 5:27 pmHi Linda, what an elegant looking pie! The combination of mango and coconut is really awesome. I’ve never come across gluten free almond meal crust, does it look like the normal almond meal? Thanks for sharing this wonderful recipe.
Linda says
May 13, 2014 at 7:51 amThanks Veronica! Almond meal is simply ground almond. Ground nuts provide gluten free crust with a lot of flavor.
Ramona says
March 26, 2014 at 5:55 amI love this combination. I will eat anything mango.. sweet or savory. 🙂 I love the custard powder… my mother brought me something similar from Sri Lanka. 🙂
eat drink coconut says
August 3, 2014 at 2:06 pmLook forward to trying this.