Elsah Landing Pineapple-Coconut Pie
Source: The Elsah Landing, Grafton, Missouri - St. Louis Post-Dispatch 7/24/00
3 eggs, beaten
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter, melted
1 (8 ounce) can crushed pineapple
1 cup flaked coconut
1 (9-inch) pie shell, unbaked (see recipe)
Heat oven to 400 degrees F.
In a large bowl, combine beaten eggs, sugar, salt, flour, melted butter, pineapple and coconut. Mix until well-combined. Pour into pie shell. Bake at 400 degrees F for 15 minutes.
Lower temperature to 300 degrees F; bake for 20 to 30 minutes more or until center seems set and a knife inserted into the center comes out clean. Yield: 8 servings.
Elsah Landing Pastry for One-Crust Pie:
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup shortening
2 to 3 1/2 tablespoons ice water
Spoon flour lightly into a 1-cup dry measure. Level off. Sift flour and salt together into a large bowl. Cut in shortening with a pastry blender until mixture forms particles slightly larger than grains of rice. Sprinkle with ice water, 1 tablespoon at a time. Toss gently with a fork until all particles are uniformly moistened and will barely stick together. Shape mixture into a ball. Roll out on a lightly floured pastry cloth to form pie shell. Ease into pie plate; flute edges.
Yield: 1 (9-inch) pie crust.
Habanero’s Grill White Queso
Source: Habanero’s Grill, San Antonio, Texas
2 1/2 pounds Land O’Lakes White Extra Melt
3 poblano chiles, roasted, seeded and peeled
1/2 cup half-and-half
1/2 cup water
1 tablespoon white pepper, or to taste
1 teaspoon ground cumin
2 teaspoons chipotle concentrate (or 2 chipotle
chiles in adobo sauce, minced)
Tortilla chips, for serving
Cut the cheese into 1-inch cubes. Chop the roasted poblanos into 1/2-inch pieces.
Heat the half-and-half and the water in a pot over low heat. Add the cheese, poblanos, white pepper, cumin and chipotle. Stir until the cheese has melted and the ingredients are well blended and heated through.
Serve warm with tortilla chips.
Makes 20 servings.