Coconut Chess Tart from Brown Sugar Kitchen: New-Style, Down-Home Recipes from Sweet West Oakland by Tanya Holland

Coconut Chess Tart from Brown Sugar Kitchen: New-Style, Down-Home Recipes from Sweet West Oakland by Tanya Holland

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Chess pie is an underrated yet wonderful dessert. The traditional version is a rich vanilla-scented custard, though I’ve had lemon ones as well. I like it with

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Ingredients

  • Powdered sugar for serving
  • 1 tsp kosher salt
  • 1 cup/225 g unsalted butter, cut into cubes and chilled
  • 2¼ cups/285 g all-purpose flour
  • 3 tbsp cornmeal
  • ½ cup/120 ml heavy cream
  • 1½ tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 cup/95 g sweetened flaked coconut
  • 7 egg yolks
  • 2 cups/400 g granulated sugar
  • 8 tbsp/115 g unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • 4 to 7 tbsp/60 to 105 ml ice water

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