Black Beauty Pie

Recipe Ingredients

16		Stewed california dried figs
3 cups	711ml	Milk
1		Unflavored gelatin
1/2 cup	99g / 3.5oz	Sugar
2 teaspoons	10ml	Instant coffee
1 teaspoon	5ml	Cinnamon
1		Chocolate pudding
1 teaspoon	5ml	Vanilla
1/2 cup	46g / 1.6oz	Slivered toasted almonds
1/2 cup	46g / 1.6oz	Toasted whole almonds
1		Baked pie shell
1 cup	237ml	Heavy cream - whipped, sweetened, vanilla-flavored

Recipe Instructions

Drain stewed figs thoroughly. Set aside several figs to garnish pie top. Cut up remaining figs into small bits, discarding stems. In 1/2 cup of the milk, dissolve the gelatin.

Place remaining milk in saucepan with coffee, sugar, cinnamon and package of chocolate pudding.

Stir over low heat until pudding thickens and bubbles up. Stir in the gelatin. Cool. Then add vanilla and toasted, slivered almonds. Pour into pie shell and chill.

Top with sweetened, vanilla-flavored whipped cream. Dry the whole figs carefully and use with toasted whole almonds to garnish pie top.

Source:
48 Family Favorites with California Figs Reprinted with the permission of The California Fig Advisory Board

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