From Sandi's Recipe File - Vanilla Sea Moss Pie

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"Vanilla Sea Moss Pie"

Recipe Source:
June 1999 Issue of
Canadian Living Magazine

Serving Size: Makes 8 servings

Amount Ingredient

1 1/4 cups graham cracker crumbs

2 tablespoons packed brown sugar

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

1/3 cup butter, melted

3/4 cup (1/2 ounce) dried Irish moss

4 cups whole milk or 10 % cream

2 strips orange rind, each 1 inch wide

1/4 cup granulated sugar

1 tablespoon vanilla

1/2 cup whipping cream

Strawberry Puree:

2 cups strawberries, hulled

1 tablespoon lemon juice

3 tablespoons granulated sugar

Preparation Instructions:

In bowl, stir together graham cracker crumbs, brown sugar and cinnamon. With fork, stir in butter until moistened. Press into greased 9 inch pie plate; set aside in refrigerator.
Soak moss in cold water for 15 minutes; drain. Rinse well to remove any sand. Drain again.
In saucepan over medium heat, stir together milk, orange rind and sugar. Add moss; simmer, stirring often, for 20 minutes. Strain through sieve without pressing moss. Discard moss and orange rind.
Stir vanilla into milk mixture; pour over prepared base. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour or until chilled or for up to 12 hours.
Strawberry puree: Meanwhile, in blender or food processor, puree strawberries and lemon juice until smooth; stir in sugar. Set aside.
Whip cream; spoon or pipe onto pie. Drizzle each serving with puree. Makes 8 servings.
Per serving: about 330 calories; 6 g protein; 19 g fat; 37 g carbohydrates; 1 g fibre; 56 mg cholesterol; 261 mg sodium.
Vanilla Pie Variation: Omit Irish moss. reduce milk to 3 1/2 cups. In saucepan, sprinkle 2 packages (each 7 g) unflavoured gelatin over milk mixture. Let stand for 5 minutes. Place over medium heat and warm, stirring, for about 5 minutes or until gelatin is dissolved. Remove from heat. Pour into large bowl; stir in vanilla. Refrigerate for abut 1 hour or until beginning to thicken. Remove orange rind. Pour filling over pie base; cover and refrigerate for about 1 hour or until completely set.

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