1 1/4 cups sugar
3 tablespoons cornstarch
1/2 teaspoon instant coffee crystals
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 cups 1% lowfat milk
1 cup canned light or regular coconut milk
3 ounces unsweetened chocolate — cut up
3 slightly beaten egg yolks
1 tablespoon butter — cut up
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 cup coconut
1 baked 9-inch pastry shell
In saucepan stir together sugar, cornstarch, coffee crystals, and salt. Stir i n 1% lowfat milk, coconut milk, and chocolate. Cook and stir until thickened a nd bubbly. Cook and stir 2 minutes more. (If chocolate flecks remain, whisk g ently until smooth.)
Stir about 1 cup of the chocolate mixture into beaten egg yolks. Return to sau cepan. Cook and stir just until mixture bubbles; cook and stir 2 minutes more. Remove from heat. Stir in butter and vanilla; fold in coconut. Pour hot mix ture into baked pastry shell. Cool. Cover and refrigerate at least 6 hours or until thoroughly chilled. Makes 8 servings.
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