Amaretto Custard Pie

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1/16 cup almonds, flaked toasted, divided
• 1 pie crust
• 16 ounces cream, 1/2 and 1/2
• 2 1/2 ounces sugar
• 5 eggs, separated
• 1 1/2 ounces almond paste
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
• 1 ounce amaretto

Recipe

• 1 press some of the toasted almonds in bottom of the pie crust.
• 2 bake in a 350 degree fahrenheit oven until lightly browned, about 10 15 minutes.
• 3 meanwhile in double boiler heat 1/2 and 1/2 cream to 110 degrees fahrenheit.
• 4 in another bowl mix egg yolks, almond paste, vanilla extract, almond extract, and amaretto together.
• 5 temper cream into egg yolk mixture.
• 6 mix until smooth.
• 7 pour into pie crust.
• 8 cook in ban marie water bath under pie pan so it doesn't get wet.
• 9 bake at 350 degrees fahrenheit for 45 minutes until set.
• 10 beat egg whites with 1/4 cup sugar until stiff.
• 11 put on top of custard.
• 12 in a broad band around perimeter of pie, spread the toasted almond flakes.
• 13 bake until merigue browns.