Blueberry Pineapple Pina Colada Pie Food

BLUEBERRY-PINEAPPLE PINA COLADA PIE

Steps:

• Roll out and fit pastry into a 9-inch pie pan; sculpt the edge into an upstanding ridge; place in freezer for 15 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 400°.
• In a bowl, combine the blueberries, pineapple, and pina colada concentrate in a large bowl.
• In a small bowl, mix the sugar and cornstarch together in a small bowl, then stir the mixture into the fruit.
• Stir in the rum, coconut extract, and salt; scrape the filling into the chilled pie shell; smooth the top with a spoon.
• Place the pie on the center oven rack and bake for 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, make coconut crumb topping: add flour, coconut, sugar, and salt to a food processor; pulse briefly to mix.
• Scatter the butter over the top and pulse until the mixture starts to form gravelly crumbs.
• Dump the crumbs into a large bowl and rub between your fingers to form large, buttery crumbs; refrigerate until ready to use.
• Remove pie from oven and decrease temperature to 375°; carefully dump the crumbs in the center of the pie, spreading them evenly over the surface; tamp them down lightly.
• Return pie to oven, rotate 180°; slide a large foil lined baking sheet onto the rack below to catch any spills.
• Continue baking about 30 minutes until juices bubble thickly around the edge.
• If top starts to get too brown, cover loosely with foil for the last 15 minutes.
• Transfer pie to a wire rack; let cool for at least 1 hour before serving.

IMPOSSIBLE PINA COLADA PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350ºF.
• Grease a 10 x 1 1/2-inch pie plate.
• Beat all ingredients, except 1 cup coconut, 30 seconds in blender on high or 1 minute with hand beater.
• Pour into pie plate.
• Sprinkle with reserved coconut.
• Bake until knife inserted in center comes out clean, 40 to 45 minutes.
• Garnish with sliced pineapple and whipped cream, if desired.
• Keep refrigerated.

PINA COLADA CREAM PIE

Steps:

• In a saucepan sprinkle gelatin into Piña Colada Mix and heat stirring to simmer (or place in a microwave safe bowl and heat on HIGH 30 seconds, stirring once).
• Add rum.
• Chill in freezer 10 minutes.
• Beat mixture until smooth.
• Fold half of the whipped cream into the Piña Colada Mix and then place in crust.
• Chill until firm, about 2 hours.
• Serve: Topped with remaining whipped cream and garnished with cherries and/or pineapple if desired.

PINA COLADA PINEAPPLE CAKES

Steps:

• To make yellow pieces:.
• Place the yellow candy melts into a medium, heatproof bowl.
• Fill a small pot of water with a 2-inch depth of water. Set over a low heat with the bowl of yellow candy melts on top. Stir until the yellow candy melts have melted and are smooth. Remove from the heat.
• Drop a small dollop (about 1/4 to 1/8 tsp) of the melted candy melt onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Using a small, offset spatula make a brushstroke motion over the dollop of candy melt to spread it out into a thin oval.
• Repeat this with all of the melted yellow candy melts - you may need to re-melt it in the bowl if it's starting to set.
• Chill for 15-20 minutes until set.
• To make green leaf crown top:.
• Place the green candy melts into a small, heatproof bowl.
• Fill a small pot of water with a 2-inch depth of water. Set over a low heat with the bowl of green candy melts on top. Stir until the green candy melts have melted and are smooth. Remove from the heat.
• Drop a small dollop of green candy melt onto a baking sheet lined with baking paper. Use a brushstroke motion (similar to before, but in a longer motion to make a longer stripe) to make one thin, long leaf. Repeat with dollops of candy melt close together, connecting them at the base, to make the green leaf crown.
• Repeat with the green candy melts to make a total of 6 crowns.
• Chill for 15-20 minutes until set.
• To make pineapple cake:.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease two quarter-sheet pans (9 x 13 inches).
• In a large bowl, mix the white cake mix, half the vanilla pudding mix, all of the vegetable oil, the 4 eggs, the water and half of the rum.
• Drain the crushed pineapple but reserve the juice. Add half of the crushed pineapple to the cake batter along with all of the shredded coconut. Fold together to combine.
• Divide the cake batter evenly between the two prepared cake pans, spreading out into even layers. Bake for 15-20 minutes until golden and a toothpick inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean.
• Let cool completely before assembly.
• To make the frosting:.
• In a large bowl combine the remaining crushed pineapple, remaining light rum, the reserved pineapple juice and remaining vanilla pudding mix, stirring until smooth and thickened.
• Fold in the thawed cool whip. Add the yellow food colouring and fold together to combine.
• Assemble:.
• Remove the cooled cake layers from the baking sheets. Use a 3-inch round cookie cutter to punch out 9 circles from each of the cake layers (so you have a total of eighteen 3-inch circles).
• Stack 3 cake circles on top of each other, sandwiching them together with 1 tbsp frosting between each layer. Repeat so you get six small 3-layer cakes.
• Use a serrated knife to carefully carve each small cake into a pineapple shape.
• Cover each small cake with frosting in an even layer.
• Cover with the chilled yellow candy melt ovals: start at the top of the cake, layering in rings going around the cake, allowing the candy melts to overlap slightly, until each cake is completely covered.
• Transfer the melted semisweet chocolate chips to a disposable piping bag. Snip off the very tip so you have a tiny opening. Pipe dots of dark chocolate randomly onto the yellow candy melts to represent the 'eyes' of the pineapple.
• Top each cake with one of the green candy melt crowns.
• Serve.
• NOTE:.
• Adding shredded coconut to your cakes will make it easier to trim into pineapple shapes - the coconut addition is not shown in the recipe video.