Recipe courtesy of Marisue Traina
Sambuca Pie
- Level: Easy
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- Nutritional Analysis
- Per Serving
- Serving Size
- 1 of 18 servings
- Calories
- 348
- Total Fat
- 11
- Saturated Fat
- 4
- Carbohydrates
- 50
- Dietary Fiber
- 1
- Sugar
- 32
- Protein
- 5
- Cholesterol
- 25
- Sodium
- 159
- Total: 1 hr
- Prep: 1 hr
Ingredients
2 eggs
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup cornstarch
1 quart milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 to 1 1/2 cups Sambuca (anise-flavored liqueur)
1 (11-ounce) box Social Tea Biscuits
1 (9-inch) graham cracker pie crust
1 container nonpareil multi colored sprinkles
1 chocolate bar (like Hersheys)
Directions
- To prepare the custard, whisk together the eggs, sugar and cornstarch in a medium saucepan. Add the milk in a slow stream while whisking constantly over medium heat. Continue whisking or stirring until the mixture just begins to boil. Remove from heat and add the vanilla, stirring well.
- Working quickly while the custard is hot, assemble the pie. Pour the Sambuca into a flat bottomed bowl. Spread a layer of custard in the bottom of the pie crust. Dip the Social Tea Biscuits individually into the Sambuca turning to coat both sides. Place a layer of biscuits on the hot custard, breaking the biscuits if necessary to fill in any large gaps. Continue layering custard and biscuits ending with custard (it's about 3 layers of custard to 2 layers of biscuits). You will not use the whole box.
- Top the pie with a generous splatter of sprinkles. Using a vegetable peeler, place long curls of chocolate on top as well, if desired.
- Chill pie without cover until set, about 45 minutes.
- Variations: By changing the flavors of liqueur, cookies and/or custard many different but equally delicious pies can be created. A Frangelico-flavored pie in a prepared chocolate crumb crust is great! Use chocolate wafers and chocolate cookies and it tastes like a Bacci hazelnut candy. The combinations are limited only by your imagination and the contents of your liqueur cabinet!