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Fresh Pineapple Pie

We're all familiar with fresh strawberry pies cloaked in a glace topping. in this pie, it's fresh pineapple tidbits that are cloaked in a luscious glaze. in other words this pie is a kissing cousin to the strawberry glace pie. the recipe was printed in the jacksonville, florida, newspaper by food editor joel crea who said that this was one of the best-received recipes the newspaper has printed. included is a wonderful nut crust which you can use in a number of other pie recipes which call for an ordinary graham cracker crust. i haven't tried this yet, but wanted to share it for those of you who would like something different for your summer menus.

Steps

Twist crown from pineapple.
Cut pineapple into quarters.
Remove fruit from shell.
Core and cut pineapple into bite-size chunks.
Combine sugar , cornstarch , lemon peel , and nutmeg in a large saucepan.
Stir in water and food coloring.
Cook , stirring constantly , until sauce is clear and thickened.
Remove from heat.
Add pineapple chunks.
Cool.
Preheat oven to 325f while filling is cooling , prepare the nut crust.
Grind walnuts.
Spread in shallow pan.
Bake in oven 10-15 minutes or until just roasted , turning occasionally to roast evenly.
Advance heat to 400 degrees.
Add vanilla wafers , a few at a time to blender and blend to make enough crumbs to measure 3 / 4 cup.
Combine measured walnuts , crumbs , sugar and melted butter.
Press into bottom and up sides of a 10-inch pie plate.
Bake in oven 8 minutes.
Cool.
Spoon filling into cooled crust.
Pour sauce evenly over fruit.
Cover and chill overnight.

Ingredients

fresh pineapple, granulated sugar, cornstarch, lemon zest, ground nutmeg, water, yellow food coloring, ground walnuts, vanilla wafer crumbs, butter