Cooking & Baking

Arkansas Granny

(31,822 posts) Wed Nov 20, 2024, 11:20 AM 17 hrs ago

Question about recipe ingredient.

This recipe looks very interesting, but I don't understand the addition of white vinegar. What exactly does it do for the pie?

French Coconut Pie
Ingredients
3 whole Eggs, Beaten
1-½ cup Sugar
1 cup Flaked Coconut
1 stick Butter, Melted
1 Tablespoon White Vinegar
1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
1 pinch Salt
1 whole 9" Uncooked Pie Shell
Preparation Instructions
Mix filling ingredients well and pour into the pie shell. Bake at 350F for 1 hour.

I'm definitely going to try this, but was curious about the vinegar.

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Question about recipe ingredient. (Original Post) Arkansas Granny 17 hrs ago OP

Good question intrepidity 17 hrs ago #1

Its used to control the sweetness of the pie. drray23 17 hrs ago #2

My grandmother and aunts always added a bit of lemon juice in their baked goods containing fruit. Irish_Dem 15 hrs ago #5

Just guessing here EYESORE 9001 17 hrs ago #3

Balance the sugar. My mother used to sneak cachukis 16 hrs ago #4

intrepidity

(7,891 posts)

1. Good question

Reply to Arkansas Granny (Original post)

Wed Nov 20, 2024, 11:23 AM

17 hrs ago

Only thing I can think of is to tenderize the coconut?

drray23

(7,962 posts)

2. Its used to control the sweetness of the pie.

Reply to Arkansas Granny (Original post)

Wed Nov 20, 2024, 11:24 AM

17 hrs ago

You could use another acid, like lemon juice to achieve the same goal, which is get your pie to the sweetness level you want, not too sweet, just right.

Irish_Dem

(57,309 posts)

5. My grandmother and aunts always added a bit of lemon juice in their baked goods containing fruit.

Reply to drray23 (Reply #2)

Wed Nov 20, 2024, 12:30 PM

15 hrs ago

For the reason you cite.

EYESORE 9001

(27,514 posts)

3. Just guessing here

Reply to Arkansas Granny (Original post)

Wed Nov 20, 2024, 11:26 AM

17 hrs ago

The intention may be to cause some reaction between vinegar and egg that is beneficial to the recipe - perhaps to thicken the mixture.If it were simply added as a sour flavor to offset the other ingredients, I think lemon juice would be better, but pay no mind to my idle musings.

cachukis

(2,666 posts)

4. Balance the sugar. My mother used to sneak

Reply to Arkansas Granny (Original post)

Wed Nov 20, 2024, 11:58 AM

16 hrs ago

vinegar into pie crusts to counter the sweetness of sugared fruits.

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