Impossible Pie

Since I am fasting I get to sit in the tea room at work and do nothing. I would have worked through the lunch break but I don't get paid for it so I would rather relax for the half hour. I found this recipe in one of the women's magazines that are lying around there (since it is mostly women I work with..) and thought that it sounded good and easy enough for me to make. I had yet to make something good during this ramadan and so I cut out the recipe and brought it home with me. The recipe says it takes 10 minutes for preparation. I took half an hour. It is supposed to cook in 45 minutes but after an hour it was burnt on the top and liquid in the inside. Since we were fed up by then we just scraped off the cooked top part and had it with ice cream and let me say that that was the best thing I have tasted in quite a long time. I am going to try and make it again soon and hopefully this time I will be able to cook it thoroughly. But you have to really agree with its name. It really is impossible but I will still have fun trying.

impossible pie

• 1/2 cup plain flour
• 1 cup caster sugar
• 1 cup dessicated coconut
• 2 cups milk
• 440g can crushed pineapple, drained
• 4 eggs beaten lightly
• 125g butter, melted
• 1/4 cup flaked almonds
• 2 tablespoons golden syrup
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• ice-cream, to serve

1. Preheat oven to moderate, 180 degrees celsius. Lightly grease a 24cm pie plate.
2. Sift flour into a large bowl. Stir in sugar and coconut.
   
3. In another bowl, combine all the remaining ingredients. Blend into dry ingredients until well combined.
4. Pour mixture into prepared pie plate. Bake for 40-45 minutes until firm and golden. Serve warm with ice cream.