Mango Strawberry Pie with Coconut Crumb Topping

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This Mango Strawberry Pie with Coconut Crumb Topping is a tropical flavored dessert worthy of any celebratory occasion!

Mango Strawberry Pie with Coconut Crumb Topping

Sometimes you wake up and you realize you are years older than you imagine yourself as. That is what happened to me last weekend when Wyatt’s little brother graduated from college. The exact same college I had graduated from several years back. The memories of him being a freshman and showing him the ropes around campus are so fresh. I’ve known him for four years but I always envision him as that young and naive freshman; I guess that means I always envision myself as that outgoing, a little too judgmental and way too cocky junior. That was a good year – it was the year I lived with two wild friends and it was the year we hosted all sorts of parties with local bands in our basement and it was the year I met Wyatt. It was the year that I got his brother a little too drunk when we went to see Ty Segall and Wyatt wouldn’t talk to me for days. It was the year I had come back from living in Nashville and it was the year I finally truly and honestly felt comfortable in my skin. It was the year they banned 4Loko (thank goodness) and it was the year I got hired at my current job. It was the year I always look back on and can picture so clearly when thinking about college.

Mango Strawberry Pie with Coconut Crumb ToppingMango Strawberry Pie with Coconut Crumb ToppingMango Strawberry Pie with Coconut Crumb Topping

Bloomington has a way of pushing these memories to the forefront. I guess that is what happens when you decide to stay in the same town you went to college in. For the most part, I feel very detached from my college self with a whole different lifestyle and completely different hang out spots. Hell, I rarely even remember the university is across town until I’m trying to find parking on a Friday night at my favorite local movie store that happens to be very close to a few “bro” bars called ‘Sports’ and ‘Brothers’. But it does seem that graduation weekend and the first week of classes always gets me a little sentimental – I can’t help it…maybe I’m a little jealous or maybe a little relieved but mostly I’m just curious where the time goes.

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Despite the whirlwind of sentimental thoughts that were going through my mind during the graduation party last weekend, I still made sure to make the day about him. Since Wyatt and I still live in the town that we all went to college in – we hosted his gradation party in our backyard with a big grill out. His mother brought all sorts of wonderful kebobs and dips and left me in charge of dessert.

After at least a week of naggy texts, I managed to finally get out of Zach that he wanted pie for his celebratory dessert. I ended up making a Strawberry Rhubarb Pie (go figure – it is spring) and this tropical Mango Strawberry Pie. The best part about this pie is the coconut crumb topping – its not overly sweet but still irresistible and the coconut will remind you of laying in the sun on spring break.

Mango Strawberry Pie with Coconut Crumb Topping
This Mango Strawberry Pie with Coconut Crumb Topping is a tropical flavored dessert worthy of any celebratory occasion!
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Vegetarian
Servings: 1 Pie
Author: Shelly Westerhausen
Ingredients
For the crust:
  • 1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 8 Tablespoons cold butter (1 stick)
  • ~1/4 cup ice water
For the filling:
  • 2 cups chopped strawberries , cut into 1 inch pieces
  • 2 cups chopped mangom cut into 1 inch pieces
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 3 Tablespoons all purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon lemon zest
For the coconut topping:
  • 3/4 cup all purpose flour
  • 1 cup shredded coconut
  • Dash of Salt
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • 8 Tablespoons (1 stick) of butter
Instructions
  1. To make the crust: combine the flour, salt, sugar, and butter in a food processor and pulse until it resembles coarse ground meal. Slowly pour in the ice water (a tablespoon at a time) while the processor is running until the dough comes together. Wrap the dough in foil and stick in the freezer for 10 minutes.
  2. Preheat oven to 375 degrees and butter the pie pan. Roll out the chilled dough until a circular disk large enough to fit your pie pan and transfer the dough to the prepared pan. Use a fork to poke holes all over the dough.
  3. To make the filling: combine the chopped strawberries, mangoes, flour, lemon zest, and sugar. Transfer filling to the pie pan.
  4. To make the crumb: combine the sugar, coconut, salt, and brown sugar in a bowl. Use a pastry blender or your hands to work the butter into the coconut mixture until it resembles coarse meal. Sprinkle over the pie until its evenly spread across the whole pie.
  5. Cover the pie with tin foil and cook for thirty minutes. Remove the tin foil and cook for an addition 20 minutes or until the crust is browned and the crumb has started to brown. Remove from the oven and let cool completely before serving.
  6. Garnish with whipped cream or fresh strawberries.

 

Mango Strawberry Pie with Coconut Crumb Topping

 

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16 Comments

  • Koko
    May 18, 2014

    I’ll be turning 24 in about a month and I literally cannot understand how that is possible. I feel 18…it’s wild!

    This pie looks awesome, I am loving the coconut crumb topping. It looks like streusel…but better!

  • Anna
    May 18, 2014

    Haha love this post. I think I have some very similar memories involving 4loco and Ty Segall shows while I was in college in Cleveland. Midwest, haha.

  • Liz B. @ Umami Life
    May 18, 2014

    This looks delicious, and pretty easy to make as a more “clean” dish. Also, how awesome are you for throwing the big grill-out graduation party? I’m sure the graduate mentioned is so grateful and will always remember that quality time with fam and friends. And, likely, how tasty this pie was to wolf down!

    http://thatumamilife.wordpress.com – a clean eating bento blog. Japanese or Asian-inspired.

  • Alanna
    May 19, 2014

    I know that phenomenon. I’ll always think of my elementary school best friend’s little brother as a bratty five year old. Now he’s in his late twenties and has a beard, but still! This pie sounds and looks divine!

  • Gabby @ the veggie nook
    May 19, 2014

    What an awesome summer flavour for a pie! You can bet this will be on my mind until I make it…which will probably be sooner rather than later 😉

  • Katrina @ Warm Vanilla Sugar
    May 19, 2014

    I love the flavour for this pie!! So yummy!

  • Erika
    May 19, 2014

    I know that feeling all to well…. Time seems to move faster in reality than in our minds.. This pie looks incredible.. Love that coconut crumble topping..

  • Mallory @ Because I Like Chocolate
    May 19, 2014

    Mangoes and strawberries; 2 of my favourite fruits this time of year!

  • Bell
    May 20, 2014

    ooh yum looks and sounds delish 🙂 and your photography..wow, gorgeous!

  • renee shuman
    May 20, 2014

    aaaa so perfect! i get those nostalgic feelings ALL THE TIME about college. can’t wait to make a (gluten free) version of this! freakin’ great shots, btw. inspiring me, girl!

  • Kris
    May 20, 2014

    Oooooh you are the best. I love, love, love pie. And Mango Strawberry!! Genius.

  • Nina
    May 21, 2014

    YUM. Mango, strawberries and coconut, that just sounds like heaven for me! I have nothing to celebrate but I’ll probably do this pie during the weekend anyway 😉
    I know SO MUCH how you feel. I can’t realize it’s been 5 years that I’ve had my baccalauréat (equivalent to the High School diploma in France), that I left my parent’s home, that it’s been 3 years that I moved in Grenoble. I still remeber my first days here, my 2 years at school, all the parties I had. Living in the same town as your university is tricky indeed! But I like this town and I still have very good friends there so that’s not bad 😉 it is true that my hanging spots changed a bit also! I am quite nostalgic of my years as a student, however when I think at my 18 or 20 years old self, I find myself so silly and immature (not that I feel that I am a responsible adult now though!) and I wouldn’t go back in time! It is easy to remember good memories but I must not forget that I hated my 2 years of preparatory class, and though I loved engineer school, I was SO fed up with studying at the end of it and I was only waiting to have a job! I guess I’ll change my mind in a few years!

  • Sini | my blue&white kitchen
    May 24, 2014

    Oh, wow. Mango strawberry pie! Love the exotic touch in this one, Shelly. Will remember this when I spot a perfect mango. Hope you’re having a great weekend, Sini.

  • Milli
    December 30, 2014

    Thanks so much for sharing this recipe. I just made this pie and it was sooo good!! Easy, yummy and vegan!

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