Lou'S Mango Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 large mangoes, peeled, pitted and sliced
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
3/4 cup unbleached cane sugar, separated
3 tablespoons cornstarch
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon rum
1 prepared 9 inch pie shell

Preparation

Bake pie shell according to package directions.
Drizzle lemon juice over mango slices and mix lightly.
Add 1/4 cup of sugar and toss gently.
Set aside for 1 hour.
Drain mango, reserving syrup.
Add enough water to syrup to measure 1 cup of liquid.
Combine 1/2 cup of sugar and cornstarch in a saucepan.
Stir in the mango liquid until thoroughly blended.
Stirring constantly, bring mixture to a boil; boil until thick and clear.
Stir in rum.
Remove from heat and blend in butter and salt.
Gently mix in mango slices.
Turn into baked pie shell, cool and chill.