Black Beauty Pie

Ingredients

16 stewed california figs
700 ml milk
1 gelatin
100 gr sugar
10 gr instant coffee
3 gr cinnamon
1 package chocolate pudding
4 gr vanilla
60 gr slivered almonds
60 gr almonds
9 pie shell
240 ml cream

Instructions

-sweetened, vanilla-flavored Drain stewed figs thoroughly. Set aside several figs to garnish pie top. Cut up remaining figs into small bits, discarding stems. In half cup of the milk, dissolve the gelatin. Place remaining milk in saucepan with coffee, sugar, cinnamon and package of chocolate pudding. Stir over low heat until pudding thickens and bubbles up. Stir in the gelatin. Cool. Then add vanilla and toasted, slivered almonds. Pour into pie shell and chill. Top with sweetened, vanilla-flavored whipped cream. Dry the whole figs carefully and use with toasted whole almonds to garnish pie top.