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Pío V

Name: Pío V
Total time: 90 min
Yield: Serves 10
Cuisine: Nicaragua
Ingredients: 200g Corn grits; 3 Egg; 200g Sugar; 100g Butter; 500ml Milk; 2 tsp Baking Powder; 80ml Rum; 2 tbsp Cornstarch; 1 Cinnamon stick; A pinch Cinnamon powder; 200ml Water

Dessert

⏱ 90 min

👥 Serves 10

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Corn cake soaked with rum syrup and topped with custard — a Nicaraguan sweet.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Pío V (Pius V) is a traditional Nicaraguan sweet bearing the name of a pope: a cornmeal cake is soaked with rum syrup, topped with cinnamon-scented custard, and browned. There are various theories about the name. It's made for celebrations and when guests come.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a sweet shop in an old Nicaraguan town, golden custard sits atop a cake soaked in rum syrup as it's cut into squares.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 10)

Corn grits 200g
Egg 3
Sugar 200g
Butter 100g
Milk 500ml
Baking Powder 2 tsp
Rum 80ml
Cornstarch 2 tbsp
Cinnamon stick 1
Cinnamon powder A pinch
Water 200ml

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Mix the corn grits, melted butter, 1 egg, 80g sugar, 200ml milk, and baking powder, pour into a pan, and bake at 180°C for 30 minutes.
Simmer water, 70g sugar, and the cinnamon stick into a syrup and add the rum.
Poke holes in the baked cake with a skewer and pour over the syrup to soak in.
Mix 300ml milk, 2 eggs, 50g sugar, and cornstarch and cook until thick to make custard.
Spread the custard over the cake, sprinkle with cinnamon, and bake at 200°C for 10 minutes.

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