Pluot and Star Fruit French Vanilla Pudding Pie

Ingredients

• 3.5 ounce vanilla pudding mix french instant
• 2 cups milk 
• 1 9-inch pie crust prepared
• 3  pluots pitted halved
• 1  star fruit 

Equipment

• bowl
• oven
• whisk
• pie form

Directions

1. Preheat an oven to 400 degrees F (205 degrees C).
2. Place the pie crust into a 9-inch pie dish.
3. Bake the prepared pie crust in the preheated oven until golden brown, about 10 minutes. Set aside to cool.
4. Whisk together the milk and instant pudding in a large bowl; set aside. Slice 5 thin, attractive star-shaped slices from the middle of the star fruit, and reserve. Finely chop the rest of the star fruit.
5. Cut and reserve 10 thin, attractive half moon-shaped slices of a pluot, and reserve; finely chop the rest of the pluots. Stir chopped fruit into the prepared pudding.
6. Pour the pudding mixture into the baked pie crust; refrigerate until set, about 10 minutes.
7. Arrange the reserved slices of star fruit and pluot over the pie, and serve.