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Preheat oven 325' F, Butter a 8x8 inch casserole dish, scatter 2 T. of coconut in dish. Have a water bath set up to put dish in.
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Cook noddles and drain well.
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Beat eggs, milk , half & half, pepper, salt, vanilla, 5 spice, and ginger using a wire whisk.
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Add noodles and stir together.
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Pour into prepared dish, scatter remaining coconut and almonds on top, drizzle with melted butter.
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Cover tightly with tin foil, place in water bath and bake for 35 minutes.
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Remove foil, bake another 10 minutes, almonds and coconut will brown lightly. remove from water bath.
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Serve with Pineapple Brule
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Slice pineapple in 1/4 inch rings and then quarter
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Using a small saucepan melt butter over low heat.
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Add 1 cup of brown sugar, water, bourbon, lime juice, ginger and scrape vanilla bean into pan.
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Cook for 10 minutes, stirring frequently. It should be bubbling on low heat and reduce to syrup consistency. Set aside. (This can be made a day ahead and refrigerated.)
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Arrange pineapple slices in pie dish and pour enough syrup over to almost cover pineapple, top each with pieces of ginger and sprinkle remaining 1/4 c. brown sugar on pineapple. (I continued to reduce the remaining sauce , would be great over ice cream:)
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Put pie dish under the broiler and heat until pineapple caramelizes to your liking.
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Cut a piece of kugel, arrange pineapple on or around kugel and drizzle with syrup.