Blackberry Ice Box Pie
As seen on YouTube Wyse Guide
Ingredients
For the crust
- 9 whole graham crackers
- 3 tbsp sugar
- 5 tbsp butter melted and cooled
- ½ tsp salt
For the filling
- 12 oz blackberry
- 1 tbsp cornstarch
- ¾ cup sugar
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 2 ½ tsp unflavored gelatin
- 3 tbsp blackberry liqueur (or fresh lemon juice)
- 8 oz cream cheese room temperature
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
To prepare the filling
- Pour liqueur into small bowl and sprinkle with gelatin. Set aside to let gelatin bloom.
- In a small kettle, mash the blackberries with the cornstarch, sugar and lemon juice over medium-high heat and bring to a low boil. Boil until the sugar is completely dissolved and the mixture is bubbling throughout (activating the cornstarch).
- Remove from heat and add bloomed gelatin. Stir until the gelatin dissolves into the mixture.
- Let the mixture cool to at least room temperature before assembling the pie.
To prepare the crust
- While blackberry mixture cools, prepare and bake crust. Preheat oven to 325°F.
- Crush the graham crackers in the bowl of a food processor. Add sugar and salt. Pulse to combine and then process until a fine crumb is achieved.
- With the processor running, add the butter through the feed tube. Continue processing until completely combined, 20-30 seconds.
- Pour crumbs into a 9-inch pie dish and spread the crumbs out evenly, slightly pressing the crumbs up the sides. Using a flat bottomed measuring cup, firmly press the crumbs evenly on the bottom and up the sides, creating a lip around the rim.
- Bake in preheated oven until lightly golden, 15 minutes. Set aside to cool.
To assemble the pie
- Whip the heavy cream with vanilla until it reaches stiff peaks. Set aside.
- In the bowl of your electric mixer, beat cream cheese to ensure it is soft and smooth. Add roughly ⅔ (I guess on the amount) of the cooled blackberry jam mixture and beat until completely incorporated.
- Fold in ⅓ of whipped cream to lighten the cream cheese mixture then fold in the rest until no streaks remain.
- Pour remaining blackberry jam into cooled pie crust and spread evenly over the bottom.
- Dollop cream cheese mixture evenly over the top and smooth with a spatula.
- Chill pie for at least four hours before cutting.
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