Lulu’S Lemon Crunch Pie
- 1 cup Sliced Toasted Almonds, Reserve Some To Decorate
- 3/4 cups Ginger Or Lemon Crunch Cookies
- 1/4 cups Butter, Melted
- 1-3/4 cup Canned Condensed Milk
- 2 cups Heavy / Double Cream
- 1 cup Fresh Lemon Juice And Zest (approx 4 Large Lemons)
- 1 - Lightly oil an 18 - 20cm (7 - 8 inch) spring-release cake tin, line the base with grease-proof / non-stick baking parchment.
- You could make this in a pie dish if you would prefer, then you can skip the parchment paper lining.
- 2 - Blitz the cookies and toasted almonds together in a food processor for about a minute until roughly chopped, empty into a bowl and then mix in the melted butter and stir until evenly distributed.
- 3 - Press this mixture firmly into the base of the lined cake tin or pie dish, and refrigerate for a minimum of 30 minutes.
- 4 - Zest all 4 lemons (without the Pith please!) and then juice them too, you should get about a cup-full of juice and also the zest.
- 5 - Empty the cans of condensed milk into a bowl and stir in the cream - give it a good stir, make sure it is well mixed together.
- 6 - Now, stirring constantly, add the lemon zest and juice a little bit at a time, as you do this the mixture will really start to thicken up, go on - get those arm muscles working!
- 7 - Pour the thickened mixture over the chilled cookie base and refrigerate overnight.
- 8 - Remove carefully from cake tin and sprinkle with toasted almonds for decoration if desired.
- Leave whole and serve on a pretty dish to impress your guests or serve in wedges / slices when the time comes!
- Note:
- OK - so we don't always plan these things enough in advance to chill them overnight, so in a pinch 6 hours serious chilling - minimum - will make it just thick enough to remove from the cake tin and stand on its own 2 feet, but I really recommend overnight for best results!
- Obviously if you are making this in a pie dish it doesn't matter as much but at least you wont have a gloopy soupy dessert to serve if you chill it for the right amount of time.
decorate, ginger, ubc, milk, cream, lemon juice
Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/desserts/lulue28099s-lemon-crunch-pie/ (may not work)