Weekend Treat - Chocolate Lime Pie

Ingredients:

15 chocolate cream sandwich cookies
4 tbsp (60 ml) melted butter

1\2 cup (125 ml) fresh lime juice
2 cups (500 ml) 35% cream
2 tbsp (30 ml) sugar
1 can condensed milk
Pinch salt
1\4 cup crushed pineapple
1\4 cup sweetened coconut

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

In a sandwich bag crush the cookies with a rolling pin into small crumbs

Pour the crumbs into a bowl and mix with melted butter

Press into pie pan firmly with the bottom of a cup

Bake for around ten minutes or until set into a firm crust

Allow crust to cool completely

In a large bowl whip cream and sugar to soft peaks

Juice the limes into a bowl and zest one of them

Mix the condensed milk into the lime juice and whip until smooth

Add the pineapple and half the coconut and stir to combine

Add 1\4 cup of the whipped cream and fold in gently

Fold in the remaining whipped cream reserving half a cup for garnish

Pour the mixture into the cooled crust and refrigerate to set for at least 12 hours to set

Toast the remaining coconut for garnish

When set garnish the pie with whipped cream and coconut


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