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Friday, May 11, 2012

CHILLY AND REFRESHING - LEM'N KEY LIME PIE

Garnished with Whipping Cream and Chocolate Syrup




“A Frozen Festival of Flavors”


A duet of delights come together in this mouth watering frosty favorite….The citrus chiefs lemon and Key lime, combine with Greek Yogurt and sweetened condensed milk to make this an easy and fun-filled dessert.  

Ingredients:
2 cups plain Greek yogurt (sour cream may be substituted)
1 (14 oz) can sweetened condensed milk
3 tablespoons lemon juice
3 tablespoons Key lime juice
1 tablespoon lemon zest (or the zest from one huge lemon)
1 Keebler shortbread crust (or graham crust)
Yellow food coloring
Green food coloring
Heavy whipping cream for garnish
Triple berry freezer jam or chocolate syrup for garnish
Frozen yogurt drops for garnish, optional

Garnished with Triple Berry Freezer Jam


Garnished with Triple Berry Freezer Jam and Frozen Yogurt Bites


Directions:
BEAT yogurt, sweetened condensed milk, lemon juice, Key lime juice and lemon zest together in a large bowl with an electric mixer until smooth and blended.   DIVIDE the filling evenly into two small mixing bowls.  SQUEEZE a few drops of yellow food coloring into one of the bowls of filling and a squeeze a few drops of green food coloring into the other bowl of filling.  MIX each bowl well.  POUR half of the green filling into the crust and smooth it with a spatula.  Next, POUR half of the yellow filling on top of green filling.  Gently SMOOTh it over the green.  REPEAT with the green and yellow filling alternating until the crust is full.  Then, take a tooth pick and gently MOVE it in circular motions to SWIRL the filling colors together. PUT in the freezer and freeze over night or until completely frozen.  GARNISH with piped whipping cream and berry freezer jam or chocolate syrup.

Ingredients

Ingredients Mixed

Yellow Filling

Green Filling

Green Layer

Layer 2 - Yellow Layer

Layers 3 and 4

Swirled and Ready to Freeze


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