LIME PIE OR ORANGECICLE PIE

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

LIME PIE OR ORANGECICLE PIE

My mom and uncle just love this pie. I usually make two when my uncle is visiting. The lime pie would make a perfect St. Patrick's Day dessert and you can have your children help you make it.

Ingredients
1 lime jello packet (or orange)
1 cup of lime juice (I usually get Tropicana--if you are using orange jello, use orange juice)
1 cup of vanilla ice cream (more if desired)
1 small prepared graham cracker crust
raspberry preserves for garnishing

Recipe
1. Boil one cup of Lime juice (if you are making orange jello boil the orange juice instead)
2. Place boiling water in a bowl
3. Place your jello in the boiling water and stir until all jello is dissolved
4. Place dissolved jello into blender (this should be very warm still)
5. Put 1 cup of vanilla ice cream (more if desired) into the blender with the jello and blend until every thing is a liquid and blended well
6. Pour liquid into the prepared graham cracker crust
7. Place pie into the freezer and let freeze for at least 2 hours (this step may depend on how high your freezer is set)--make sure that you place the pie on a flat surface so that it will not spill
8. After the pie is completely frozen you can cut it
9. Before you serve the pie, warm the raspberry preserves in the microwave so that it is runny (looks kind of like juice)
10. Place a spoonful of warm (runny) preserves onto each individual plate that you will be serving the pie on
11. Place a piece of frozen pie on top of the preserves and serve immediately.

Personal Note: The orange pie tastes just like an OrangeCicle