Pies And Pastries
Serves 8
7 ingredients

Ingredients

  • 1 pkg 8-ounce cream cheese, softened
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • ½ cup Irish Mist Liqueur
  • grated rind of 1 lemon
  • 1 prepared 9-inch graham cracker crumb crust
  • 1 quart fresh strawberries, hulled
  • ¼ cup strawberry or currant jelly

Method

  1. Beat together the cream cheese, sugar, 1/4 cup Irish Mist and lemon rind until well blended. Spread into the graham cracker crust. Arrange whole berries, stem side down, on top.
  2. Heat the jelly with the remaining 1/4 cup Irish Mist, stirring until smooth and syrupy. Spoon over the strawberries. Cover and chill for several hours.

Notes

Yield: makes 8 servings.

Original card

The recipe above was transcribed from this scan of Vera’s original card.