Pies And Pastries
Strawberry Cheese Pie
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
- 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.
- 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.