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Margarita Pie
Helen Pitlick
5 minutes
8 servings
BeginnerNibble on this instead of sponge cake the next time you're looking for your lost shaker of salt.
Total Steps
6
Ingredients
13
Tools Needed
3
Ingredients
- 12 leaves mint, for garnish
- 12 pretzels pretzels, for garnish
- 1/2 cup heavy cream, whipped
- 2 dash green food coloring(optional)
- 1 cup heavy cream, whipped
- 2 tablespoons gold tequila
- 2 tablespoons Triple sec
- 1 can sweetened condensed milk (14 oz)
- 1/2 cup lime juice, freshly squeezed
- 1 lime zest
- 1/2 cup butter, melted
- 1 1/3 cup sugar
- 1 1/2 cup pretzels, finely crushed
Instructions
1
Step 1
In a medium bowl, place the crushed pretzels, sugar, and melted butter. Mix the ingredients together well and press them into a 9-inch buttered pie pan.
2
Step 2
1 hour
Chill the crust in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
3
Step 3
In another medium bowl, place the lime zest, lime juice, sweetened condensed milk, tequila, and triple sec. Mix the ingredients together.
4
Step 4
Fold in the 1 cup of whipped heavy cream and the green food coloring.
5
Step 5
4 hours
Pour the mixture into the pie crust. Freeze the pie for 4 hours.
6
Step 6
Decorate the pie with the 1/2 cup of whipped cream, pretzels, and mint leaves.
Tools & Equipment
medium bowl
9-inch pie pan
refrigerator