This recipe went on my Sunday List. That is, things I will only make on Sunday nights so I have limited time to be around them. I’m lucky to have coworkers who are willing to consume my goodies, so on Mondays I bring anything that was made the day before and is too dangerous to be in my house with me to work.
Do you see what I’m saying? Dangerous!
This pie was so much fun to make, and the one (large) slice that I allowed myself to eat was heavenly. It’s a perfect spring-time pie, you know, if spring were to actually arrive. There is a fresh layer of snow on the ground right now, on APRIL 20th, so we are still waiting upon that elusive season known as spring.
Before you start the pie, make a batch of dulce de leche. Or buy a 16-oz. jar at the store.
In a food processor, combine:
One 8-oz. box gingersnaps, lightly crushed
1 dried sweetened pineapple ring, coarsely chopped
2 tablespoons candied ginger, coarsely chopped
4 tablespoons butter, softened
Process until fine crumbs form.
Press the crumbs evenly over the bottom and 1 inch up the side of a 9-inch springform pan. Freeze until firm, about 10 minutes.
In a food processor, combine:
1 1/4 cups dulce de leche
1/2 cup passion fruit nectar
Process until smooth.
Spread 1 pint of vanilla ice cream inside the chilled crust. Using a small spoon, scoop 2 more pints of vanilla ice cream into the crust, leaving some nooks and crannies.
Drizzle 3/4 cup of the dulce de leche sauce over the ice cream, allowing it to pool in spots.
Sprinkle with:
1/4 cup salted roasted pistachios, coarsely chopped
2 tablespoons shredded sweetened coconut
Freeze until firm, at least 2 1/2 hours.
Remove the ring from the pan and cut the pie into wedges. Serve the extra dulce de leche sauce at the table.
The ginger in the crust adds such a unique flavor to this pie. Insanely delicious!
Passion Fruit Ice Cream Pie
Ingredients
- 1 8 oz. box gingersnaps lightly crushed
- 1 dried sweetened pineapple ring (1 ½ ounces), coarsely chopped
- 2 tbsp. candied ginger coarsely chopped
- 4 tbsp. unsalted butter softened
- 1 1/4 cups dulce de leche (one 16-oz. jar)
- 1/2 cup passion fruit nectar
- 3 pints vanilla ice cream slightly softened
- 1/4 cup salted roasted pistachios coarsely chopped
- 2 tbsp. shredded sweetened coconut
Instructions
- In a food processor, combine the crushed gingersnaps with the pineapple, candied ginger and butter and process until fine crumbs form. Press the crumbs evenly over the bottom and 1 inch up the side of a 9-inch springform pan. Freeze until firm, about 10 minutes.
- In a blender, blend the dulce de leche and passion fruit nectar until smooth.
- Spread 1 pint of ice cream in the chilled crust. Using a very small ice cream scoop (2 tablespoons), scoop the remaining 2 pints of ice cream into the crust, leaving some nooks and crannies. Drizzle ¾ cup of the dulce de leche sauce over the ice cream, allowing it to pool in spots. Sprinkle with the pistachios and coconut and freeze until firm, at least 2 ½ hours.
This is beautiful!
This looks so good! I love how the filling oozes in that first photo.
Oh my god. This is so unusual and *so* appealing – I love ginger (I use gingersnaps or gingernuts as we call them in New Zealand) in every cheesecake base I make. Gorgeous.
FOOD PORN!!! I adore passion fruit in anything. This is definitely going to be a must on my next baking project. Thanks for sharing!
i NOW know how to remedy all those disaster ice cream cakes I made before! thank you! 😀
This is DEFINITELY dangerous… and delicious! I don't know that I've ever had anything quite like this, but it sounds fantastic!
uhmmm. excuse me, your pie is "bleeding" and I want to eat it!
Wow! Just wow!
Oh my deliciousness!!! That is like pie heaven! What a great recipe!
Lordy, that's fantastic. What a passion-fruity, tasty treat!
I love the concept of your Sunday lists 🙂 And this pie! This looks to-do for and definitely dangerous to have around.
OMG! This looks amaaaaazing! Passion fruit is my passion (no pun intended), so this sounds perfect for me…and your photos are beautiful too! How did you manage to limit yourself to one slice?
This sure looks dangerous … gorgeous yummy dangerous. Thanks so much fir dropping by and for those beautiful comments 🙂
This pie/ice cream cake look amazing! I love dulce de leche and this is totally calling to me! Thanks for sharing the recipe!
Wow this does indeed look fantastic and I love anything topped with pistachios. 🙂 You can get a few slices of that out of the house… and send them over to me!
Wow…this pie looks decaent and I can see why you can't have it sitting in your fridge. I am sure your co-workers must love it. I certainly would!
Spring…what spring? We just had some snow yesterday!! 🙁
oh oh my. definitely a sunday night recipe. we're having a stingy spring around here too but this pie would make everything much much better.
Oh my, this looks sinfully good. Passion fruit is one of my all-time favorite flavors, but I would have never thought of mixing it with dulce de leche. Incredible! BTW amazing will power, I think I would have eaten this all by myself :_)
Oh. Wow. That looks so good. No wonder you needed to get it out of the house pronto.
that looks ridiculous!! sooo good! Im gonna turn that passionfruit creme into ice cream!