When life gives you lemons… make a lemon pie! This pie combines the freshness of lemon, the creamy richness of cream cheese, and the crunch of Vanajan biscuits – resulting in a perfect treat for any occasion! And the best part? This recipe requires no baking!
When life gives you lemons… make a lemon pie!
Ingredients
- BASE
- 250 g Vanajan Lemon S-Cookie or Vanajan Oat Biscuits
- 100 g butter
- FILLING
- 200 g cream cheese (e.g., Philadelphia)
- 100 g quark
- 1 dl sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla sugar
- Grated zest and juice of 1 lemon
- DECORATION
- Lemon slices
- Mint leaves
- Whipped cream
Instructions
- BASE
- Crush Vanajan biscuits into fine crumbs using a food processor or by placing them in a plastic bag and crushing them with a rolling pin.
- Melt the butter and mix it with the biscuit crumbs.
- Lightly grease a 24 cm (⌀) springform base with butter and press the biscuit mixture evenly onto the base.
- The base can be prepared in two ways:
- Baking method: Bake in the oven at 180°C for about 8–10 minutes.
- No-bake method: Place the base in the refrigerator for 1–2 hours, allowing it to set without baking.
- FILLING
- Mix the cream cheese, quark, sugars, lemon juice, and lemon zest together until smooth.
- Let the filling rest in the refrigerator while the pie crust cools after baking or sets in the fridge. The filling does not need to be baked.
- FINAL TOUCHES
- Spread the filling evenly over the prepared crust.
- Decorate the pie with lemon slices, mint leaves, and whipped cream.
