ZESPRI® GOLD Kiwifruit and Cheese Pie

Directions

Crust

1. Preheat oven to 325°F
2. In a bowl, toss together all ingredients
3. Press crust into pie shell, about ¼ inch thick and up the sides
4. Brush pie crust lightly with butter
5. Gently place in oven and bake for about 10 - 12 minutes
6. Remove from oven and let cool completely
7. Refrigerate while preparing the filling

Cheese Filling

1. In an electric mixer, beat cream cheese, goat cheese, sugar, lime zest, salt, and vanilla powder until light and fluffy. In the meantime, whip cream till soft peaks
2. Remove bowl from mixer and fold crème fraiche into cream cheese mixture, followed by the whipped cream. Fill pie into the prepared shell till almost the top, leaving about ¼” or so. Refrigerate pie until the top of filling is set, about 40 minutes
3. Arrange ZESPRI® GOLD Kiwifruit in concentric circles atop filling, overlapping slightly, and refrigerate until serving. If the pie is to be refrigerated for more than 4 hours, cover with plastic wrap directly on the ZESPRI® GOLD Kiwifruit

Shaved Kiwi Ice

1. Bring sugar with ¼ cup of water to heat until it is melted
2. Transfer syrup to blender, add ZESPRI® GOLD Kiwifruit and lime juice, and blend until smooth. Pour mixture into a metal pan and freeze until hard. One hour before serving, scrape the ice with a fork, and freeze again until serving

To Serve

1. Place tart in the middle of the bowl and surround the sides of the tart with Shaved Kiwi Ice. Garnish with a couple of torn mint leaves on the ice

Source

Pichet Ong, P*ONG, 150 West 10th Street, New York NY 10014