Star Spangled Banner Banana Split Pie
Ingredients:
3/4 cup graham cracker crumbs
3/4 cup finely chopped nuts
3 tablespoons butter, softened
2 tablespoons sugar
3 cups strawberry ice cream, softened
5 cups vanilla or blue berry ice cream, softened
1/2 cup blue berry syrup
Blue food color, optional
3 egg whites
1 cup marshmallow crème
Fresh blue berries, strawberries, bananas optional
Chocolate sauce, caramel sauce or fruit puree
Method:
Preheat oven to 325° F.
Combine crumbs, nuts, butter and sugar; mix well. Press into the bottom and up sides of a 9-inch pie plate or spring form pan which has been lined with parchment paper. Bake 10 minutes or until edges are golden brown. Cool.
Spread softened strawberry ice cream in bottom of pie shell; freeze 1 hour.
Spread half the vanilla ice cream over strawberry ice cream and freeze.
Stir blue berry syrup and optional blue food coloring into remaining vanilla ice cream and spread over vanilla layer; freeze at least 1 hour.
Preheat oven to 425° F.
Beat egg whites until stiff, fold in marshmallow crème and carefully spread over frozen ice cream layers being careful to seal edges of crust. Bake 3-5 minutes of until lightly browned. Freeze at least 6-8 hours or until firm.
To serve, slice into wedges, add fresh berries and banana slices, drizzle with syrup or fruit puree.
Notes:
Beautiful ice cream pie for celebrating Independence Day - bonus, you can make it ahead. Serves 8-12.
