Margarita Pie
Recipe Link: source: Santa Fe, Light and Spicy Recipe Cookbook List of Ingredients
1 1/2 cups pretzels -- finely crushed
1 1/3 cups sugar
1/2 cup butter -- melted 1 Lime -- zested [outer green part grated off]
1/2 cup lime juice -- freshly squeezed
14 ounces sweetened condensed milk -- [1 can]
2 tablespoons Gold tequila
2 tablespoons Triple sec
1 cup heavy cream -- whipped
2 drops green food coloring
-- optional
1/2 cup heavy cream -- whipped
12 Pretzels
12 Mint leaves
Recipe
In a medium bowl place the crushed pretzels, sugar, and melted butter. Mix the ingredients together well and press them in a 9-inch buttered pie pan. Chill the crust in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
In another medium bowl, place the lime zest, lime juice, sweetened condensed milk, tequila, and triple sec. Mix the ingredients together.
Fold in the 1 cup of heavy cream, whipped, and the green food coloring. Pour the mixture into the pie crust. Freeze the pie for 4 hours.
When ready to serve, decorate the pie with 1/2 cup of whipped cream, pretzels, and mint leaves. Let pie stand at room temperature for 10 minutes before slicing.
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