Cranberry Chiffon Pie Food

LEMON CHIFFON PIE WITH GLAZED CRANBERRIES

Steps:

• For crust:
• Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray 9-inch deep-dish glass pie dish with nonstick spray. Mix cookie crumbs and melted butter in small bowl. Press crumb mixture over bottom and up sides of prepared dish. Bake until golden brown, about 20 minutes. Cool on rack.
• For filling:
• Place 1/4 cup water in small bowl; sprinkle gelatin over. Let stand until gelatin softens, about 10 minutes. Whisk egg yolks, 1/3 cup sugar, lemon juice, and lemon peel in top of double boiler to blend. Cook over barely simmering water until custard thickens, whisking frequently, about 6 minutes. Transfer to large bowl. Add gelatin to hot custard; whisk to dissolve. Place over bowl of ice water; stir until cool and thickened but not set, about 12 minutes.
• Using electric mixer, beat egg whites in another large bowl until soft peaks form. Gradually add 1/3 cup sugar; beat until stiff but not dry. Fold egg white mixture into custard in 2 additions. Using electric mixer, beat cream in medium bowl until peaks form. Fold into lemon mixture. Transfer filling to cooled crust. Cover with plastic and chill overnight. (Can be made 2 days ahead. Keep chilled.)
• For topping:
• Stir sugar and 1/3 cup water in medium saucepan over medium-low heat until sugar dissolves. Increase heat to medium-high; bring to boil. Add cranberries; cook until half have popped, about 5 minutes. Add jelly; stir until melted. Cool to room temperature. Gently spoon topping over pie. Chill at least 30 minutes to set. (Can be made 4 hours ahead; keep refrigerated.)

STRAWBERRY CHIFFON PIE

Steps:

• In a large bowl stir boiling water into dry gelatin mix for 2 minutes until completely dissolved.
• Add 1 cup ice cubes and cold water. Stir until ice is completely melted.
• Stir in lime peel and juice.
• Add whipped topping and stir with a wire wisk until well blended.
• Stir in chopped strawberries.
• Refrigerate mixture for 1 hour.
• Spoon into crust.
• Refrigerate 4 hours or overnight.
• ENJOY!

NO-BAKE CRAN-RASPBERRY CHIFFON PIE

Steps:

• In pot over high heat combine cranberries, raspberries, 1 3/4 cup sugar and 1 cup water.
• Bring to boil.
• Cook until mixture thickens, about 10 minutes.
• Remove from heat, cool slightly.
• In blender, puree until smooth; strain and discard solids.
• Transfer to bowl.
• In microwave-safe bowl mix juice and gelatin; let stand 5 minutes.
• Microwave on high until dissolved, 15 seconds.
• Stir into cranberry mixture.
• Fill larger bowl half-way with ice.
• Set bowl of cranberry mixture in ice-filled bowl; cool, stirring frequently, until room temperature, 10 minutes.
• Remove.
• Pour 1 1/2 cups cranberry mixture into crust; freeze 15 minutes.
• At high speed beat 1 1/2 cups cream until soft peaks form; gradually fold into remaining cranberry.
• Spread 2 cups whipped cream mixture over gelatin mixture in pie.
• Refrigerate pie and remaining filling 30 minutes.
• Mound remaining whipped cream mixture over pie.
• Refrigerate until set, 4 hours.
• At high speed beat remaining cream and sugar until stiff peaks form; if desired, transfer to pastry bag filtered with star tip.
• Pipe rosettes or spoon whipped cream over pie.
• Refrigerate until ready to serve.
• Garnish with dragees and cranberries just before serving, if desired.

RASPBERRY CHIFFON PIE

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan over medium heat, cook frozen raspberries until they begin to release their juices. Add pectin, sugar and salt. Bring to a boil and cook 2 minutes until slightly thickened. Remove from heat and strain. Press down on solids to extract as much liquid as possible; discard solids. Reserve 1/3 cup of jam and cool to room temperature. Fold fresh raspberries into remaining jam and pour into pie crust.
• In the work bowl of a mixer, combine boiling water with raspberry-flavored gelatin. Stir until gelatin is fully dissolved. Add cream cheese and cooled raspberry jam. Beat with whisk attachment on high until cream cheese is fully incorporated (turn speed up slowly). Scrape down sides of bowl several times.
• Add heavy cream. Start on medium-low until combined, then whip on high until thick but still pourable. Pour over jam in pie crust. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until set, at least 3 hours. (Pie can be held in refrigerator at this point, up to 2 days.).
• Whip very cold heavy cream with sugar until very thick. Fill piping bag with star tip with whipped cream. Pipe rosettes in circles to cover entire surface.