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4TH OF JULY DOUBLE BERRY CREAM PIE!

Ingredients
  

  • 1 pint heavy whipping cream divided
  • 8 ounces cream cheese at room temperature
  • 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
  • ½ teaspoon almond extract
  • ½ teaspoon ground vanilla bean or 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ½ cup + 2 tablespoons honey divided
  • 1 cup strawberries
  • 1 cup blueberries
  • 1 ½ packages graham crackers
  • 9 tablespoons salted butter
  • 1 tablespoon brown sugar
  • pinch sea salt

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 375º.
  • Over low heat, melt butter.
  • Crush graham crackers in a food processor or blender until they have a sandy texture. Don’t over-blend into a flour. Pour into large bowl. Add butter and pinch of sea salt, and mix until you have a wet sand-like blend.
  • Press mixture evenly into bottom and sides of 9" pie pan. Bake for 10-12 minutes, until golden brown. Remove and let cool completely on a rack.
  • Using electric mixer, whip cream cheese, lemon juice, almond extract, vanilla, and ½ cup of honey until completely smooth (about 5 minutes). Set aside.
  • In a separate bowl, whip 1 cup heavy whipping cream until soft peaks form. Fold whipped cream into cream cheese mixture. Set aside.
  • Using a fork, mortar and pestle, or other macerating device, crush strawberries with 1 tablespoon of honey. Set aside.
  • Whip the second cup of whipping cream with 1 tablespoon of honey until soft peaks form.
  • Once pie crust is completely cool, spread the whipped cream cheese mixture into the bottom of the pan.
  • In a clean bowl, mix a little over half of the honey whipped cream with a half cup or more of crushed strawberries, as you like. Spread this evenly over the top of the whipped cream cheese.
  • Scoop the rest of the honey whipped cream onto the center of the strawberry whipped cream and make another, smaller circle. Swirl in more of the macerated strawberries.
  • Arrange blueberries in rows atop this layer. Chill at least two hours. Slice and serve with extra fresh fruit and macerated strawberries, as you like.