Frozen Nutella Cheesecake Pretzel Ice Cream Pie

Frozen Nutella Cheesecake Pretzel Ice Cream Pie // The Sugar Hit

 

Sometimes it’s fun to abandon all recipe-naming restraint. Just put all of the possible words that you can into the title. This time it was six. Count ’em: frozen, nutella, cheesecake, ice cream, pie.

 

Yes I count ice cream and one word. You ought to know that much about me by now. And if you didn’t already know that, then you might be surprised to hear this too – I think food is the funnest. This pie? Case in point.

 

Frozen Nutella Cheesecake Pretzel Ice Cream Pie // The Sugar Hit

 

There are absolutely no naturally occurring food stuffs in this pie. This is alllll manufactured baby. Cream cheese, nutella, pretzels, more nutella, butter, sugar, cream, nutella.

 

This six-words-long pie is perhaps the definition of a ‘sometimes food’. I feel like Michael Pollan would not be cool with it. I feel like a lot of food people would not be cool with it. It’s hard to care with a mouthful of pie.

 

Frozen Nutella Cheesecake Pretzel Ice Cream Pie // The Sugar Hit

 

Anyway, I know you don’t come here for diet advice! You got that shit locked down I’m sure. You’re eating your greens, and drinking your juice, and making sure you get your two fruits and five vegggies a day.

 

You come here when that little voice inside your head says…let’s go a little crazy this weekend.

 

Frozen Nutella Cheesecake Pretzel Ice Cream Pie // The Sugar Hit

 

Which, let’s face it, is probably what was going through Miss Scarlet’s head when she went beserk in the conservatory with the lead piping. A piece of pie, in my opinion, is a much less destructive outlet for that part of human nature.

 

Well, a piece of pie, and letting your competitive streak run wild on the boardgame. Yeah, I’m that pain in the ass who’s competitive at board games. I NEED AN OUTLET PEOPLE. So let me school you at scrabble once in a while, OK?

 

Frozen Nutella Cheesecake Pretzel Ice Cream Pie // The Sugar Hit

 

This pie is crazy-easy to make. It’s not neat, it doesn’t cut amazingly well, and it won’t last in your freezer for more than a fortnight. But that’s not because it’ll spoil. It just won’t survive that long.

 

Make it, trust me, and you’ll see! Now let’s hit the Monopoly board, bitches! I feel like dominating the property market.

 

xx Sarah.

 

Frozen Nutella Cheesecake Pretzel Ice Cream Pie // The Sugar Hit

Frozen Nutella Cheesecake Pretzel Ice Cream Pie
 
A simple, frozen pie, with a crunchy pretzel crust and a fudgy nutella cheesecake filling.
Author:
Serves: Serves 6-8
Ingredients
For the crust:
  • 3 cups (225g) salted pretzels
  • ¼ cup (60g) caster sugar
  • ¾ stick (75g) butter
  • 1 tbsp nutella
For the filling:
  • 8oz (250g) cream cheese, at room temperature
  • 1¼ cup nutella
  • ½ cup (125ml) heavy cream
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 300F/150C
  2. Crush the pretzels, either in a food processor or with your hands, until they are broken down - there should be a lot of rubble, and no pieces bigger than about an ⅛ of a pretzel.
  3. Toss the pretzels and sugar together in a bowl.
  4. Melt the butter and nutella together, in a small saucepan over a low heat, then pour over the pretzel mix. Toss and stir together, until everything is combined, and then gently pat into a 9inch glass pie dish.
  5. Place into the oven and bake for 15-20 minutes, or until it smells toasty and looks a darker. Set aside to cool completely.
  6. To make the filling, beat the cream cheese and nutella together until combined - do not overbeat.
  7. Whip the cream to stiff peaks, and then fold into the nutella base. Scrape the mixture into the pretzel crust and freeze for at least 4 hours or overnight.
  8. Remove from the freezer for 10 minutes or so before serving.
 

Frozen Nutella Cheesecake Pretzel Ice Cream Pie // The Sugar Hit

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