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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
- 3 cups (225g) salted pretzels
- ¼ cup (60g) caster sugar
- ¾ stick (75g) butter
- 1 tbsp nutella
- 8oz (250g) cream cheese, at room temperature
- 1¼ cup nutella
- ½ cup (125ml) heavy cream
- Preheat the oven to 300F/150C
- 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.
- Toss the pretzels and sugar together in a bowl.
- 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.
- Place into the oven and bake for 15-20 minutes, or until it smells toasty and looks a darker. Set aside to cool completely.
- To make the filling, beat the cream cheese and nutella together until combined - do not overbeat.
- 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.
- Remove from the freezer for 10 minutes or so before serving.
nutella cheesecake ? yes, please. and love that you don’t have to bake the cheesecake (mine always cracks + i get too impatient).
Natural schmatural! This looks epic.
Aaah that looks so good! I want it now! it’s my sister’s birthday this weekend and i was thinking of making a nutella cheesecake… now i’m wondering if maybe i should make this instead…
This. Is. Perfect.
Um, YES! I am drooling over this pie and in love with that crust!
And I thought nutella couldn’t get better… Obviously, I was wrong.
This looks like absolute perfection! And dreaming about it is making the last half hour of work on a Friday afternoon nearly torturous…
What does Michael Pollan know, anyhow? That man’s never had a day of fun in his whole life. Let’s eat pie and play Clue. xo
This was so easy to make! And super delicious – put some crushed hazelnuts in the center for garnish. Was a big hit
I think that is a perfect title. Especially with “nutella’ and “pretzel” and “cheesecake”–I would be all over this pie :D
absolutely obsessed with those vintage game pieces..I would be thrilled to eat this pie and play checkers for hours!
This looks unbelievably amazing. Diets are for quitters.
Chocolate is a vegetable and Nutella is a food group.
P.S. I think we’re food soul mates.