Mango pie

I made this pie on a pie day ;P that is on 22/7 ;)
I should tell you that you’ve landed on the right spot if you’re looking for a quick and easy dessert for your pot-luck parties. Yeah, this is a very simple mango pie recipe that needs no baking and involves no messing in your kitchen. Just pour in the ingredients, blend and refrigerate. That very simple dessert but one which will beat all other desserts brought to any big get-together parties.

Preparation time : 15 min + 8 hours
Makes : one 9" pie

Ingredients :

Mango pulp : 2 cups
Milk : 1/2 cup
Sugar : 1/4 cup or to taste
Water : 2 Tbsp
Gelatin : 1 1/2 Tbsp
Heavy Whipping cream : 1 cup

Method :

I got a ready-made no-bake crust (Graham’s ready crust). It’s a 9 inch pie crust. Save the plastic cover in the product. We will need it once we finish preparing the pie.

What gives the jelly consistency to the mango pie? I got Knox gelatin (unflavoured). I used just one packet. That itself gave enough jelly-ness to the pie. You can substitute gelatin with agar agar.

Take a large mixing bowl and add two tablespoons of cold water or milk to it. Sprinkle the gelatin powder over the water to make the gelatin wet.
Then pour hot milk to the gelatin and mix to dissolve the gelatin completely. Make sure there are no
lumps.
Then add the mango pulp and the sugar and mix well.

If you’re lucky to make your own mango puree/pulp, fine. I got a tin of sweetened mango pulp from the Indian stores. [If your mango pulp is not very sweet then you will have to use 1/2 cup of sugar (adjust sugar amount according to your taste). You can also substitute sugar with 1/2 cup of sweetened condensed milk.

Keep this aside.

Next take the whipping cream in a separate bowl and whip it using an electric whisk to make it fluffy
(till soft peaks form). This should take about 4-5 minutes.
Finally fold in this whipped cream with the mango mixture slowly and once mixed in thoroughly
pour it into the pie crust.
The quantity given in the ingredients list exactly fits a 9 inch pie crust.
Close the filled crust with the cover. Refrigerate it for 6 to 8 hours. I kept it in my fridge overnight. [By the way, it’s up to you to decide if you really need a pie crust. Yeah, you can just pour them into a bowl/cup and simply scoop it and enjoy after refrigerating]
and…. the mango pie is ready.

                                                   

Enjoy your dish :)
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