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RECIPE: DEB WISE; PROP STYLING: MINDI SHAPIRO LEVINE; FOOD STYLING: TORIE COX

JUNE 2017 / SOUTHERNLIVING.COM

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Easy as Peach Pie

Beat the heat with this sweet freeze-ahead dessert

PHOTOGRAPH BY HECTOR MANUEL SANCHEZ

Peach Melba Ice-Cream Pie

This summer pie looks difficult, but thanks

to store-bought ice cream and a press-in

cookie crust, it’s a cinch to assemble. All you

need is enough time for it to freeze so the

layers look nice and neat.

ACTIVE 25 MIN. - TOTAL 12 HOURS, 55 MIN.,

INCLUDING 12 HOURS FREEZING

SERVES 8|

1 (5.25-oz.) pkg. thin almond cookies

(such as Anna’s)

1 cup salted roasted almonds

3 Tbsp. granulated sugar

1 ⁄ 4 tsp. kosher salt

6 Tbsp. unsalted butter, melted

4 cups vanilla ice cream, softened

and divided

2 medium peaches, divided

1 pint raspberry sorbet, softened

1 cup fresh raspberries (about 4 oz.)

1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Place cookies,
   almonds, sugar, and salt in the bowl of a
   food processor; process until finely ground,
   about 15 seconds. Drizzle butter over top of
   mixture; pulse until combined, 5 to 6 times.


2. Press crumb mixture into bottom and
   up sides of a lightly greased 9^1 ⁄ 2 -inch
   deep-dish glass or ceramic pie plate.
   Bake in preheated oven until browned,
   about 12 minutes. Place on a wire rack,
   and cool completely, about 30 minutes.


3. Place 2 cups of the ice cream in a bowl.
   Peel and dice 1 of the peaches; stir diced
   peach into ice cream. Spread ice-cream
   mixture over crust. Freeze about 2 hours.


4. Spread sorbet over ice-cream mixture;
   freeze about 2 hours.


5. Spread remaining 2 cups vanilla ice
   cream over sorbet. Freeze 8 hours or
   overnight.


6. To serve, let pie stand at room tempera-
   ture about 10 minutes. Meanwhile, peel
   and slice remaining peach into^1 ⁄ 4 -inch-thick
   slices. Arrange peach slices around edge of
   pie. Mound raspberries in center of pie. Â

For the best flavor and most

impressive presentation, top the

pie with fresh raspberries and

sliced peaches just before serving.