That's right, I'm posting cold pineapple recipes because
some of y'all need to chill out.
Pineapple Lush
1-1/2 cups of graham crackers, crushed
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup melted butter
1 cup heavy cream, very cold
2 sheets of gelatin
1 cup powdered sugar, divided use
8 oz. cream cheese, softened
1 cup crushed pineapple, well-drained
Pineapple chunks, graham crackers, and/or coconut flakes, for garnish
First, make the crust:*
Finely crush the graham crackers
Combine with the granulated sugar and melted butter.
Press into the bottom of a 8 x 8 baking dish
Refrigerate until needed.
Then, make stabilized whipped cream:*
Soak the gelatin in cold water until soft
Dissolve in 2 tablespoons of boiling water, and set aside.
In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat the whipped cream with half the powdered sugar until soft peaks form.
Stream in the gelatin mixture, and beat to stiff peaks.
Set aside.
Then bring it all together:
Beat the cream cheese and remaining powdered sugar until smooth.
Fold in the crushed pineapple.
Fold in the whipped cream.
Spread evenly over the graham cracker crust
Garnish, or don't.
Refrigerate overnight.
*Feeling lazy? Don't have a stand mixer? Don't worry, I got you. Replace the stabilized whipped cream with an entire tub of Kool-Whip, and use a ready-made graham cracker pie crust. Enjoy your dessert.