It’s become something of a Thanksgiving weekend tradition for my cousin Doug and I to see the latest Pixar/Disney movie and invent a pie. Last year, we saw Coco and created an apple persimmon pie with a goat cheese and pistachio topping, but in the Thanksgiving frenzy I failed to document the Guessipe… we’ll have to recreate it at some point because that was a darn good pie. This year, we saw Ralph Breaks the Internet and made a Papaya Cream Pie with Amaretto Blueberry Topping. The spice of the fresh ginger we added to the filling played nicely against the slightly musky sweetness of the papaya.

Guessipe

Crust

• 1 sleeve graham crackers
• 1/4 cup pine nuts
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 stick butter, melted
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon

Filling

• 32 oz vanilla ice cream (2/3 of a 1.5 quart container)
• equal volume of papaya
• 3 TBSP minced ginger
• 2 TBSP lemon juice

Topping

• 1 cup blueberries
• 2 TBSP sugar
• 1 TBSP lemon juice
• 3 TBSP Amaretto
• whipped heavy cream

Blend all crust ingredients and press into a 10-inch pie dish. Bake at 375 degrees F for 7 minutes. Refrigerate for 1 hour.

Blend all filling ingredients. Pour into the cooled pie crust. Refrigerate for 1 hour.

Simmer the blueberries, sugar, lemon juice, and Amaretto over medium-high heat until the blueberries start to burst and the sauce thickens.

Top the chilled pie with whipped cream and blueberry sauce.