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Lemon cream pie

This is a favourite of mine since childhood and is also my children's favourite. It's very quick and easy to make. We always called it a cheesecake but it's not one as it doesn't contain cheese!

Ingredients

  • 200g ginger biscuits (or digestive biscuits) ginger ones are nicer!

  • 170g butter

  • 4 lemons (you could substitute with 3 limes and half a lemon)

  • 300ml double or whipping cream

  • 400g can of sweetened condensed milk

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 150°C/130°C fan/390°F/gas 2.

  2. Crush the biscuits into crumbs, melt the butter and combine with the crumbs. Press the mixture into the base and sides of a flan dish.

  3. Bake for 10 minutes. Remove from oven and cool.

  4. Zest and juice the lemons.

  5. Lightly whip the cream, add half the condensed milk, the zest and juice and continue to whip lightly.

  6. Add enough of the remaining condensed milk to sweeten the mixture to your taste.

  7. Pour the mixture over the cooled base and refrigerate for 2 hours but ideally overnight.

  8. Decorate with thin slices of lemon zest and serve it with fresh raspberries.