Durian Cheese Pie

Ingredients

Pastry dough:
100g butter
50g icing sugar
1 egg
1 tsp lemon juice
180g plain flour, sifted
15g milk powder

Filling:
175g cream cheese, at room temperature
90g icing sugar
75g durian flesh, mashed
1 egg, lightly beaten
1 tsp lemon juice

Method

Beat butter and icing sugar. Add lemon juice and beat until fluffy. Add in egg and mix well. Fold in flour and milk powder. Mix to form a smooth dough.

Roll out pastry dough on a flat surface. Line a lightly-greased 20cm pie tin with the pastry. Bake blind in preheated oven at 170 ºC for 15 minutes or until half cooked. Remove and set aside.

For the filling, beat cream cheese and icing sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg and mix well. Stir in durian flesh, then add lemon juice to mix.

Pour mixture into pie shell. Bake in a preheated oven at 170 ºC for 45 to 50 minutes or until golden and set. Remove from oven to cool.

From Kuali.com