Wonderful Greek dessert. Phyllo-encrusted lemony semolina custard with lemon syrup. the customary method used in Greece. I’m hoping you’ll like it as much as we Greeks do!
| Prep Time: | 30 mins |
| Additional Time: | 1 hr |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 30 mins |
| Servings: | 22 |
| Yield: | 20 to 24 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 cup margarine, softened
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups confectioners’ sugar
- 2 (9 inch) prepared graham cracker crusts
- 5 bananas, sliced
- 1 (15 ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained with juice reserved
- 1 (16 ounce) container frozen whipped topping, thawed
- 1 (4 ounce) jar maraschino cherries
- ½ cup pecans
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, cream together the margarine, eggs and confectioners’ sugar; beat for 15 minutes. Spread evenly in the graham cracker crusts.
- In each crust, place banana slices on top of sugar mixture; spread pineapple on bananas. Spoon a little of the reserved juice over fruit. Spoon whipped topping over fruit; garnish with cherries and pecans. Chill before serving.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 339 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 39 g |
| Cholesterol | 17 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 2 g |
| Saturated Fat | 7 g |
| Sodium | 217 mg |
| Sugars | 29 g |
| Fat | 20 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I have been making this recipe for over 40 years BUT……. In a 9×12 pan Make graham cracker crust Cream filling 2cups BUTTER (not margarine) 2 cups confection sugar 2 eggs Beat till thick, might take 10 minutes use a stand mixer. Cover cream filling with sliced bananas, and 1 large can well drained pineapple. Cover with Cool Whip then cherries, chopped nuts and chocolate syrup. I get requests for this everywhere I go. I always use pasteurized eggs and the freshest I can find, not the eggs sitting in my fridge for 2 weeks
I made it for the second time, again it was extremely runny. WHAT AM I DOING WRONG?? Has anyone else had this problem?
I always make 2. I cant take one out of the house without leaving one for the family. It is so easy to double this recipie. I always add strawberries and blueberries when they are in season.
Very easy to make and its delicious!!
I make this very often and I’ve never had a problem with it being runny. YOU HAVE TO BEAT IT FOR at least 15 min, I beat mine for 20. And you must drain and squeeze out the crushed pineapple. The best way to do it is to put it in a dish towel and squeeze out all the juice. Assemble the pie and refrigerate over night. It’s always a big hit.
I agree with other reviewers. This pie looks great until you cut into it. Then it is very messy. I took it to two different dinners and was embarrassed to see how runny it turned out. I don’t know if it would be better to freeze it and then put out at the start of dinner so it was still quite cold when you serve it. Other than not looking very nice when cut, the flavour is delicious.
I used to make this years ago, but I lost the recipe. You definitely need to beat the egg mixture the whole fifteen minutes. Several rafters said they added cream cheese, but then that makes taste like any other dessert. The filling in this recipe is what makes it so unique in flavor. Yum!
I absolutely loved the pie but how do you make the filling not be so runny
i think someone forgot to list cream cheese as an ingredient to this recipe my teenage daughter made this for a… teachmygirl2cook
I have been making this for yrs. But put pineapple and strawberries also I refrigerate the pan with gramham cracker crust for about a hr. It makes speading the mixure on top easrier.
Great it made the perfect Christmas dessert thank you’ll
It was alright. My husband loved it.
To cut down on a messy pie, put the crushed pineapple in a strainer, a bit at a time, and mash out the juice. You might want to use more pineapple in order to completely cover the pies. Also, try adding a layer of sliced strawberries on top of pineapple. My family loves this pie. MityMini
My husband’s secretary gave us this recipe 20 years ago. We serve it at birthdays; it’s that special. I make my own crust from a box of vanilla wafers/crushed and a stick of melted butter. Easy to do and so much better. (I keep the crust in the fridge until the filling is finished to firm it up.)
Tastes just like how grandma used to make! Yum yum!
I think someone forgot to list cream cheese as an ingredient to this recipe. My teenage daughter made this for a friends birthday party. It was runny and not very easy to eat. Although the girls were polite, if she would have made this for a fundraiser/bake sale, she would have been embarrassed.
Instead of the raw eggs, I mi cream cheese with powdered sugar for he filling..After I put the cool whip on top,and the cherries and pecans, I swirl chocolate syrup around the cherries and pecans
Oh! Readymade crusts are fine, but so much better if you put under the broiler till crispy (watch carefully!) Let them get back to room temp before filling. And, please, pay attention to the recipe. Room temp “softened butter”, never melt it any at all.
if you make a graham cracker crust (2 cups graham cracker,1/2 c powdered sugar, 1 stick melted butter)and press into a 11x 13 dish you will elimanate crust problems. Also if you used egg whites only, they will beat up a lot quicker, about 10 min.
The pie has a very good flavor, however I had difficulty with the filling running over. I would suggest using a casserole dish and placing graham crackers in the bottom instead of using a graham cracker pie shell. This dessert is very messy if you use the graham cracker pie shell. This is also a dessert that has to be eaten within two days. This is not a good pie to keep in the fridge for more than a few days.
Well I thought this pie would be the main dessert for my Christmas dinner, but it didn’t exactly turn out the way I had hoped it would.. first of all it took forever to get the filling beat up 15 minutes I really thought that was way to long then by time I got to filling in the pie crusts and all that jazz it was running over.. must have just been me I dunno but it was messy.. it still tastes good but its runny and it really shouldn’t be..Well maybe better luck next time!!