Lemon Berry Cream Pie in a Jar
 
Ingredients
  • 2 large boxes of lemon pudding mix OR
  • Homemade Lemon Pudding: (Highly Recommended)
  • ¾ cup plus 2 TBSP sugar
  • ¼ cup corn starch
  • 2½ cups milk
  • ¼ tsp plus ⅛ tsp of salt
  • 3 large egg yolks beaten
  • Juice of 1 fresh lemon
  • 2 tsp freshly grated lemon zest
  • 2 TBSP unsalted butter
  • 1 lb of blueberries, rinsed
  • 1 lb strawberries, rinsed and sliced
  • 1½ cups of graham cracker crumbs
Instructions
  1. Whisk together the sugar and corn starch in a medium saucepan over medium to low heat. Heat the milk in the microwave for 15-20 seconds. Slowly add the milk and whisk until combined and smooth- 2 minutes. Now its time to temper so we don't end up with scrambled eggs. Take ½ cup to 1 cup of the milk mixture and add to the bowl of beaten eggs, whisking continously for 1-2 minutes. Now return the mixture back to the saucepan and finish whisking it til combined. Add in the salt and lemon zest then reduce heat to low and while continuing to whisk the pudding until thick in texture (it should coat the back of a spoon).
  2. Add the butter and lemon juice and whisk until combined. Do you get the theme here? WHISK! Allow to cool then refrigerate for at least 2 hours before you begin assembling your pies.
  3. To assemble: Sprinkle spoonful or two of graham cracker crumbs (or crumbs of your choosing) into the bottom of your jar. Arrange the sliced strawberries around the outer edge. Top with a spoonful or two of the lemon pudding. Repeat with the graham cracker crumbs then blueberries then pudding then blueberries again. If you decided to use different fruit then by all means you can and may assemble to your liking based on if you want more or less of each component.
Recipe by Kitchen Belleicious at https://kitchenbelleicious.com/2013/07/02/lemon-berry-cream-pie-in-a-jar/