Fresh Nectarine Pie Recipe

Enjoy the wonderful flavor of summer stone fruit in this Fresh Nectarine Pie. With an easy graham cracker crust, cream cheese filling, and fresh sliced nectarines, it’s a delightfully refreshing summer dessert.

In fact, chilled and no-bake desserts are where it’s at come summer. If you’d like to serve more than one option, consider a Lemon Icebox Cake or an Ice Cream Pie.

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While a peach pie with crumb topping may tempt some, I find the ease of Nectarine Pie to be much more gratifying. No need for peeling or even rolling out a pie dough, this is different from other fruit pie recipes.

Why Make This

It’s very make-ahead. This Fresh Nectarine Pie recipe is the perfect dessert for summer. Making it ahead of time, baking the pie crust in the cool of night or in the morning before things heat up. Add the cream cheese filling and chill. Top with fresh fruit right before serving. Delicious!

It’s very versatile. This recipe is very forgiving, allowing you to swap out the crumbs in the pie shell with whatever cookies you have on hand. You can make your Nectarine Pie even more by adding berries, plums, or apricots instead.

Ingredients

Here’s what you’ll need to make Fresh Nectarine Pie:

graham cracker crumbs – No all purpose flour needed here, the crust on this Nectarine Pie is made from graham crackers. You can use the food processor to make your own crumbs of other cookies such as Oreo or Biscoff. If you’re avoiding gluten, search out Schar Honeygrams.

granulated sugar – This is needed to help the crumbs hold together. If you’d like a more caramelized crust, you can use brown sugar instead.

butter – Just a few tablespoons of melted butter aid in keeping the crust together.

cream cheese – You can use full fat or low fat cream cheese in the filling.

whipping cream – You only need ½ cup, so make sure to use the rest of the carton and remember you can freeze whipped cream.

powdered sugar – This dissolves better with the cream cheese and whipping cream, giving you a smoother textured filling.

lemon – Fresh lemon zest offsets the fruit beautifully. You won’t need the juice of the lemon, so be sure to freeze the lemon juice to use later. If you prefer a different flavor, you can add ½ teaspoon of vanilla extract instead of the zest.

ripe nectarines or peaches – I prefer the former because you don’t have to peel them. If you can choose slightly firm fruit. Very juicy fruit may make your pie soggy.

Variations: Other fresh fruit can be included with the nectarines, such as blueberries, blackberries, pitted and halved cherries, and sliced apricots.

Step-by-Step Instructions

Here’s how to make Fresh Nectarine Pie:

1. Preheat the oven to 350°. In a medium-size bowl, combine the graham cracker crumbs, granulated sugar, and melted butter. Pat this crumb mixture into an 8-inch pie or tart pan. Bake for 8 minutes. Let cool on a rack.

2. In a large bowl, whip together the cream cheese, heavy cream, confectioners’ sugar, and lemon zest.

3. Spoon this mixture into the prepared crust, cover, and chill for several hours, until firm. Thinly slice the nectarines. Top the cream filling with the sliced nectarines. Serve immediately.

MAKE IT AHEAD: Prepare the Fresh Nectarines Pie through the cream cheese filling step and store in the refrigerator for up to 2 days wrapped. When ready to serve, top with the fruit.

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