lime gelatin salad

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 (6 ounce) package lime flavored jell-o® mix
• 1 1/2 cups boiling water
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
• 1 (20 ounce) can crushed pineapple with juice
• 2 cups heavy whipping cream
• 1 cup chopped pecans

Recipe

• pour 1 cup boiling water over the gelatin mix in a large bowl. stir it until it is dissolved. add 1/2 cup pineapple juice. place it in the refrigerator to partially gel. it is important that the gelatin is only partially gelled.
• meanwhile, cook the pineapple in a small saucepan until it boils. let it cook about 5 minutes. cool it to room temperature.
• when the gelatin is partially gelled, blend the softened cream cheese into it until it is creamy. mix in the cooled, cooked pineapple.
• whip the cream until it is fluffy. fold it into the gelatin-cream cheese mixture. fold the nuts into the gelatin mixture. pour it all into a pretty crystal bowl and place it in the refrigerator to completely gel.