Parfait pie (untested)

This recipe is written in ballpoint pen in my Grammy's handwriting. It is dated March 1970 and attributed to Better Homes & Gardens.

Ingredients:

• 2 cups fruit cocktail
• 3 ounce package of orange gelatin
• 1/2 cup cold water
• 1 pint vanilla ice cream
• 1 baked 9-inch pastry shell [get the recipe for Never-Fail Pie Crust by clicking here]

Instructions:

1. Drain syrup from the fruit cocktail into a measuring cup
2. Add enough water to the syrup to make the total volume 1 cup
3. In a saucepan, heat diluted syrup
4. Dissolve gelatin in hot syrup mixture then add cold water
5. Spoon ice cream into gelatin mixture
6. Stir until melted
7. Chill mixture for 40-45 minutes until it thicken and mounds when spooned
8. Fold in 1 1/2 cup fruit cocktail
9. Turn into pastry shell
10. Chill until firm (20-25 minutes)
11. Garnish with rest of fruit before serving