Key Lime Pie
The official pie of Florida, from the Keys, where condensed milk stood in for fresh — a crumb crust holding a tart, silky lime custard, baked briefly to set and topped with whipped cream.
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 200 g digestive biscuits
- 2 tbsp caster sugar, for the base
- 90 g butter, melted
- 397 g sweetened condensed milk
- 4 egg yolks
- 5 limes, finely grated zest and juice (about 120 ml)
- 200 ml double cream
- 1 tbsp icing sugar
Nutrition (estimated)
high confidenceRecipe total: 2140 kcal · P 36.4g · C 124.7g · F 177.7g
Estimated from 8 of 8 ingredients
Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.
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Steps
Steps
- 1Heat the oven to 180°C (160°C fan).
- 2Crush the biscuits to fine crumbs and mix with the sugar and melted butter. Press over the base and up the sides of a 23 cm pie dish.
- 3Bake the crust for 10 minutes, until lightly browned, then lower the oven to 160°C (140°C fan).
- 4Whisk the yolks with most of the lime zest for 1 minute, then whisk in the condensed milk and finally the lime juice. The mixture thickens as the acid meets the milk.
- 5Pour into the warm crust and bake for 15 minutes, until the filling is set at the edges but still wobbles in the centre.
- 6Cool to room temperature, then chill for at least 3 hours.
- 7Whip the cream with the icing sugar to soft peaks, spread or pipe it over the pie and sprinkle with the remaining lime zest.
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Questions and answers
How long does Key Lime Pie take to make?
About 50 minutes: 25 min prep and 25 min cooking.
What ingredients do you need for Key Lime Pie?
8 ingredients: digestive biscuits, caster sugar, butter, sweetened condensed milk, egg yolks, limes, double cream, icing sugar.
How many servings does this Key Lime Pie recipe make?
8 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.
How many calories are in a serving of Key Lime Pie?
About 267 kcal, with 4.6 g protein, 15.6 g carbohydrate and 22.2 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.
Which diets does this Key Lime Pie recipe suit?
It is vegetarian.
What cuisine is Key Lime Pie?
Key Lime Pie comes from American cuisine.
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