45 MIN

Key Lime Pie

Name: Key Lime Pie
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 300 g digestive biscuits (processed to crumbs); 150 g butter (melted; for biscuit crust); 400 g condensed milk (sweetened; 1 can); 3 egg yolks; 4 lime (zest and juice; key limes preferred); 300 ml heavy cream (for topping; softly whipped); 1 tbsp powdered sugar (whipped into cream for topping); lime (extra zest for garnish)

American key lime custard pie in a biscuit crust.

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Ingredients

300 gdigestive biscuits, processed to crumbs
150 gbutter, melted; for biscuit crust
400 gcondensed milk, sweetened; 1 can
3egg yolks
4lime, zest and juice; key limes preferred
300 mlheavy cream, for topping; softly whipped
1 tbsppowdered sugar, whipped into cream for topping
lime, extra zest for garnish

Method

3
Pour the filling into the cooled crust and bake for 15 minutes. Cool completely, then chill for at least 3 hours or overnight.
1
Heat oven to 160°C / 140°C fan / Gas 3. Whizz the biscuits to fine crumbs in a food processor. Mix with the melted butter and press into the base and up the sides of a 22cm loose-based tart tin. Bake for 10 minutes. Cool.
2
Whisk the egg yolks with electric beaters for 1 minute. Add the condensed milk and whisk for 3 minutes. Add the lime zest and juice and whisk for a further 3 minutes.
4
Carefully remove the pie from the tin onto a serving plate. Softly whip the cream with the powdered sugar, then dollop or pipe it onto the top. Finish with extra lime zest.

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