Key Lime Pie Recipe
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Ingredients: Crust
½ cup chopped roasted salted macadamia nuts (If you can’t find roasted buy salted macadamia nuts, chop them up, place on baking pan, heat oven to 400 degrees, brown the nuts for about 3 minutes or until they are lightly browned)
1 ½ cups graham cracker crumbs (usually about 10 whole graham crackers and place in food processor and crumble)
5 tablespoons melted butter
1 tablespoon sugar
Place all ingredients in a food processor and blend well. Put the crumbs in a 9 inch pie pan and press into place and up the sides. Bake at 350 degrees about 10 minutes or until slightly brown. Cool on a wire rack.
While crust is cooling make the Filing:
1 grated zest of a large lime, about 1 ½ tablespoons
4 large egg yokes
2-14oz cans sweetened condensed milk
1 cup bottled key lime juice (I bought mine from King Arthur Flour) or freshly squeezed limes. We found the bottled key lime juice had a better flavor.
¼ to 1/8 teaspoon lime oil depending on your taste. I used 1/8 teaspoon. (I bought mine from King Arthur flour)
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Directions:Whisk the grated lime zest and egg yokes at high speed of an electric mixer for about 4 minutes. The mixture will lighten in color and thicken somewhat, looking kind of like a Hollandaise sauce.
Stir in the sweetened condensed milk, mixing til smooth. Beat at a high speed for 3 minutes, the filing will become slightly thicker and gain a bit of volume.
Add the lime juice, stirring just to combine. The mixture will thicken. Add the lime oil and stir just to combine.
Pour the mixture into the crust, and put in the oven. Bake about 25 minutes, until it appears to have set around the edge, though still a bit wobbly in the center. If you have a thermometer it should read about 145 degrees.
Remove the pie from the oven, and cool to room temperature. Refrigerate for several hours before serving. Refrigerate over night is better.
Serve with whipped cream if desired.
Whipped cream
2 cups heavy cream
3 tablespoons confection sugar
Zest from 1 medium lime
Whip together til stiff peaks form. |
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