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Key Lime Pie

Name: Key Lime Pie
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 220 min
Total time: 250 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 300g Digestive biscuits, crumbled; 150g Butter, melted; 400g Condensed milk; 3 egg yolks Eggs, yolks only; 4 Limes, zested and juiced; 300ml Double cream; 1 tbls Icing sugar; Lime, zested, to serve, to serve

A tangy baked Key lime pie with a buttery biscuit crust, creamy lime filling, and softly whipped cream.

4 hr 10 min
530 kcal
Vegetarian
American
Dessert

Mellowpan tip: Makes 8 servings, plenty to share.

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Ingredients

For 8 servings

Steps

Step 1:
Heat the oven to 160C/fan 140C/gas 3.
Step 2:
Whizz the biscuits to crumbs in a food processor, or put them in a strong plastic bag and bash with a rolling pin.
Step 3:
Melt the butter.
Step 4:
Mix the biscuit crumbs with the melted butter.
Step 5:
Press the mixture into the base and up the sides of a 22cm loose-based tart tin.
Step 6:
Bake in the oven for 10 minutes.
10 min
Step 7:
Remove the crust from the oven and cool.
Step 8:
Put the egg yolks in a large bowl and whisk for 1 minute with electric beaters.
1 min
Step 9:
Add the condensed milk and whisk for 3 minutes.
3 min
Step 10:
Add the lime zest and juice and whisk again for 3 minutes.
3 min
Step 11:
Pour the filling into the cooled base.
Step 12:
Return to the oven and bake for 15 minutes.
15 min
Step 13:
Cool, then chill for at least 3 hours or overnight.
3 h
Step 14:
Carefully remove the pie from the tin and place it on a serving plate.
Step 15:
Softly whip together the cream and icing sugar.
Step 16:
Dollop or pipe the cream onto the top of the pie.
Step 17:
Finish with extra lime zest.