Key Lime Pie

Key Lime Pie – this summertime classic has a creamy smooth, tart filling in addition to a sweetness graham cracker crust. Use fresh telephone commutation limes in addition to enough of zest for the best flavor!

Originally posted August 2011, updated May 2018

Way dorsum inwards 2011, I posted a novel pie recipe every calendar week for the entire year. This delicious, creamy, smoothen in addition to authentic Key Lime Pie was No. 31. That yr I shared some of our long-time household unit of measurement favorite pie recipes, tried a bunch of novel recipes, in addition to developed a duad of novel pie recipes too. I’ve ever loved making pies in addition to was thrilled to part all the best recipes amongst you. Now amongst almost lxxx pie recipes on SRFD, you lot tin discovery them nether their real ain tab on the Recipe Index!

 

Key limes direct maintain a distinct flavour but non drastically unlike than the larger Farsi lime.

Some people substitute 1 lime for the other but for me, I mean value it would last a sin to brand Key Lime Pie without using actual Key Limes. Just proverb … I’m a purist when it comes to this recipe!

 

It doesn’t direct maintain long to extract the juice of the telephone commutation limes, particularly if you lot role a juicer/press/citrus squeezer.

The citrus press is an cheap kitchen tool in addition to a existent time-saver when juicing lemons in addition to limes. See the link at the bottom of this postal service for to a greater extent than information on some of our favorite kitchen tools. If you lot honey citrus recipes every bit much every bit nosotros do, it’s a must have!

 

Without a doubt, Key Lime Pie is our boy Patrick’s favorite pie.  While our kids were growing up, nosotros oft vacationed on Sanibel Island and that’s where he roughshod inwards honey amongst the ‘real deal.’ Sanibel is a lovely tropical paradise thus if you’re looking for a relaxing, soul-mending break, maybe you lot tin discovery it there. There are many wonderful restaurants on the isle but 1 of our favorites is Gramma Dot’s. They direct maintain 1 of the best Key Lime Pies in addition to sell it either whole or yesteryear the slice. Take the whole pie ‘to go’ in addition to enjoy! It’s the closest affair I’ve ever constitute to homemade.

We never, ever, ever use bottled telephone commutation lime juice for our Key Lime Pie in addition to commonly hit it amongst our favorite homemade graham cracker crust. Feel gratuitous to role a shop bought crust if you lot prefer in addition to particularly if making to a greater extent than than 1 pie at a time. However, homemade is super easy, made amongst alone a few ingredients in addition to it comes together inwards simply a few minutes inwards the nutrient processor.

The classic combination of sweetness in addition to tart is heavenly!

I similar to serve Key Lime Pie amongst a dollop of sweetened whipped cream in addition to to a greater extent than lime zest. The contrast of the sweetness graham cracker crust in addition to the tart filling is dessert perfection.

Pucker upward in addition to savor every seize amongst teeth of the creamy, velvety filling. It practically melts inwards your mouth! This is a memorable pie that anybody tin brand at home. Easy peasy 🙂

Don’t permit the summertime teach yesteryear without making at to the lowest degree 1 Key Lime Pie. It’s the perfect ending to a summertime BBQ, or household unit of measurement teach together. This pie volition last served in 1 lawsuit to a greater extent than this summertime at 1 of our monthly household unit of measurement Dominicus suppers. I may direct maintain to brand to a greater extent than than 1 since our boy volition struggle you lot for some other piece or 2 🙂

I promise you’ll give this pie a endeavour – it’s super tardily to brand in addition to tastes fantastic! While most Key Lime Pie recipes are real similar, this is my version in addition to our household unit of measurement favorite for many years.

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Key Lime Pie

Prep Time

15 mins

Total Time

15 mins

 

this summertime classic has a creamy smooth, tart filling in addition to a sweetness graham cracker crust. Use fresh telephone commutation limes in addition to enough of zest for the best flavor!

Servings: 8

Ingredients

For the graham cracker crust:

• 
  1 1/4
  cups
  crushed graham crackers
  (one whole wax newspaper bundle - non the whole box)
  


• 
  5
  tablespoons
  unsalted butter, melted
  


• 
  1/4
  cup
  granulated sugar
  

For the telephone commutation lime filling:

• 
  1
  (14-ounce) tin sweetened condensed milk
  


• 
  4
  large egg yolks, room temperature
  


• 
  1/2
  cup
  fresh squeezed telephone commutation lime juice, strained of seeds in addition to pulp
  


• 
  1
  teaspoon
  key lime zest, plus to a greater extent than for garnish
  

For the sweetened whipped cream:

• 
  1/2
  cup
  heavy whipping cream
  


• 
  3
  tablespoons
  sifted powdered sugar
  


• 
  1/4
  teaspoon
  vanilla extract
  

Instructions

To hit the graham cracker crust:

1. 
   

   Preheat oven to 350F. In the bowl of a nutrient processor, combine the graham crackers in addition to 1/4 loving cup of sugar, procedure until finely crushed. Add the melted butter in addition to pulse until good mixed.

   
   


2. 
   

   Press the mixture firmly onto the bottom in addition to sides of a 9-inch pie plate. Bake for 8 minutes at 350F. Remove from the oven in addition to cool piece preparing the filling.

   
   

To hit the telephone commutation lime filling:

1. 
   

   In a medium bowl, whisk together the sweetened condensed milk in addition to the egg yolks until smooth. Add the lime juice in addition to zest in addition to whisk until blended. Pour the filling into the prepared crust in addition to bake for fifteen minutes. Allow the pie to cool on a rack to room temperature.

   
   


2. 
   

   Refrigerate several hours or overnight earlier serving. 

   
   

To hit the whipped cream:

1. 
   

   Beat the heavy cream until soft peaks form. Add the powdered carbohydrate in addition to vanilla in addition to crunch until rigid but nonetheless a footling soft. Using a pastry handbag in addition to large star tip, piping large blossoms of whipped cream approximately the exterior border of the pie. Garnish amongst sliced telephone commutation limes in addition to additional telephone commutation lime zest if desired.

   
   

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Craving to a greater extent than Key Lime recipes? Don’t miss our Key Lime Pie Ice Cream Sandwiches. You’ll wishing to enshroud a few of these inwards the dorsum of the freezer simply for yourself! For a super creamy mutual coldness treat, cheque out our Key Lime Pie Gelato recipe too. The perfect summertime dessert for whatever occasion in addition to extra pretty served inwards a Margarita drinking glass amongst a sugared rim. We direct maintain some other ecipe you lot powerfulness similar for Marshmallow-Almond Key Lime Pie.  It’s almost a cross betwixt Key Lime Pie in addition to cheesecake – yum! (just ignore the horrible quondam photos taken earlier I knew how to role my photographic boob tube camera – haha)

We honey telephone commutation limes in addition to ever await for delicious recipes using these wonderful footling gems! Check out this creative Key Lime Fudge from RecipeGirl. What a special care for it must be. How virtually these Key Lime Margaritas from Garnish amongst Lemon?! I bet it’s thus refreshing on a hot summertime day. And finally, alter upward your weekend brunch amongst these Homemade Key Lime Waffles from Lemons for Lulu.

Thanks thus much for stopping by!

Tricia

Source: savingdessert.com