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Key Lime Pie

Name: Key Lime Pie
Total time: 180 min
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: USA
Ingredients: 150g Graham Crackers (crushed); 60g Butter (melted); 4 Egg Yolk; 400g Sweetened condensed milk; 120ml Key Lime Juice (or lime juice); To taste Whipped Cream (to serve)

Dessert

⏱ 180 min

👥 Serves 8

Difficulty ⭐

Tangy Key lime filling on a graham cracker crust — an American pie from Florida.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Key lime pie is made with Key limes, small and very sour limes native to the Florida Keys, and is known for its creamy filling of condensed milk and egg yolks baked until just set. It's poured into a crust of graham crackers and butter baked firm, chilled to set, and served with whipped cream. It's even designated Florida's official state pie.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a seaside restaurant in Key West, Florida, tourists enjoy the refreshing tang of Key lime pie for dessert.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 8)

Graham Crackers (crushed) 150g
Butter (melted) 60g
Egg Yolk 4
Sweetened condensed milk 400g
Key Lime Juice (or lime juice) 120ml
Whipped Cream (to serve) To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Mix crushed graham crackers with melted butter, press into a pie dish, and bake at 170°C for 10 minutes.
Mix the egg yolks and condensed milk well, then gradually add the lime juice, stirring until thickened.
Pour the filling into the crust and bake at 160°C for 15 minutes.
Let cool slightly, then chill in the fridge for at least 3 hours to set.
Slice and serve with whipped cream.

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