key lime pie

[emailer]

does anyone have a recipe for it or can point me to one on the internet?

[chijiki]

Just make a cheesecake adding lime juice and chopped lime peel to the filling. Garnish with lime slices.
Hey Presto ! Key Lime Pie.

[debstar]

Oh my god, chijiki, that is NOT key lime pie!! Funnily enough I was just all over the net looking this up myself recently. I just put 'traditional key lime pie' into google and loads of good recipe sites came up. The hard part being, and I don't know if you are in the UK or US or where, but properly it should be made with florida key limes which are quite different from the bright green limes you get here in the uk and most grocery stores. I'm sure the limes we have here will still be as good though. Just don't use cream cheese, please...

[Harley]

KEY LIME PIE (Florida Keys) 1/3 c. lime juice (Florida Key Limes) 1 c. sugar 5 lg. eggs (separated) 1 deep dish pie shell, baked 10 tbsp. sugar for egg whites Mix 1 cup sugar, lime juice and egg yolks in top of double boiler. Cook over boiling water. (Don't have water too hot.) Cook until thick and clear; cool. Beat egg whites stiff. Gradually add sugar 2 tablespoons at a time. Divide white mixture in half. Mix small amount of yolk mixture into 1/2 meringue then fold back into yolk mixture. Pour into pie shell. Spread meringue on top and brown in 350 degree oven.

[Harley]

Traditional Key Lime Pie -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ingredients for Crust: 1-1/4 cups graham cracker crumbs 1/4 cup granulated sugar 1/4 cup margarine or butter Filling: One 14-ounce can sweetened condensed milk 4 egg yolks 1/2 to 3/4 cup key lime juice (do not use persian lime juice) whipped cream (fresh) garnish with sliced key lime Heat oven to 325 degrees F. In medium bowl, mix together sugar and graham cracker crumbs. Melt butter on margarine and blend well with sugar and crumbs. Press into 9-inch pie pan. Bake 6 to 8 minutes. In another medium bowl, combine milk and egg yolks with an electric mixer on low speed. Add key lime juice. Mix until thick. Pour into prepared crust and put in refrigerator overnight. Top with whipped cream and garnish. You found this recipe on 1st Traveler's Choice Internet Cookbook. (www.virtualcities.com)

[Harley]

In America they have 2 types of hot water. There is boiling hot water and there is hot water, in the UK we settle for simmer!