Key Lime Pie

Key Lime Pie

Ingredients

  • 300g Digestive Biscuits
  • 150g Butter
  • 400g Condensed Milk
  • 3 Egg Yolks
  • 4 Lime
  • 300ml Double Cream
  • 1 tbls Icing Sugar
  • to serve Lime

Instructions

  • Heat the oven to 160C/fan 140C/gas 3
  • Whizz the biscuits to crumbs in a food processor (or put in a strong plastic bag and bash with a rolling pin)
  • Mix with the melted butter and press into the base and up the sides of a 22cm loose-based tart tin
  • Bake in the oven for 10 minutes
  • Remove and cool
  • Put the egg yolks in a large bowl and whisk for a minute with electric beaters
  • Add the condensed milk and whisk for 3 minutes then add the zest and juice and whisk again for 3 minutes
  • Pour the filling into the cooled base then put back in the oven for 15 minutes
  • Cool then chill for at least 3 hours or overnight if you like
  • When you are ready to serve, carefully remove the pie from the tin and put on a serving plate
  • To decorate, softly whip together the cream and icing sugar
  • Dollop or pipe the cream onto the top of the pie and finish with extra lime zest
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