Posh Key Lime Pie
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03:55
< 4 hours
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American
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Beginner cook
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Dessert
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Easy
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Egg
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Eggs/dairy
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Holiday
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Inexpensive
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New years
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North american
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Pies
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Pies and tarts
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Thanksgiving
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Time to make
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Posh Key Lime Pie
Time: 1 hrs 5 mins
Ingredients
- 150 g digestive biscuits
- 65 g butter
- 25 g demerara sugar
Directions
- 1 Pre-heat the oven to 150C/300F/Gas 2.
- 2 Place the biscuits in a food processor and process until crushed, or put the biscuits into a plastic bag and crush with a rolling pin.
- 3 Melt the butter in a small pan and add the crushed biscuits and sugar and mix thoroughly.
- 4 Place in a 20-23cm/8-9in pie or flan dish, pressing down well over the base and up the sides to form a case.
- 5 Put in the fridge to chill.
- 6 FOR THE FILLING place the egg yolks and condensed milk in a bowl and mix together.
- 7 Then stir in the lime rind and juice until the mixture thickens.
- 8 Turn into the biscuit case and smooth the top.
- 9 FOR THE MERINGUE whisk the egg whites in a large bowl with an electric whisk until they form stiff peaks.
- 10 Add the sugar a tsp at a time, whisking well and at top speed between each addition until all the sugar is used.
- 11 Spoon or pipe on top of the filling.
- 12 Bake in a preheated oven for about 45 minutes or until the meringue is golden and crisp on the outside.
- 13 Serve warm or cold as preferred!