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No one has answered, so I can tell you what I do. Buy the bottle of key lime juice ("Nellie and Joes Famous Key Lime Juice"is sold everyewhere)and follow the recipe on the bottle, only double it (or its too flat) and instead of the entire amount of bottle juuce,add the juice from real key limes or regular ones as well (about 5 key limes- 1-2 regular) The only other ingredient in the pie is "Eagle brand sweetened condensed milk". Add about 10 minutes to the cooking time if you double it. We bake it in a ready made SHORTBREAD crust instead of the usual graham (they are sold right next to each other) It takes about 5 minutes to make, 30 minutes to bake, and everyone loves it.
I love a shortbread crust, though graham cracker is good too.
Some insist on the meringue topping, but that's yucky to me.
I do enjoy a bit of real whipped cream.
I can get those tart key limes here but Nellie's always worked for me quite well.
INGREDIENTS:
* 1-14 ounce can sweetened condensed milk
* 3 egg yolks
* 1/2 cup to 1 cup Key Lime juice
* 9-inch pie shell
PREPARATION:
Beat first three ingredients until thickened. Pour into pie shell. Top with either meringue or whipped cream. Serve cold.
Thats the one cil,,but like I said, we always double the recipe so the filling goes to the "brim",other wise,you got a pretty thin looking pie. Yep,love that whip cream !!
One of my favorite pies is 'Key Lime Pie'. The problem is, we live in Seattle and not in the Keys of Florida. So, when I noticed our local gracery story was selling small bags of Key Limes, we bought a bag just to make a Key Lime Pie. I heard the biggest problem is juicing them because the are so small. I was wondering if these limes are easy to peel and just put them into a food blender to juice?
We found several good recipies on the internet cooking sites, if any of you have favorites, we would like to hear from you too.
For best results, let them come to room temp and then, before slicing them in two, roll them HARD against the counter or to release the juice. You could easily slice off the rind with a sharp steak knife and pop it all in the juicer or blender.
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Key Lime Pie:
