Best 3 Florida Key Lime Pie Recipes

FLORIDA KEY LIME PIE

Steps:

• To Make Lime Filling: In a large mixing bowl, whip cream cheese until fluffy. Add condensed milk, lime juice, lime rind, and salt. Whip until mixture is smooth. Pour into graham cracker crust. Cover with plastic wrap and chill thoroughly.
• To Make Topping: In a medium bowl, whip cream until soft peaks form. Add vanilla or lemon extract and confectioners' sugar. Continue to whip until cream forms stiff peaks. Place topping in a fine-mesh sieve and place sieve over a bowl to catch liquid that drains off. Cover topping tightly with plastic wrap and allow to drain for 2 hours.
• Before serving, discard liquid that has drained from topping. Spread topping over pie.

FLORIDA KEY LIME PIE

Steps:

• Prepare crust: Heat oven to 375 degrees.
• In 9" pie plate combine graham cracker crumbs and 2 tablespoons sugar;stir in butter until blended.
• Press mixture firmly and evenly over bottom and sides of pie plate; bake 10 minutes until browned.
• Cool completely on wire rack.
• Prepare filling: In top of double boiler using wire whisk,beat egg yolks,lime juice,1/3 cup sugar and salt until well blended.
• Set over simmering water;cook about 5 minutes,stirring constantly until mixture is thick enough to coat back of metal spoon.
• Remove from heat; stir in 1 tablespoons grated lime peel.
• Refrigerate mixture about 45 minutes until cool.
• Meanwhile,in large bowl with electric mixer at medium speed,beat cream until soft peaks form.
• Set 1 cup whipped cream aside for garnish;fold cooled lime mixture into remaining cream.
• Spoon filling into prepared crust;refrigerate at least 2 hours until set.
• To serve: Spoon remaining whipped cream decoratively over top of pie; sprinkle cream with remaining 1 tablespoons lime peel.
• Garnish with lime slices,if desired.

FLORIDA KEYS KEY LIME PIE

Steps:

• 1. Graham Crust: Preheat oven to 350* 9" Pie Plate Lightly spray pie plate with butter spray. Blend crumbs, butter, and sugar in a bowl. Spoon into pie plate and, using wax paper press firmly against sides and bottom (not over rim). Bake 8-10 min Let cool before filling.
• 2. Filling: While the crust is cooling start your filling. Beat yolks with condensed milk just to blend, add lime juice and beat until smooth (filling will be soft). Tint pale green and pour into graham shell. Chill 2 hourx
• 3. Whipping Cream: Heavy cream, in large bowl, put in sugar (you might want to put a towel over the mixer) becareful not to get it twisted in the mixer. Put the setting on high, till you have stiff peaks.
• 4. Pull pie out of frig and spread whip cream over the top of the pie garnish with lime zest. Put back into frig for several hours before serving or better yet overnightso the filling is somewhat firm, (it will never really be completely firm) Serve with lime slices, you may want to sprinkle a bit of suger on the limes.