Key Lime Pie
This easy American pastry is ready in about 30 minutes and makes 8 servings. The main ingredients are graham crackers, butter and sweetened condensed milk. The cooking is mostly baking. It is on the lighter side, at about 360 calories and 6 g of protein per serving.
- Total time
- 30 min
- Servings
- 8
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Calories
- 360 kcal
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Ingredients
For 8 servings
- 200 ggraham crackers
- 80 gbutter
- 400 mlsweetened condensed milk
- 160 mllime juice
- 2 tbsplime zest
- 4egg yolks
- 240 mlheavy cream
- 2 tbspgranulated sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 175C (350F). Crush the graham crackers into fine crumbs and mix with melted butter. Press firmly into the bottom and up the sides of a 9-inch pie dish. Bake for 8 minutes and let cool.
- Whisk egg yolks until pale. Beat in the sweetened condensed milk, lime juice, and lime zest until smooth and thickened.
- Pour the filling into the cooled crust and bake for 15 minutes until the center is just set. Remove and cool to room temperature, then refrigerate for at least 3 hours.
- Whip heavy cream with granulated sugar until stiff peaks form. Spread or pipe over the chilled pie.
- Garnish with extra lime zest. Slice and serve chilled.
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 360 kcal
- Protein
- 6 g
- Fat
- 16 g
- Carbs
- 48 g
Approximate values for one serving.
About this recipe
- Cuisine: American
- Dish type: Pastry
- In cookbook: Sweet Tooth
