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- Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes
- From: rwh@scruznet.com (Bob Hogg)
- Subject: Key Lime Pie
- Message-ID: <1994Dec30.162047.5121@midway.uchicago.edu>
- Organization: University of Chicago -- Academic Information Technologies
- Date: Fri, 30 Dec 1994 16:20:47 GMT
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- Here's my family's time-honored Key Lime Pie recipie:
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- Key Lime Pie
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- Ingredients:
- 1 nine inch Graham-cracker pie shell
- (I cheat and use the Keebler pre-baked ones)
- 5 large egg yolks
- 14-oz can of Sweetened Condensed Milk
- 1/2 cup Key Lime Juice (or 3/4 cup juice from regular limes)
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- Optional Ingredients:
- finely grated rind of 1 lime (Just the outside green part)
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 3 tablespoons confectioner's sugar
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- Note on the limes: *Key* limes are supposed to be used - they're a bit
- smaller and are more tart than the regular limes you see in the market.
- Ask your grocer if he/she can get 'em - they make a better pie.
- Because the key limes are more tart, you have to use a bit less juice
- than when you have the regular ones...
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- Directions:
- Preheat the oven to 350F. Put the yolks into a large bowl and beat 'em with a
- fork or a wire whisk. Don't kill 'em, just blend 'em together. Then slowly
- blend in the condensed milk, a bit at a time. Then do the same for the lime
- juice. The next step is optional - you can either blend in the grated rind,
- or you can sprinkle it on top of the pie before baking, or you can leave it
- out altogether. My personal preference is to blend it in.
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- Now - pop it in your preheated oven and bake for 13-15 minutes.
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- While it's baking, whip the cream, slowly adding the confectioner's sugar
- while you're whipping.
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- After it's done baking, let it cool for an hour or so on a wire rack, then
- transfer it to the refrigerator to chill. Some people like it at room
- temperature, but I prefer it chilled. If you leave it out *too* long, it goes
- runny.
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- Now that it's chilled, you can use the whipped cream to garnish the whole pie,
- induvidual slices, or whatever. I usually garnish induvidual slices with a
- slice of lime split & twisted.
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- Serve with strong, hot, black coffee. Preferably with a shot of Bushmill's
- added.
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