Name: Key Lime Pie
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 300g Digestive Biscuits; 150g Butter; 400g Condensed Milk; 3 Egg Yolks; 4 Lime; 300ml Double Cream; 1 tbls Icing Sugar; to serve Lime

Dessert

8 servings

639 cal/serving

Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 325°F.

Step 2

Whizz the biscuits to fine crumbs, melt the butter and mix until combined

Digestive BiscuitsButter

Step 3

Press the crumb mixture into the base and up the sides of a 22cm loose-based tart tin, bake for 10 minutes and cool

Step 4

Whisk the egg yolks with electric beaters until pale (about 1 minute)

Egg Yolks

Step 5

Add the condensed milk and whisk for 3 minutes

Condensed Milk

Step 6

Add the lime zest and juice and whisk for 3 minutes

Lime

Step 7

Pour the filling into the cooled base, bake for 15 minutes, then cool and chill for at least 3 hours

Step 8

Carefully remove the pie from the tin and transfer to a serving plate

Step 9

Softly whip the cream with the icing sugar until soft peaks form

Double CreamIcing Sugar

Step 10

Dollop or pipe the whipped cream onto the pie and finish with extra lime zest

Lime