A recipe for Delicious Key Lime Pie. Follow the simple recipe instructions for Delicious Key Lime Pie shared by other home cooking experts.
Ingredients
1 Tbs. Plain gelatin1 c. Sugar
1/4 Tsp. Salt
4 ea. Eggs, separated
1/2 c. Key Lime juice or
1 x Persian lime juice, strained
1/4 c. Water
1 Tsp. Grated Key lime or Persian lime peel
1 c. Heavy cream, whipped
1 ea. 9 baked graham cracker
1 x Crust cooled
Directions
Mix the gelatin half of the sugar and the salt in a saucepan. In another pan beat the egg yolks well. Add the lime juice and water to the egg yolk mixture. Stir the egg yolk mixture into the gelatin mixture. Cook over low heat stirring constantly just until the mixture comes to a boil. Remove from heat; stir in grated peel. Chill stirring occasionally until the mixture mounds slightly when dropped from a spoon. Beat the egg whites until soft peaks form. Gradually add the remaining sugar beating until stiff. Fold into the chilled gelatin mixture. Fold in whipped cream (reserve some for topping if desired). Pour into the baked crust. Chill until firm.
