Florida Key Lime Pie

Added on Tue May 8 2007

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The Basics

Dish: Dessert and Sweets
cuisine: America
Serves: 6
Prep Time: 0hrs 15 mins
Cooking Time: 0hrs 20 mins

Ingredients

9 inch Ready made pie case
4 tablespoons sugar
1 can sweetened condensed milk
quarter cup fresh lime juice(or bottled if nessesary)
2 eggs seperated

Method

Refridgerate pie crust until well chilled.

Preheat oven to 175 oC.
In a bowl, combine condensed milk, lime zest, and lime juice. Add egg yolks and egg; stir until well blended. Pour into chilled pie case.

In a medium bowl, beat egg whites until stiff peaks form; gradually fold in sugar. Spread meringue over key lime mixture, being careful to spread to edge of pastry to prevent shrinkage during baking.

Bake 20 minutes or until meringue is golden brown. Remove from oven and cool completely on a wire rack.