![]() For anyone that can only find the regular green limes, then use those. If you can get your hands on key limes, then for sure, use them in this recipe. Here is a a description of how key lime vs lime, if you want more info. They also have more seeds than a regular lime. Key lime pie is traditionally made with key limes, which are tropically grown and yellow when ripe. This is a cool and refreshing dessert, and perfect for summer! Jump straight to the recipe! Store pie in fridge or freezer until ready to serve.This authentic key lime pie starts with a homemade graham cracker crust, then a creamy sweet and tart filling, and fluffy toasted meringue. Remove pie from oven and cool for 1 hour. While pie is cooling, combine heavy cream, sugar, and vanilla in a separate bowl and beat until stiff peaks form. In a separate bowl, beat eggs add to lime mixture and beat for 1 minute. Combine key lime juice, condensed milk and sour cream in a mixing bowl. ready made graham cracker pie crust or shortbread pie crust (Keebler preferred).1 can sweetened condensed milk (Eagle brand is my favorite).Biddle’s brand or Nellie and Joe’s brand) 3 – 6 oz key lime juice (depending on how tart you like your pie).Just keep in mind that since regular limes are not as tart as key limes, you may have to adjust the amount of juice used by a couple of ounces. And if push comes to shove and you cannot find key limes or key lime juice, you can use traditional limes and/or regular lime juice. Whatever brand you go with, just make sure that there are no sweeteners added as that will throw off the taste of the recipe. But Florida Keys Key Lime Juice and The Original Key West Lime Juice are also good options. I like Nellie & Joe’s Key Lime Juice brand. So, if you cannot find them there are a few options… You should be able to find Key Lime Juice which is actually much easier to use than it is to squeeze out the juice from these suckers. But I would imagine that some people may not be able to find fresh key limes at their local stores. I can pick them from the tree in my yard or buy some at Publix or Winn Dixie, my local grocery stores. The key lime plant is native to Southeast Asia, but found its way to places like Africa, Sicily, and the Americas by Spanish explorers. The key lime goes by other names as well such as the West Indian lime and the Mexican lime. Some key limes also have more of a yellow than a green hue. ![]() You will see that I use whipped cream as the topping for my pie recipe, although the traditional topping is meringue.īut before we get to the recipe, which is super simple, what exactly is a key lime? Simply put, it is a citrus fruit that is smaller, more acidic, and more thinly skinned than the traditional Persian limes that one normally find at the grocery store. ![]() ![]() After many, many, many attempts I finally came up with a winning recipe. Well, I decided to try my own hand at this favorite dessert of his. Whenever we go out, if it is on the menu he will try it. Like William Curry, my husband Steven is a Key Lime Pie fan. We can, however, trace back the first mention of a recipe for this dessert to William Curry, Key West’s first millionaire. But the exact origins of the key lime pie are unknown. Key Lime Pie is the state pie of Florida. ![]()
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