Key Lime Pie

2024-09-16
Source: https://youtu.be/G0f1ZU22qK4
Effort: high

Ingredients:

Crust:

• 100g melted butter
• 350g cookies, most kinds will work, aim for something darker, ginger, lemon flavors work well.

Filling:

• 2 cans of condensed milk
• juice of 4 limes
• 4 egg yolks
• zest of 3 limes

Prep:

1. Heat oven to 175C
2. melt or begin melting the butter
3. add the cookies to a processor; pulse until fine crumbs
4. add the butter to the cookies
5. dump the mix into a 9in pie dish and distribute, use a flat-bottom glass to get an even layer on the bottom, use your fingers to nicely coax it all into a desirable shape
6. Bake crust for 10 mins at set temp
7. While crust bakes; zest 2 limes, squeeze the juice out
8. add the egg yolks and the zest into a bowl, whisk/beat for a minute
9. pour in the condensed milk; incorporate, scrape down sides
10. while mixing, pour in the lime juice
11. pour into crust
12. jiggle the whole dish around
13. bake pie at 20 minutes and chill for at least one hour