Key Lime Pie

Name: Key Lime Pie
Total time: PT0D0H0M
Yield: serves 8
Ingredients: 7 tbsp. butter, melted; 1 1 ⁄ 2 cups graham cracker crumbs (about 10 crackers); 3 tbsp. sugar; 4 pasteurized egg yolks; 1 (14-oz.) can sweetened condensed milk; 1 ⁄ 2 cup key lime juice (8–10 key limes); 1 1 ⁄ 2 cups heavy cream; 2 tbsp. sugar

Serves
serves 8

ARTHUR MEEHAN

Although this pie can be made with bottled key lime juice, we prefer the flavor of fresh key limes, which are available by mail order year-round and at supermarkets in the early winter and late summer months.

Ingredients

For the Crust

7 tbsp. butter, melted
1 ¹⁄₂ cups graham cracker crumbs (about 10 crackers)
3 tbsp. sugar

For the Filling

4 pasteurized egg yolks
1 (14-oz.) can sweetened condensed milk
¹⁄₂ cup key lime juice (8–10 key limes)
1 ¹⁄₂ cups heavy cream
2 tbsp. sugar

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Instructions

Step 1

For the crust: Preheat oven to 375°. Butter a 9" glass pie plate with some of the melted butter, and set aside. Combine graham cracker crumbs, sugar, and remaining melted butter in a medium mixing bowl; then transfer to prepared pie plate. Spread crumbs evenly on bottom and up the side of the pie plate; then, using your fingertips, firmly press down on crumbs to form a crust. Bake crust until lightly browned, about 8 minutes. Remove crust from oven, and set on a wire rack to let cool to room temperature.

Step 2

For the filling: Briefly whisk egg yolks in a large mixing bowl; then gradually add condensed milk, whisking until smooth. Add lime juice, and mix until just combined.

Step 3

Pour filling into prepared crust (filling will thicken as it sits). Cover pie with plastic wrap, being careful not to let it touch the surface of the filling, and refrigerate until well chilled, at least 6 hours or overnight.

Step 4

Just before serving, put heavy cream and sugar into a large, well-chilled mixing bowl. Beat cream with a whisk or an electric beater on high speed until cream just forms soft peaks (do not overbeat). Decorate pie with large dollops of whipped cream.

For the crust: Preheat oven to 375°. Butter a 9" glass pie plate with some of the melted butter, and set aside. Combine graham cracker crumbs, sugar, and remaining melted butter in a medium mixing bowl; then transfer to prepared pie plate. Spread crumbs evenly on bottom and up the side of the pie plate; then, using your fingertips, firmly press down on crumbs to form a crust. Bake crust until lightly browned, about 8 minutes. Remove crust from oven, and set on a wire rack to let cool to room temperature.
For the filling: Briefly whisk egg yolks in a large mixing bowl; then gradually add condensed milk, whisking until smooth. Add lime juice, and mix until just combined.
Pour filling into prepared crust (filling will thicken as it sits). Cover pie with plastic wrap, being careful not to let it touch the surface of the filling, and refrigerate until well chilled, at least 6 hours or overnight.
Just before serving, put heavy cream and sugar into a large, well-chilled mixing bowl. Beat cream with a whisk or an electric beater on high speed until cream just forms soft peaks (do not overbeat). Decorate pie with large dollops of whipped cream.