Key Lime Pie

Name: Key Lime Pie
Yield: Serves 8
Ingredients: 4 teaspoons, grated lime zest; 1/2 cup, lime juice from 3 to 4 limes; 4 , large egg yolks; 1 , (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk; 11 , graham crackers, processed to fine crumbs (1 1/4 cups); 3 tablespoons, granulated sugar; 5 tablespoons, unsalted butter, melted; 3/4 cup, heavy cream; 1/4 cup, confectioners' sugar; 1/2 , lime, sliced paper thin and dipped in sugar (optional)

150 comments

Appears in Cook's Illustrated March/April 1997, America's Test Kitchen TV

Desserts or Baked Goods

Fruit Desserts

Dessert Pies

With only three ingredients (including regular limes) and in just over 30 minutes, you can produce a four-star dessert.

SERVES8

TIME1¼ hours, plus 1 hour cooling and 3 hours chilling

has video

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

We were able to come up with a great key lime pie recipe using only three filling ingredients: sweetened condensed milk, egg yolks, and fresh lime juice. Bottled reconstituted lime juice, we found, gave the pie an “off” flavor. Once we subs...

This is a members' feature.