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Blue Heaven Key Lime Pie
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The key lime pie is a classic dessert with a graham cracker crust, Key lime custard filling made with fresh key lime juice, and a fluffy meringue topping.
serves/makes:
ready in:
30-60 minutes
30-60 minutes
9 reviews
ingredients
Graham Cracker Crust
4 cups graham cracker crumbs
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup butter, melted
Filling
2 cans sweetened condensed milk
1 cup Key lime juice, fresh
8 egg yolks
Meringue
8 egg whites
1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
1/3 cup confectioners' sugar
directions
For Graham Cracker Crust: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Mix the cracker crumbs, sugar and butter together. Line a 9 inch pie tin with the cracker mix, pressing firmly to line bottom and sides. Bake for 8 minutes at 350 degrees F.
For Filling: Whisk the condensed milk with the lime juice and egg yolks in a stainless steel bowl. Pour into the pre-baked graham cracker shell. Set aside while making the meringue.
For Meringue: Beat the egg whites to a soft peak; add cream of tartar and continue to whip to a stiff peak. Continue whipping and add the sugar, whipping until the meringue forms stiff peaks.
Decoratively add meringue on top of the custard. Bake for 15-30 minutes at 350 degrees F. Cook until the meringue has good color. Check with a wooden skewer or cake tester to be sure the custard is done.
NOTE: Be sure the bowl and whisk used to beat the egg whites is very clean, otherwise the egg whites will not form a stiff peak.
added by
JTEhler
nutrition data
724 calories, 24 grams fat, 113 grams carbohydrates, 17 grams protein per serving.
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reviews & comments
November 25, 2022
Needs modifications! Crust: Way too much Graham for even a 10" plus pie dish. Way too little fat - and I added to the recipe upon see that, and still wasn't enough. Filling: Nicely filled a 10"+ dish. Good, but the custard needed more than the 25 min I gave it in a convection oven. Meringue: Perfect for meringue, but not long enough for custard.
September 2, 2019
Found crumb mixture enough for 2-3 pies and not buttery enough. Will tweak next time around. Otherwise a beautiful looking pie! Havenât tasted it yet. Still cooking!
May 13, 2018
I would say using 3 cups of graham crackers and 1 stick of butter :)
April 22, 2018
This would be 5 starts however I have a comment on the pie crust that either I am doing wrong or the ratios are just way off. I only used 2 cups worth of gram crackers, and 1 whole stick of butter to get the crackers to clump nicely and be able to pack the crust without it falling apart, also to the perspn that mentioned to cook the custard for 15 minutes prior to the merengue a big THANKS!!!
June 14, 2014
Two stars for crust prep... Had enough graham cracker crust for two or three more pies, half the recipe for the crust and youll still have enough for two pies. Had the original on honeymoon in Key West, loved it, trying to recreate for anniversary! Will review final product... Not just crust for days :)
April 14, 2014
My first attempt at making this. Absolutely delicious. If you can't get to Key West you can at least have Blue Heaven Key Lime Pie.
November 6, 2013
I made this pie last spring and it was amazing! Does anyone know if I can change out the lime juice for another citrus like lemon or even orange? The pie turned out perfectly but I need a different flavor for another occasion and wasn't sure if I could just replace lime with lemon or if anything else would need to be adjusted.
January 20, 2013
Update: Custard didn't get finished due to merengue being so tall! With that being said, next time I will bake without merengue for the first 10-15 minutes.
January 19, 2013
This turned out AWESOME! However, I will add a little bit more juice next time since I like my key lime pie very tart. Custard recipe is a bit much if you use a store-bought crust, but who's to complain? : )