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Key Lime Meringue Pie Recipe

United States · Servings: 8

Key Lime Meringue Pie

Southern U.S. Cuisine | Dessert Key lime pie is made of Key lime juice, eggs, condensed milk, and sugar in a pre-baked pie shell. The pie is then baked, and often topped with meringue or whipped cream. Other recipes (with slightly different ingredients) call for it to be chilled or frozen, using an unbaked Graham cracker crust. This makes it a popular summer dessert. The dish is named

Ingredients

Pie

  • 1 fully-baked 9-inch (25 cm / 9 oz) graham cracker or pastry pie shell
  • 1 can (14 oz / 400 g) sweetened condensed milk
  • ½ cup fresh Key lime juice
  • 4 egg yolks

Meringue topping (optional)

  • 4 egg whites
  • ½ cup caster sugar

Procedure

  1. Separate egg whites from egg yolks. Make sure there is no trace of yolk in the whites.
  2. Beat the sweetened condensed milk, lime juice, and egg yolks in a small mixing bowl.
  3. Pour the mixture into the baked pie shell. Bake at 350°F (180°C) for 8 minutes.
  4. While baking filling, whip egg whites in a large, clean mixer bowl on high speed until soft peaks form. Gradually beat in the sugar until meringue forms hard peaks.
  5. Spoon the meringue over the top of the hot pie and use a spoon to form peaks.
  6. Bake at 350°F (180°C) for 10–15 minutes, or until meringue begins to brown.

Adapted from Wikibooks Cookbook · Cookbook:Key Lime Meringue Pie, CC BY-SA 3.0.