Key Lime Pie

Total Time: 3 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs, about 10 crackers
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 6 tablespoons butter, melted and cooled, plus more for pie plate
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 4 large eggs, separated
• 3/4 cup key lime juice, about 20 key limes
• 3/4 cup heavy cream

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 375o. in a bowl, combine graham cracker crumbs, 3 tablespoons sugar, butter, and salt. press into buttered pie plate; bake until ightly browned, about 12 minutes. cool completely on a wire rack. reduce oven temperature to 325o.
• 2 in a bowl, combine condensed milk, yolks, and lime juice. pour into crust.
• 3 return pie to oven and bake until center is just set, 15 to 17 minutes. cool completely on wire rack.
• 4 in the bowl of an electric mixer, whisk together remaining sugar and egg whites. place bowl over a pot of simmering water, and stir until warm to the touch and sugar is dissolved. place bowl on mixer fitted with whisk attachment, and mix on medium-high speed until stiff peaks form and meringue is glossy, about 5 minutes.
• 5 place cream in a chilled bowl; whisk until soft peaks form, being careful not to overmix. gently whisk a third of the cream into meringue. using a rubber spatula, fold in remaining cream.
• 6 top pie with meringue; freeze just until topping is firm enough to slice.