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 /  28 September 2023  

#  Key Lime Pie  


The Hummingbird Bakery doesn’t use any food colouring in its lime filling, just a bit of lime zest. Here, the pie is topped with a mound of freshly whipped cream, but you can also make a meringue topping by following a standard lemon meringue pie recipe, too.  


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Serves

 8 

 



Total Time

 40 Minutes 

 



 

 

Ingredients

    8 egg yolks  

   2 x 400g cans of condensed milk  

   100ml of freshly squeezed key lime juice, (from 10 to 12 key limes or bottled key lime juice)  

   Finely grated zest of 5 limes, plus extra finely grated zest to decorate  

   450ml of heavy whipping cream  

 



  

 Crust  


   300g of finely crushed graham crackers  

   150g of unsalted butter, melted  

   1 x 9in pie dish, greased  

 



  

 



Method

 Step 1 

Preheat the oven to 350°F.



 Step 2 

For the crust, Add the finely crushed graham crackers and melted butter to a bowl and stir to combine. Press this mixture into the bottom and neatly up the inside of the prepared pie dish, using the ball of your hand or the back of a tablespoon to flatten and compress it.



 Step 3 

Bake in the preheated oven for about 20 minutes, or until the crust looks baked and the bottom feels firm. Set aside to cool completely.



 Step 4 

Turn the oven down to 300°F.



 Step 5 

Put the egg yolks, condensed milk, and lime juice and zest in a glass bowl and whisk gently with a balloon, whisk until all the ingredients are very well incorporated. The mixture will thicken naturally.



 Step 6 

Pour into the cooled pie crust and bake in the preheated oven for 20-30 minutes. The filling should be firm to the touch but still very slightly soft in the centre (not wobbly). Let it cool completely, then cover and refrigerate for at least one hour, or overnight if possible.



 Step 7 

When you are ready to serve the pie, whip the cream with an electric hand mixer in a large bowl until soft peaks form, then spread over the pie and decorate with a little lime zest.



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recipe Courtesy Of [HummingbirdBakery.com](https://www.hummingbirdbakery.com/)

 

 

 

 

  

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