Description
Easy Key lime pie recipe, made with a graham cracker crust and lemon filling made with condensed milk and lime juice (9 inch/ 22 cm pie plate - 10 - 12 slices)
Ingredients
Bottom crust
- 250 g Graham crackers
- 125 g Butter - unsalted and melted
Lemon Filling
- 794 g ( 2 x 14 oz) Sweetened condensed milk - 2 cans
- 120 ml ( 1/2 cup) Lime juice
- 100 g (1/3 cup) Sour cream - or cream cheese
- 1 zest key lime
Whipped topping
- 200 ml (3/4 cup) Heavy cream - Full fat 30% and cold
- 2 tbsp powdered sugar - icing sugar
Instructions
Crust :
- Preheat the oven to 350°F / 180°C with the fan oven.
- Start by finely mixing the graham crackers in a food processor until you have a fine crumbs.
- Melt the soft butter in a saucepan over medium heat or in the microwave.
- Mix together the melted butter and cracker crumbs in a medium bowl with a wooden spoon until the crumbs have soaked into the butter.
- Pour this crumbs mixture into a 9-inch diameter pie plate and press down with your hands or with the back of a tablespoon to form the pie crust.
- Bake for about 7 - 10 minutes, then let cool completely to room temperature.
Lemon filling :
- Preheat the oven to 320°F / 160°C fan oven.
- Place the sweetened condensed milk with the sour cream, lime juice and zest in a large bowl and mix with a whisk until you have a smooth cream.
- Pour this mixture into the pie plate containing the prepared graham cracker crumbs and smooth the top with an angled spatula.
- Bake for about 15-20 minutes until the cream firms up.
- Let the pie cool at room temperature for about 20 minutes before placing the pie in the refrigerator for at least 3 hours.
Whipped cream :
- Place the cold heavy cream with the powdered sugar in a medium bowl and beat with an electric mixer at medium speed for about 5 minutes. Until you obtain a firm whipped cream.
- Fill a pastry bag fitted with a star tip with whipped cream and decorate the top of the tart.
- Add extra lime zest and enjoy.
Notes
Storage: 3 to 4 days in the refrigerator under a cling film and up to 3 months in the freezer.
For a lime tart with a thinner layer of filling, divide the quantities by 2.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: cake, Dessert, pie
- Cuisine: american
Nutrition
- Calories: 457
- Sugar: 43
- Sodium: 309
- Fat: 24
- Saturated Fat: 14
- Carbohydrates: 55
- Fiber: 1
- Protein: 7
- Cholesterol: 72