Ingredients
- Crust
- Digestive biscuits- 400 gm
- White Sugar- 50 gm
- Salt-1/2 tsp
- Unsalted Butter- 120 gm
- Filling
- Fresh Lime juice-160 ml
- Sweetened condensed milk-1 can ( 395 gm)
- Egg yolks- 3 large
- Grated Lime Zest- 2 tbsp
- Pie Decoration
- Heavy whipping cream- 1 cup
- Granulated white sugar- To Taste ( I add 4 tbsp)
Instructions
- Place digestive biscuits, salt and sugar in a large bowl, combine well. Melt butter in the microwave and add to the bowl with biscuits. Mix till crumbs are coated. Transfer the crust into 9-inch cake or pie dish. Bake for 5 minutes. Set it aside while you are preparing filling.
- Zest limes, you should get 2 tbsp. Place egg yolks and lime zest in a bowl of your electrical mixer, beat 5-6 minutes until smooth and pale.
- Add 1 can of Sweetened condensed milk. Again beat 4-5 minutes until thickened.
- Squeeze limes. You will get 160-170 ml. Whisk in yolk mixture.
- Pour into crust, bake another 10 minutes. It should not be browned in the end. Let Key lime Pie cool completely before adding the topping.
- In your electrical mixture beat whipping cream and sugar till soft peaks. Pipe pie the way you want.
- Prep Time: 25 mins
- Cook Time: 10 mins
- Category: Pies and Tarts