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Recipe: Delicious Key Lime Pie (Cook's Illustrated)

Key Lime Pie (Cook's Illustrated).

Key Lime Pie (Cook's Illustrated) You can cook Key Lime Pie (Cook's Illustrated) using 13 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Key Lime Pie (Cook's Illustrated)

  1. Prepare of Lime Filling.
  2. Prepare 4 tsp of lime zest, grated.
  3. Prepare 1/2 cup of lime juice (3 or 4 limes).
  4. Prepare 4 of egg yolks (large).
  5. It's 14 oz of sweetened condensed milk (1 can).
  6. You need of Graham Cracker Crust.
  7. It's 11 of graham crackers, processed to fine crumbs (1 1/4 c).
  8. It's 3 tbsp of granulated sugar.
  9. It's 5 tbsp of unsalted butter, melted.
  10. You need of Whipped Cream Topping.
  11. You need 3/4 cup of heavy cream.
  12. You need 1/4 cup of confectioners' sugar.
  13. Prepare 1/2 of lime, sliced paper thin and dipped in suger (optional).

Key Lime Pie (Cook's Illustrated) step by step

  1. For the filling: Whisk zest and yolks in medium bowl until tinted light green, about 2 minutes. Beat in milk, then juice; set aside at room temperature to thicken..
  2. For the crust: Adjust oven rack to center position and heat oven to 325°F. Mix crumbs and sugar in medium bowl. Add butter; stir with fork until well blended. Pour mixture into 9-inch pie pan; press crumbs over bottom and up sides of pan to form even crust. Bake until lightly browned and fragrant, about 15 minutes. Transfer pan to wire rack; cool to room temperature, about 20 minutes..
  3. Pour lime filling into crust; bake until center is set, yet wiggly when jiggled, 15 to 17 minutes. Return pie to wire rack; cool to room temperature. Refrigerate until well chilled, at least 3 hours. (Can be covered with lightly oiled or oil-sprayed warp laid directly on filling and refrigerated up to 1 day)..
  4. For the whipped cream: Up to 2 hours before serving, whip cream in medium bowl to very soft peaks. Adding confectioners' sugar 1 tablespoon at a time, continue whipping to just-stiff peaks. Decoratively pipe whipped cream over filling or spread evenly with rubber spatula. Garnish with optional sugared lime slices and serve..