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Ingredients
| eggs: 3 (separated) |
| sweetened condensed milk: 1 14floz can |
| lime juice: 1/2 cup |
| frozen pie crust: 1 crust |
| cream of tartar: 1/2 tsp |
| granulated sugar: 1/3 cup |
| green food coloring: 3 drops (optional) |
Key Lime Pie
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Prep Time
25 min -
Cook Time
225 min -
Servings
1 serving(s)
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- Preheat oven to 325 deg F.
- Beat egg yolks.
- Fold in milk and lime juice.
- If desired, stir in food colouring.
- Pour into pie crust.
- Bake for 30 minutes.
- Remove from oven.
- Increase oven temperature to 350 deg F.
- Now, prepare the meringue.
- For this, beat egg whites with cream of tartar till soft white peaks form.
- Gradually beat in sugar until it is completely dissolved.
- Immediately spread the merngue over the hot pie.
- Bake for 15 minutes.
- Cool for an hour.
- Chill for atleast 3 hours.
- Serve!