Key Lime Pie


Ingredients

Crumb crust
2 cups plain sweet biscuit crumbs
200 g butter
2 tsp grated lime zest

Syrup
1 cup water
 ½ cup sugar
2 tblsp grated lime zest

Filling
1 envelope gelatin
¼ cup fresh lime juice
 ½ cup castor sugar
2 eggs, separated
1 cup cream
1 tsp vanilla essence

Method

Syrup
Combine the water and sugar in a microwave -safe bowl and heat on High for 5 minutes. Add 2 tblsp grated lime zest and simmer on Medium-Low for 10 minutes.

Crust
Crush the biscuits to a fine mixture. Heat the butter in the microwave until just melted. Combine the butter, biscuits and 2 tblsp grated lime zest. Press into the base of a 24 cm lightly greased spring-form tin. Chill.

Filling
Heat ¼ of the syrup and add the gelatin. Stir until dissolved. Add the lime juice, sugar and 2 egg yolks. Stir well and heat in the microwave on Medium-Low for 3 minutes (stir halfway through). Set aside to cool.

Beat the 2 egg whites and half the sugar until stiff. In another bowl, whip the cream, vanilla and the rest of the sugar. Fold the whipped cream into the egg whites, drizzling the remaining syrup at the same time. When the mixture is smooth, place on top of the prepared pie crust. Chill until firm.

 

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