← Nouns Cooking · American

Ingredients

• 160 g graham crackers or digestive biscuits, finely crushed
• 30 g Sugar
• 1 pinch Salt
• 85 g Butter, melted
• 4 egg yolks
• 395 g sweetened condensed milk (1 can)
• 160 ml key lime or regular lime juice (about 6 limes)
• 2 tsp finely grated lime zest
• 250 ml whipping cream
• 1 tbsp Icing sugar

Method

1. Heat the oven to 175°C (350°F). Mix the crumbs, sugar, salt and melted butter until it looks like wet sand, then press firmly over the base and up the sides of a 23 cm pie dish.
2. Bake the crust for 10 min, until fragrant and lightly golden, then let it cool for 10 min.
3. Whisk the egg yolks and lime zest for 1 minute, until pale. Whisk in the condensed milk, then the lime juice; it will thicken as you stir.
4. Pour into the crust and bake for 15 min, until the edges are set but the centre still wobbles slightly.
5. Cool on a rack for 30 min, then chill for at least 3 hours, until firm.
6. Whip the cream with the icing sugar to soft peaks and spread or pipe it over the pie. Slice with a knife dipped in hot water.

Tips

• Bottled key lime juice is fine, and regular limes make a slightly less floral but still delicious pie.
• The filling is baked to set the yolks; don’t skip it.

Sources

Written in our own words after cross-checking these recipes:

King Arthur Baking The Modern Proper