Kim's Key Lime Pie

[2ndAmendment]

True key lime pie is yellow and custardy, not green and cheesy/jello-y.

 

[watercolor]

Key Lime Pie Recipe:

• 1 14oz can sweetened condensed milk (not the fat-free crap)
• 3 egg yolks
• 1/2 cup of Nellie and Joe's Key Lime Juice (I got mine at Safeway and it MUST be key lime juice - regular lime juice will not do)
• zest of 1 lime (key lime if you can get it, otherwise regular lime will do)

Mix yolks with cond. milk, then add lime juice and zest. Mix well and pour into a 9" graham cracker crust. Bake at 350 for 15 minutes. Cool, then refrigerate until chilled and set. Garnish with whipped cream.

Note that there is no jello, cream cheese or green food coloring in this recipe. True key lime pie is yellow and custardy, not green and cheesy/jello-y.

Thank you! My mom's Jimmy Buffet beach bomber party is next week- and I was needing a good recipe!

 

[Trunk Monkey]

Actually, now that I think about it, this would make a nice treat for #2, who is grounded pending the return of both of Bebe Mama's winter coats (that she "borrowed" and lost). She's supposed to bring both coats home with her TODAY and, if she does, I'll make her a pie to celebrate her release from house arrest.

If she does, do you think the old Trunk Monkey may get a piece? The tall guy wont let me eat at the table so you will have to save it for me.

Throw a handful of mashed potatoes one time and you are branded

 

[2ndAmendment]

...

Throw a handful of mashed potatoes one time and you are branded

At least, it was only mashed potatoes.

 

[just.me]

Isn't that the same Key Lime they sell at Clarkes Landing? I know they get it from some place on the island I just can't remember the exact name. Anywho if it is it's very good

I think the coffee shop is the one who supplies the key lime pies around town. but i don't think that they are that good -- too acidic for me -- as well as over priced for size and quality.

 

[mAlice]

but i don't think that they are that good -- too acidic for me -- as well as over priced for size and quality.

Well, duh. It is citrus.

As for price, have you ever priced Key Lime concentrate?

 

[just.me]

Just to let you all know, there is a wonderful lil' coffee shop in Solomon's Island. They have great fresh coffee and a nice shop that sells candles and such. It is right by the water. The people there are wonderfully nice and they have a dog named Katrina, that was rescued from the hurricane.

You have got to be kidding me!!! Over-priced and so-so quality to suck in seasonal visitors!!! The cheesecakes are awful - and the key lime pie is average. Definitely not worth the prices!

 

[just.me]

Well, duh. It is citrus.

As for price, have you ever priced Key Lime concentrate?

good lime pies are not TOO acidic....that was my whole point......
duh right back at ya!

 

[CMC122]

We've got a live one



They are just opinions, take it easy

 

[vraiblonde]

good lime pies are not TOO acidic....

REAL key lime pies are supposed to give you a bit of a zing. But to each his own - my Mom says that my Jello auntie makes the best key lime pie. :shrug:

 

[Nickel]

We've got a live one



They are just opinions, take it easy

Such passion....and about pie!!!

 

[mAlice]

good lime pies are not TOO acidic....that was my whole point......
duh right back at ya!

It's not supposed to taste like a LIME pie, it's supposed to taste like a KEY LIME pie. A good Key Lime pie bites you under your ears.

 

[CMC122]

Such passion....and about pie!!!

 

[MMDad]

I like the Edwards Key Lime pie you can buy in the store. Alot of restaurants sell theirs too.

Use Vrai's recipe and you'll never go back. I use that same recipe to make lime pie with fresh limes. (no I don't call it key lime)

 

[vraiblonde]

(no I don't call it key lime)

I'll bet it's delicious just the same. You can use lemon juice, too, and top it with merengue and it's pretty yummy.

Plus, it so easy to make a key lime pie - I have no idea why anyone would buy one.

 

[Agee]

REAL key lime pies are supposed to give you a bit of a zing. But to each his own - my Mom says that my Jello auntie makes the best key lime pie. :shrug:

Auntie Jello...

Well if "Jello Auntie" makes it with lime Jello, then it's just a cheap imposter.





BTW, no offense to "Auntie Jello"

 

[mainman]

good lime pies are not TOO acidic....that was my whole point......
duh right back at ya!

 

[vraiblonde]

BTW, no offense to "Auntie Jello"

None taken. It's still good - it's just not key lime pie.

 

[marianne]

Thank you! My mom's Jimmy Buffet beach bomber party is next week- and I was needing a good recipe!

For a Buffett party, you might want Key Lime Shooters rather than pie
http://www.drinksmixer.com/drink4669.html

 

[MMDad]

I'll bet it's delicious just the same. You can use lemon juice, too, and top it with merengue and it's pretty yummy.

Plus, it so easy to make a key lime pie - I have no idea why anyone would buy one.

I made the lime last weekend, and put the meringue on it. Very yummy. I'm not into sweets, but the wife and kids snarfed it up with a quickness.

The recipe I used only has two eggs, but next time I think I'll use three for more volume and texture. Plus more meringue, which will please my daughter.