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Key Lime Pie Recipe
Many Variations ...But This One "Works"
A Best Restaurant Dessert Recipe
There are many variations of Key Lime Pie, even in F
But one thing nearly everyone understands and agrees
about, the natural color of this pie is a very light yellow
...not green from adding food coloring.
lorida.No one really knows who developed the first recipe for this
delicious pie. Nor does anyone really know what the first
pie tasted like, but it must have been good to have
influenced the eating habits of the entire nation.
My restaurant dessert recipe is that good! My restaurant
customers have continually requested my dessert recipe.
Happy eating!
Key Lime Pie
A Best Restaurant Dessert Recipe
Preparation time: 15 minutes. Serves 6-8.
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Ingredients:
Juice from 2 Key limes
2 tablespoons lemon juice
2 egg yolks
1 can Eagle Brand condensed milk
2 cups whipped topping or whipped cream
One 9-inch baked pie crust or graham cracker pie crust (as in picture) or chocolate crust
Grated chocolate or chocolate curls for a garnish
Instructions:
In a mixer or by hand, beat first 4 ingredients together
Fold in the whipping cream
Pour into the crust of your choice, mounding towards the center
Garnish with grated chocolate or chocolate curls and/or very thinly sliced lime sections
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