Key lime pie. We are big key lime pie fans and used authentic key lime juice. The pie was extremely dense like a very dense cheesecake. All of the KLP we have had in Florida (including very recently) has been smooth creamy and sometimes even very light as if whipped cream had been added.
This pie is tasty no matter how you slice it.
Pour the filling into a pre-baked graham cracker crust, bake briefly until the pie is set, and let it chill.
Top the pie with whipped cream and serve.
You can cook Key lime pie using 6 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Key lime pie
- Prepare 1 packages of Cream cheese.
- You need 1 can of Condensed sweetened milk.
- You need 7 of limes.
- Prepare 1 of heavy whipping cream.
- It's 1 large of ready made graham cracker crust.
- It's 1 of coconut.
Can you use regular limes instead of Key limes? You can use regular limes in place of Key limes in any Key lime recipe. Key limes are a bit more tart than their traditional counterparts, but the results of this substitution will still be delicious. This is the gold standard of key lime pie recipes.
Key lime pie step by step
- 1 box of cream cheese add condensed milk blend until smooth.
- Squeeze 7 limes so about 1/4 of a cup into the cream cheese blend well.
- Pour into graham cracker crust.
- Beat heavy whipping cream pour onto cream cheese.
- Add lime zest for garnish on pie even toast some coconut for garnish.
I live in Cuba where key limes are abundant, but Cuba also juices those limes and packages them in small boxes that contain about one cup each. I have tried both ways, with fresh key limes and that packaged lime juice and there is absolutely no difference. But that is Cuban lime juice. Key Lime Pie VII "Rave reviews! Key Lime Pie VII "This recipe is fabulous—a homerun!