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Key Lime Pie Recipe From La Concha Hotel, Key West

Course Dessert

Ingredients

crust

  • 2 cups graham cracker crumbs
  • 1/4 lb butter
  • 2 tbsp sugar

pie filling

  • 2 whole eggs
  • 4 egg yolks
  • 1 14oz can sweetened condensed milk
  • 1/2 cup key lime juice

meringue

  • 4 egg whites
  • 2 tbsp confectioners sugar

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Blend pie shell ingredients well, press into 9-inch pie plate. Bake 8 to 10 minutes, until lightly browned. Reduce oven setting to 250 degrees.
  • Mix filling ingredients thoroughly, pour into pre-baked pie shell; bake at 250 degrees for 5 minutes. Remove from oven. Reset oven to 350 degrees.
  • Whip egg whites and sugar until stiff peaks form. Spread meringue on pre-baked pie, working from outside rim to center to ensure that meringue seals to pie plate. Bake at 350 degrees for 3 to 5 minutes, until the meringue is golden brown. Chill thoroughly before serving.