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Americana Key Lime Pie
Course
Dessert
Cuisine
American
Keyword
Dessert, Key Lime Pie
Ingredients
1
T
Unflavored gelatin
(1 env.)
1/2
c
Sugar
1/4
t
Salt
4
Egg yolks
1/2
c
Lime juice
1/4
c
Water
1
t
Grated lime peel
1
Few drops green food color
4
Egg whites
1/2
c
Sugar
1
c
Heavy cream
whipped
1
9-in
baked pastry shell
1
Pistachio nuts
chopped
1
Lime slices for garnish
1
Heavy cream
whipped, to top
Instructions
Thoroughly mix gelatin, 1/2 cup sugar, and salt in saucepan.
Beat together egg yolks, lime juice, and water; stir into gelatin mixture.
Cook and stir over medium heat just till mixture comes to boiling.
Remove from heat; stir in grated peel. Add food coloring sparingly to tint pale green.
Chill, stirring occasionally, until the mixture mounds slightly when dropped from a spoon.
Beat egg whites till soft peaks form; gradually add 1/2 c sugar, beating to stiff peaks.
Fold gelatin mixture into egg whites.
Fold in whipped cream. Pile into cooled baked pastry shell. Chill till firm.
Spread with more whipped cream; edge with grated lime peel.
Sprinkle chopped pistachio nuts in center.
Garnish with thinly sliced lime placed in whipped cream mounds around edge of pie.