Whatever brand you go with, just make sure that there are no sweeteners added as that will throw off the taste of the recipe. But Florida Keys Key Lime Juice and The Original Key West Lime Juice are also good options. I like Nellie & Joe’s Key Lime Juice brand. So, if you cannot find them there are a few options… You should be able to find Key Lime Juice which is actually much easier to use than it is to squeeze out the juice from these suckers. But I would imagine that some people may not be able to find fresh key limes at their local stores. I can pick them from the tree in my yard or buy some at Publix or Winn Dixie, my local grocery stores. The key lime plant is native to Southeast Asia, but found its way to places like Africa, Sicily, and the Americas by Spanish explorers. The key lime goes by other names as well such as the West Indian lime and the Mexican lime. Some key limes also have more of a yellow than a green hue.
You will see that I use whipped cream as the topping for my pie recipe, although the traditional topping is meringue.īut before we get to the recipe, which is super simple, what exactly is a key lime? Simply put, it is a citrus fruit that is smaller, more acidic, and more thinly skinned than the traditional Persian limes that one normally find at the grocery store. After many, many, many attempts I finally came up with a winning recipe. Well, I decided to try my own hand at this favorite dessert of his. Whenever we go out, if it is on the menu he will try it.
Like William Curry, my husband Steven is a Key Lime Pie fan. We can, however, trace back the first mention of a recipe for this dessert to William Curry, Key West’s first millionaire. But the exact origins of the key lime pie are unknown. If you prefer on larger version, make it in a deep dish pie plate instead.Key Lime Pie is the state pie of Florida. I find it easier to zest limes before they’ve been squeezed for juice, so you may wish to grab some zest first. Just note that key lime zest is quite bitter, so even if using key limes, you may wish to use regular lime zest. I tasted the filling before freezing and added a bit more zest, about 1 1/2 Tbsp. sweet, so you may want to tweak the amount of lime juice and zest to your taste. I think everyone has their own preference for tart vs. I should warn that this dessert is probably one where personal taste will come in to play. Sweetened Condensed Milk – such as Eagle Brand™. The result will still be key lime in spirit :) For the rest of us, a half dozen regular limes will do just fine here. If you have ready access to tons of key limes, then by all means, juice away. I grabbed a bunch of limes from the fridge and this dessert became more of a frozen regular lime pie. After juicing a few and realizing how many I was going to go through to get 1/2 a cup, I switched to plan B.
Then I discovered that if you juice a key lime, you get about 1/2 a teaspoon of juice. I spied a bag of key limes at the grocery store recently and picked some up, immediately thinking of making a key lime pie of some sort. Limes – These little desserts started out with the best of intentions.
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