COOK'S CORNER EASIER WAYS TO MAKE KEY LIME PIE.Byline: Natalie Haughton Food Editor Today we're revisiting key lime pie Key lime pie is a dessert made of key lime juice, egg yolks, and sweetened condensed milk in a pie crust. The pie is topped with meringue, then baked until the meringue is a golden brown.[1] Some key lime pies use other types of whipped toppings or none at all. . After our copycat recipe of the version served at Wolfgang Puck Wolfgang Johann Puck (born Wolfgang Johann Topfschnig on July 8, 1949) is an Austrian-American celebrity chef, restaurateur, and businessman based in Los Angeles. Cafe ran in the restaurant replicas feature in April, Floran Frank of Burbank sent along her mother's recipe. It is simple and uncomplicated - it doesn't require bottled lime juice or baking in a hot water bath like our facsimile (and no doubt the texture is different too) - noted Frank, adding that you can use the juice from lemons growing in your back yard. When Frank was growing up in Miami, she wrote, you had to drive south toward Key West to buy key limes Key lime n. 1. A lime indigenous to the Florida Keys, having a yellow rind and yellowish-green fruit. 2. A yellowish green. Noun 1. - with indescribable flavor - at a stand along the highway. A while back, a couple of other easy unbaked un·baked adj. Not having been baked or cooked, especially in an oven: unbaked bricks; an unbaked pie crust. , frozen versions of the pie came to my attention - and we're also including them today. The second vintage recipe, for a frozen version of the pie, comes from the Miami Herald and appeared in a cook's recipe swap column by Linda Cicero. It was originally printed more than three decades ago and was resurrected a while back in response to a reader request. The last recipe, made with frozen whipped topping Whipped topping is a non dairy product made to resemble the taste, texture, and look of whipped cream. Whipped Topping normally contains some mixture of partially hydrogenated oil, sweeteners, and other ingredients. , is easy and popular - and also appeared in the Miami Herald. If you're a key lime pie lover, take your pick. KEY LIME PIE (Shared by Floran Frank, Burbank) 1/2 cup (OR more to taste) lime OR lemon juice (if using Meyer lemons, use more) 1 (14-ounce) can sweetened sweet·en v. sweet·ened, sweet·en·ing, sweet·ens v.tr. 1. To make sweet or sweeter by adding sugar, honey, saccharin, or another sweet substance. 2. To make more pleasant or agreeable. condensed milk condensed milk: see milk. Grated grate 1 v. grat·ed, grat·ing, grates v.tr. 1. To reduce to fragments, shreds, or powder by rubbing against an abrasive surface. 2. peel of 1 lemon 2 eggs, separated 1 (9-inch) baked graham cracker crust 2 tablespoons sugar Blend lime juice with sweetened condensed milk. Then blend in Verb 1. blend in - blend or harmonize; "This flavor will blend with those in your dish"; "This sofa won't go with the chairs" blend, go fit, go - be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired; "This piece won't fit into the puzzle" grated lemon peel and beaten egg yolks. Pour into crust. Make meringue by beating egg whites until stiff and then beating in sugar. Spread over top of pie. Bake in preheated 350-degree oven about 10 minutes, until top browns. Chill. Makes 1 pie. VINTAGE FROZEN KEY LIME PIE (From the Miami Herald) 2 eggs, separated 1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk 1/2 cup lime juice 1 teaspoon grated lime peel (if desired) 1/2 cup sugar 1 (9-inch) graham cracker pie crust Beat egg yolks until thick and lemon-colored. Combine with sweetened condensed milk. Stir in lime juice and peel, stirring until mixture thickens. Beat egg whites until they stand in soft peaks. Gradually add sugar and continue beating just until mixture stands in firm peaks. Do not overbeat. Fold egg whites into lime mixture. Pour into crust and freeze 6 hours or overnight. Remove pie from freezer no more than 5 minutes before serving. Makes 8 servings. DAVE'S FROZEN KEY LIME PIE (Shared by Barbara Bliss) 8 ounces key lime juice 1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk 2 (8-ounce) tubs frozen whipped topping, thawed 2 baked 9-inch graham cracker pie crusts Beat together lime juice and sweetened condensed milk. Fold in 1 tub whipped topping. Divide filling evenly between the 2 crusts. Top pies with remaining frozen whipped topping, dividing evenly. Freeze or chill as desired. Makes 2 pies, 16 servings. |
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