Summer Key Lime Pie

Hey guys, 

So here is another #bakingbuddiessummer recipe. As a lover of all things citrus this is an amazing summer pie. 

Ingredients: 

8 egg yolks

2 x 397g tins of condensed milk

Zest and juice of 5 limes 

450ml of double cream 

Crust: 

500g of digestive biscuits

200g of unsalted butter

(A 23cm pie dish)

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 170C/325F/gas 3 and then grease a pie tin. 

2. Roughly break up the digestive biscuits and put in a food processor and process until finely ground. Then melt the butter and slowly pulse into the biscuits. 

3. Then press the biscuit mixture in the pie dish. Bake in the preheated oven for 20 mins or until golden and firm. Then set aside until completely cool. Turn down the oven to 150C/300F/gas 3.

4. Put the egg yolks, condensed milk, lime juice and zest in a bowl and mix well with a balloon whisk. Then mixture will naturally thicken. 

5. Pour the mixture into the cold pie crust and bake for 20- 30 mins. The filling should be firm but still soft in the middle. (not wobbly!) Leave to cool and then cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour. 

6. When you are ready to serve the pie, whip the cream and using a piping bag, pipe on top of the pie. To finish, decorate with a little lime zest. 

Please tell me if you like this recipe and any other recipes that you want to see this summer. Tweet me any recipes that you have been making with the hash tag #bakingbuddiessummer. Thank you for all your support, please check out some of my other recipes. Love you all, 

Xx.