Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Easy and Delicious Key Lime Pie

I didn't know if I was a key lime pie fan or not, but I couldn't resist buying the cute little key limes at the farmer's market. I found a highly rated recipe on allrecipes.com and it was a success!

Ingredients:
1 9" prepared graham cracker crust
2 small cans of sweetened condensed milk
1/2 cup sour cream
3/4 cup of key lime juice (about 20 key limes)
1 Tbs. of grated lime zest

1. Preheat oven to 350
2. In a bowl, mix all the ingredients and pour into the pie crust.
3. Bake for 5-8 minutes until tiny pin hole bubbles burst on the surface. Do not brown. Chill pie thoroughly before serving.

One hint for juicing those key limes is to use a garlic press. It's still time consuming but so much easier on the fingers. And also, we served our pie with fresh whipped cream. It is very rich and very tart, but now I can say, I am a key lime pie fan!