Year after year, this classic makes a statement every time it gets served. With just enough lime to feel sour, the right balance of condensed milk, and just enough egg yolk to stabilize but not overwhelm the color. 

I still remember my first key lime pie. I wish I had a picture of it! Only if pictures were that easy at that time. While contain by the cake base it all looked good, but once mama cut it the cream came out like a strong river stream. 

While in school in baking school in Argentina a friend shared her recipe. Don’t take me wrong, I still thank Andrea for sharing her recipe, but in my modest opinion, it was way too yellow for me. It had too many egg yolks that it would tear in the oven. 

So, we embarked on the phenomenal process of recipe playing. 12 recipes later, we came up with this recipe. We decided that no zest would be used, we wanted the cream to be plain and smooth.

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Recipe

Makes: 1 Pie
Prep Time: 20 Mins
Cook Time: 35 Mins

Ingredients:

• 80 gr egg yolk (5 yolks)
• 265 gr condensed milk
• 100 gr lime juice, I used the lime juice sold at the grocery store
• 400 gr Sablee Dough
• 150 gr egg whites (5 egg whites)
• 300 gr sugar
• 150 gr water
• Meringue:
  • 150 gr egg whites (5 egg whites)
  • 300 gr sugar
  • 150 gr water

Instructions:

1. Preheat the oven to 330 F.
2. Prepare the baking tart with the sablee dough. Place foil paper on it and a few beans. Bake it for 20 minutes, remove beans and cook for 5 more minutes. Remove from the oven, and let cool down.
3. In the meantime, on a medium bowl combine the egg yolks, condensed milk, and lime juice. Mix until all is well intregrated. Pour into pie and cook at 330 for 10 minutes.
4. Meringue: On a small pot, place the water and sugar on high. When the syrup starts boiling and you could see bubbles on the top, place the egg whites on the bowl of your stand mixer with the whisk attachment on medium speed. Let the sugar syrup to continue boiling until it reaches 113C. From the corner of the bowl pour very softly the sugar syrup, increase the speed to high and continue mixing until the bowl reaches room temperature. Decorate the pie as yo wish. For the Key Lime Pie in the picture I used Wilton tip 1M.

** TIP: The key lime pie cream could be made in advance and store in the refrigerator for up to ten days. The Meringue needs to be used right away.