Evander Preston’s Key Lime Pie

Name: Evander Preston’s Key Lime Pie
Yield: Serves 6-8
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: ¼ teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon cream of tartar; 6 oz (175 g) Graham crackers or digestive biscuits, crumbled; 8 oz (225 g) caster sugar; ¼ teaspoon vanilla essence; 6 egg whites; 2 teaspoons grated lime rind; 1 teaspoon vanilla essence; 1 × 14 oz (400 g) tin sweetened condensed milk; 6 fl oz (175 ml) Key lime juice; 6 egg yolks; 4 oz (110 g) softened butter

Preparation info

Serves
6-8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Floyd's American Pie

By Keith Floyd

Published 1989

About

Ideally this should be made with Key limes from the Florida Keys or the Caribbean, which have a wonderful strong tart flavour.

Ingredients

Crust

4 oz (110 g) softened butter
6 oz (175

Americas
United States
Pie

Method

Make the crust by blending the softened butter with the cracker or digestive biscuit crumbs and vanilla essence. Spread and press the mixture around the bottom and sides of a 9 inch (23 cm) pie dish. Make