Key lime pie

Baking recipe for 8 people, takes only 25 mins; recipe has hob nobs, butter, condensed milk, egg yolk, lime, double cream, icing sugar and lime.

Key lime pie

Key lime pie

Recipe by Chef Soomro Course: Baking
Servings

8

servings
Prep time

30 mins

Ingredients

  • Butter: 150g butter, melted
  • Lime: finely grated zest and juice of 4 limes
  • Egg Yolk: 3 medium egg yolks
  • Double Cream: 300ml double cream
  • Icing Sugar: 1 tbsp icing sugar
  • Condensed Milk: 1 x 397g can condensed milk (we used Nestle)
  • Hob Nobs: 300g Hob Nobs

Directions

  1. Heat the oven to 160C/fan 140C/gas 3.
  2. Whizz 300g Hob Nobs to crumbs in afood processor(or put in a strong plastic bag and bash with a rolling pin).
  3. Mix with 150g melted butter and press into the base and up the sides of a 22cm loose-based tart tin. Bake in the oven for 10 minutes. Remove and cool.
  4. Put 3 medium egg yolks in a large bowl and whisk for a minute with electric beaters.
  5. Add a can of condensed milk and whisk for 3 minutes, then add the finely grated zest and juice of 4 limes and whisk again for 3 minutes.
  6. Pour the filling into the cooled base then put back in the oven for 15 minutes. Cool then chill for at least 3 hours or overnight if you like. When you are ready to serve, carefully remove the pie from the tin and put on a serving plate.
  7. To decorate, softly whip together 300ml double cream and 1 tbsp icing sugar.
  8. Dollop or pipe the cream onto the top of the pie and finish with extra lime zest.