KEY LIME PIE  

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INGREDIENTS:  
1 cup graham cracker crumbs  
3 tablespoons white sugar  
5 tablespoons butter, melted  
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice  
1/4 cup fresh lime juice  
3 eggs  
1 pinch salt  
1 pinch cream of tartar  
1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk  
1 cup heavy whipping cream  
1 lime  
  
DIRECTIONS:  
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Mix graham cracker crumbs with  
sugar and melted butter. Press into 9 inch pie plate and bake  
for 5 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool. If using fresh  
fruit, squeeze into a measuring cup to get 1/4 cup of juice  
from each. Separate 2 of the eggs, placing the two egg whites  
into a mixing bowl. Reserve the yolks in another bowl. To the  
yolks, add one whole egg, 1/2 cup juice and sweetened condensed  
milk. Mix well. With clean mixer blades, beat the egg whites  
until stiff, but not dry, adding cream of tartar after about  
20 seconds. Fold whites into filling mixture. Pour filling  
into partially baked crust. Bake in preheated 325 degrees for  
10-15 minutes or until set. Let cool at room temperature, then  
freeze 4 hours to overnight.  Right before serving, whip cream  
to form stiff peaks. Serve decorated with whipped cream and  
lime slices.  

Yield: 1 pie - approx 8 Servings  
Categories: Desserts, Pie